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AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY Invites the general public to visit our booth and volunteers to help at the Miami Book Fair International, the nation's finest literary event of its kind that welcomes hundreds of thousands of book lovers from USA and all around the world who attend reading and discussion sessions. Please pray for the success of this great Tabligh event. Where: Downtown Miami Miami Dade College Campus When: November 13-15 Time: 10 am - 6 pm The Promised Messiah has come Love for all Hatred for none Miami Chapter Information: Baitul Naseer Mosque 208 NW 7 th Court Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Phone: (954) 241 7373 Email: [email protected] www.alislam.org September - October 2009 1 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA An educational and spiritual monthly publication OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM, USA 2 AI-Qur'an September-October 2009 3 AI-Hadith 4 Sayings of the Promised Messiah"' Patron Dr. Ahsanullah Zafar 5 Synopsis of the Friday Sermon Delivered by Hadhrat Khalifatul Ameer Jama'at USA Masih v•b• on July 31, 2009 at Baitul Futuh Mosque, London Editor-in-Chief Dr. Naseer Ahmad 9 Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih V's•h• Message for the 81st Annual Convention USA, June 2009 Editor Dr. Karimullah Zirvi 11 61st Jalsa Salana USA Held at Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, VA On June 19- 21, 2009: A Brief Report Editorial Advisor Muhammad Zafrullah 21 Forging Ahead in the New Century of Khilafat: Dr. Waseem Sayed Hanjra 30 The Blessings of Financial Sacrifice in Times of Hardship: Cover: LatifAhmed Photos: Kalim Bhatti Falahud Din Shams 36 Prayer Service at Olympia-State Capital: Maulana lrshad Malhi 37 Jihad Akbar of Youth: Ahmad Chaudhry 42 Messiah Films: A New Approach to Spreading Our Message: Masjid Baitur Rehman Dr. Basiyr Rodney 15000 Good Hope Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905 50 The Reality of a Living God: Abdul Rahim Hubbs Phone: 301-879-0110 Fax: 301-879-0115 55 Prophet Muhammad's'"w Farewell Sermon: Maulana Azhar Haneef Editor: [email protected] 59 Poem: The Hand of Allah is With Ahmadis: Tel. and Fax: 201-794-8122 Ramadhan Ali Mahmud www.ahmadiyya.us www.alislam.org 60 Finding the Right Life-Partner: Maulana Mubasher Ahmad 66 Domestic Harmony: Faheem Younus Qureshi Acronyms for salutations used in this publication 73 Dhikr-e-Habib: Glimpses of an Ideal Marriage: Dr. Mirza Maghfoor Ahmad saw: sallallahu alaihi wasallam (Peace and Blessing of Allah be upon him) 79 Closing Address: Dr. Ahsanullah Zafar, Ameer USAJama'at as: alaihissalam 81 61st Jalsa Salana USA, 2009, Lajna Imaillah USA Report (Peace be upon him) 83 The Attribute of Allah: As-Salam: Saliha Malik ra: radhi allahu 'anhu (May Allah be pleased with him/her) 86 The Holy Prophet'"": The Perfect Model of Peace and Tolerance: rh: rahimahullahu ta'ala Amtul Noor Haleem (l'vfay Allah shower mercy on him/her) 92 Role of Women in Promoting Peace in the Family: aba: ayyada hullah ta'ala binasrihil aziz Atiyya Malik (May Allah strengthen him with His mighty help) 96 Spreading the True Message of Peace: Dhiya Tahira Bakr swt: subhana wa ta'ala (Holy and Exalted) 100 Searching for Peace: An Account of Personal Experiences: Humaira Khandakar 105 Searching for Peace: An Account of Personal Experiences: The Ahmadiyya Gazette USA is published by the Ahmadiyya Movement Affefa Hibatul Rasheed in Islam, Inc., at the local address: 106 Finding Internal Peace: The Islamic Way: Dr. Shanaz Butt The World Processing Lab 110 Poem: The Moments of Inspiration: Sayyarah Hikmat P.O. Box 226, Chauncey, OH 45719 111 Annual Picnic and Auxiliary Ijtema: St. Paul Chapter Periodicals Postage Paid at Chauncey, Ohio 112 A Brief Report of Qur'an/Tarbiyyati Class" L.A. East Postmaster: Send address changes to 113 Poem: My Jihad Wages On: Amjad Khan The Ahmadiyya Gazette P.O. Box 226, Chauncey, OH 45719-0226 114 2009 Atfal National Ijtema at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Final Report 116 New Online Holy Qur'an Recitation and Translation Course September - October 2009 2 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA Al-Qur'an "' GS J"' J J "' • \.,. ~J E ~ j'J\ "' 0 Jl!J, "' In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding. Those who remember Allah standing, sitting, and lyingon their sides, and ponder over the creation of the heavens and the earth; and say, "Our Lord, Thou hast not created this universe in vain. Holy art Thou; save us, then, from the punishment of the fire. (3:191-192) COMMENTARY: · The lesson implied in the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of night and day is that man has been created both for spiritual and temporal progress, and that if he acts righteously, his period of darkness and affliction must needs be followed by one of sunshine and happiness. The grand system to which an allusion has been made in the previous verse could certainly not have been brought into being without a definite purpose. The whole universe having been created to serve man, the creation of man himself must have a great purpose. When man ponders over the spiritual implication of the physical phenomenon of the creation of the universe and the consummate order that pervades it, he is deeply impressed by the great wisdom of the Creator, and from the inmost depths of his being rises the cry: Our Lord, Thou hast not created this universe in vain. Ahmadiyya Gazette USA September - October 2009 3 Al-Hadith Hadhrat Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari'" relates that the Holy Prophetw said: "The case of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember his Lord is like that of a living and the dead." According to the narration mentioned in 'Muslim', the example of the house in which God Almighty is remembered and the house in which God Almighty is not remembered is like that of a living and the dead. (Bukhari kitabudda 'wat bab fad! dhikFulfah ta 'ala) •,.. ,.," ....v , I ......I -~.·... ~~~~ I"" '-'' J .. "" Hadhrat Jabir" relates that once the Holy Prophetw visited us and said: "O People! Try to graze in the Gardens of the Paradise. We said: 'O Prophet of Allah! What are the Gardens of the Paradise?' The Holy Prophetw said: 'The gatherings for the remembrance (of Allah).' He continued: 'Remember Allah, especially, in the morning and in the evening. Anyone desiring to know his status in the sight of Allah the Exalted, should evaluate his own beliefs about Allah the Exalted. Allah the Exalted gives a status to His servant according to how his servant views Him.' " (Qashlriyyah babudhdhila; p 111) September - October 2009 4 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA SAYIN6SOF THE PROMISED MESSIAHAS Enduring Signs of the Truth of Islani The Islam whose qualities we have set out is not something for proof of which we have to refer only to the past and to have to point only to the ruins of tombs. Islam is not a dead faith so that it may be said that all its blessings have been left behind and that there is nothing ahead. The principal quality of Islam is that its blessings always accompany it and that it does not speak only of the past but offers present blessings as well. The world is always in need of blessings and heavenly signs. It is not as if it needed them in the past and does not need them now. A weak and helpless human being who is born like a blind is in need that he should know something of the heavenly kingdom and that he should see some signs of the existence and power of God in Whom he believes. The signs of a past age cannot suffice for a subsequent age, for hearing is not the same as seeing and by the passage of time past events become like stories. Every new century is like the beginning of a new world. Therefore, the God of Islam, Who is the True God, manifests new signs for each new world. At the beginning of each century, espe cially at the beginning of a century which has strayed far away from faith and in tegrity and is enveloped in many darknesses, He raises a substitute Prophet in the mirror of whose nature is exhibited for the form of a Prophet. Such a one demon strates to the world the excellences of the Prophet whose follower he is and con victs all opponents through the truth and the display of reality and the frustration of falsehood. [Ayena-i-Kamalat-i-/slam, Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 5, pp. 245-247] The sign of a true religion is that through its teaching such righteous ones should continue to arise who should arrive at the stage of a Muhaddas to whom God Almighty should speak face to face. The foremost sign of the truth of Islam is that at all times it produces such righteous ones with whom God Almighty talks: (Angels descend on them, saying: 'Fear ye not, nor grieve; and rejoice in the Garden that you were promised (Ha Mim Sajdah, 41:31) This alone is the test of a true, living and acceptable religion. We know that this light is to be found only in Islam and that the Christian faith is without such light. [Hujjatul Islam, Roohani Khaza 'in, Vol. 6, p. 43] September - October 2009 5 Ahmadiyya Gazette USA SYNOPSIS OF THE FRIDAY SERMON OF HADHRAT KHALlFATUL MASIH y'aba DELIVERED ON July 31, 2009 Shermeen Butt Hazooraba said last Sunday, with the grace of God, the UK Jalsa Salana concluded amidst great blessings.