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CONTENTS September 2005, Vol.100, No.09 CONTENTS September 2005, Vol.100, No.09 Editorial: . 2 Refutation of the Christians’ Faith in the Unity of God – Part 15 . 4 On the Unity of God and the need to abstain from associating partners with God: The domain of the Creator and the created are separate. Associating partners with God includes not only worship of any created thing but extends to such devotion to material means that the Provider of the means is forgotten. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad(as) – Promised Messiah and Mahdi Spiritual Progress to Achieve Closeness to Allah . 14 Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V draws attention to the importance of both progressing spiritually and doing good works: we should always be inclined towards improving our nearness to Allah. Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V The Holy Prophet’s(sa) Kind Treatment of His Wives . 25 The kind and equal treatment of the Holy Prophet(sa) to his wives sets an excellent example for all married couples.. Bilal Atkinson – UK Peace and Governance. 40 The importance of recognising one's duties to one's fellow human beings provides a framework for leadership. Maulvi A. Wahab Adam – Ghana Report on the 39th Jalsa Salana UK . 45 Some 25,000 people attended the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK. A brief report of the proceeding of this Convention. Laiq Ahmad Tahir - UK COVER/BACK PHOTOGRAPHS: Those who believe in the Qur’an, those who follow the BACK: Putrajaya Mosque in Malaysia (from Shuttleworth Photo Library). Jewish scriptures, and the Sabeans and the Christians – any FRONT: Flag-hoisting ceremony of who believe in God and the last Day, and do righteous deeds Ahmadiyya Community and UK flag at start – on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. of the 39th Jalsa UK. (The Holy Qur’an: Ch.5: V.70) Basit Ahmad Chief Editor and Manager: Mansoor Ahmed Shah Bockarie Tommy Kallon Management Board: Special contributors: Design and layout: Fareed Ahmad Mr Munir-ud-din Shams (Chairman) Amatul-Hadi Ahmad Tanveer Khokhar d Fazal Ahmad. Farina Qureshi r Mr Mansoor Shah (Secretary) Publisher: a Fauzia Bajwa Mr Naseer Ahmad Qamar Proof-readers: Al Shirkatul Islamiyyah o Mansoor Saqi Mr Mubarak Ahmad Zafar Abdul Ghany Jahangeer B Khan and Shaukia Mir Distribution: Mahmood Hanif Mr Mirza Fakhar Ahmad l Muhammad Hanif Mr. Abdul Baqi Arshad a Mansoora Hyder-Muneeb i r Navida Shahid All correspondence should The Review of Religions © Islamic Publications, 2005 o t Sarah Waseem be forwarded to the editor at: The London Mosque ISSN No: 0034-6721 i 16 Gressenhall Road d Saleem Ahmad Malik London, SW18 5QL E Tanveer Khokhar United Kingdom Views expressed in this publication are not necessarily the beliefs of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 1 EDITORIAL Mansoor Saqi– UK Religion is a dynamic phe- both progressing spiritually and nomenon, not a static one. God doing of good works. It is not has sent prophets to guide sufficient to simply be content at mankind and He continues to remaining at one level but care for his His creation. He instead there is a need to responds to prayer when called cultivate the desire to progress. upon. This dynamic nature of In the beginning of this address it religion is also reflected in the is stated: manner in which man can continue to progress in ‘The Holy Qur’an has urged developing a relationship with Muslims, saying: that you the Creator and this is achieved should always be concerned by carrying out one’s duties to and try to do your utmost in God and also one’s duties to performing good deeds and one’s fellow human beings. making progress in your Islam instructs the believer worship, progress in good concerning both his duties to works, progress in higher God and to man. values and progress in fulfilling the rights of others. In this issue of the The Review of Allah does not merely expect Religions the address by Hadhrat us to safeguard ourselves Khalifatul Masih V delivered at from evil and do good works the closing session of the Jalsa but has instructed that we Salana (Annual Convention) of should vie with each other in the Ahmadiyya Muslim the doing of good deeds’. Community in Tanzania is presented. In his address Hadhrat Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V Khalifatul Masih V draws adds: attention to the importance of 2 The Review of Religions – September 2005 EDITORIAL ‘Now see what a lovely recognition that all resources that teaching Allah has given us we have are really from God, through which we have been also provides a framework for shown the way for our leadership. On page 40 of this religious and material and issue is the text of a speech national progress. In fact, it is delivered at the Inter-Religious a key to success and if we act Federation for World Peace held upon it we can bring about a in Korea earlier this year. In a radical change within speech Maulvi Abdul Wahab ourselves.’ Adam explores the themes of leadership and governance from The importance of recognising a religious perspective, and how one’s duties to one’s fellow the Holy Qur’an lays down the human beings together with a principles for leadership. In this journal, for the ease of non-Muslim readers, ‘(sa)’ or ‘sa’ after the words, ‘Holy Prophet’, or the name ‘Muhammad’, are used. They stand for ‘Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam’ meaning ‘Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him’. Likewise, the letters ‘(as)’ or ‘as’ after the name of all other prophets is an abbreviation meaning ‘Peace be upon him’ derived from ‘Alaihis salatu wassalam’ for the respect a Muslim reader utters. The abbreviation ‘ra’ or (ra) stands for ‘Radhiallahu Ta’ala anhu and is used for Companions of a Prophet, meaning Allah be pleased with him or her (when followed by the relevant Arabic pronoun). Finally, ‘ru’ or (ru) for Rahemahullahu Ta’ala means the Mercy of Allah the Exalted be upon him. The Review of Religions – September 2005 3 Refutation of the Christians’ Faith in the Unity of God - Part 15 This series sets out, in the words of the Promised Messiah(as), Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a summary of his exposition of four outstanding topics: ISLAM; ALLAH, THE EXALTED; THE HOLY PROPHET(sa) and THE HOLY QUR’AN. The original compilation, in Urdu, from which these extracts have been translated into English, was collated with great care and diligence by Syed Daud Ahmad Sahib, Allah have mercy on him and reward him graciously for his great labour of love. Amin. The English rendering is by the late Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan, may Allah be pleased with him, and is quoted from The Essence of Islam, Volume 1. All references throughout, unless otherwise specifically mentioned, are from the Holy Qur’an. It needs to be pointed out that understand the logic used by the long before the extracts author rather than focus on reproduced below from the individual words. writings of the Promised (ed) Messiah(as), the Christian mis- sionaries in India at that time had embarked upon a virulent attack n these days, the Unity and against the God of Islam, the Holy Existence of God are subject to Prophet(sa), and the Holy Qur’an. powerfulI attacks. The Christians Although the langauge used have tried hard and have written a below may sound unkind to an good deal on the subject, but orthodox Christian ear, it is a lot whatever they have said or more gentle than the langauge written, is about the God of Islam used by Christian comtem- and not about a dead, crucified poraries of the Promised and helpless god. We affirm it Messiah(as). We urge readers to confidently that whoever begins 4 The Review of Religions – September 2005 REFUTATION OF THE CHRISTIANS’ FAITH IN THE UNITY OF GOD to write on the Existence and should not be devoted to material Being of God Almighty, would in means as if they were a sort of the end have to revert to the God partner in the operation of that is presented by Islam, Rububiyyat. One must con- because every leaf of the book of centrate on the Provider of means nature points to Him and naturally rather than on the means. The every man carries His impress third grade is that having within himself. witnessed perfectly Divine (Malfoozat, Vol. I, p. 83) manifestations, one should consider every other being as The Christians should remember nonexistent including one’s own that it is not at all established that self. Everything beside God Jesus was the resurrection, nor Almighty, Who possesses perfect have the Christians been attributes, should appear as mortal resurrected. They are dead more to one’s eyes. Spiritual life means than the other dead, and lie in that these three grades of faith in narrow and dark graves and are Unity should be achieved. fallen into the pit of paganism. They neither possess the spirit of Now consider carefully that all faith nor the blessings of such eternal fountains of spiritual life spirit. They have not achieved have come into the world through even the lowest grade of faith in Hadhrat Muhammad, the chosen the Unity of God, which is to one(sa). It is only the Muslims, abstain from the worship of though they are not Prophets, who creatures. They worship as creator experience converse with God one weak and helpless like Almighty like the Prophets, and themselves. though they are not Messengers, God’s bright signs appear at their The Unity of God has three hands, and the rivers of spiritual grades.
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