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Cherished Memories of Africa Cherished Memories Of Africa Compiled by: Maulana Munawar Ahmad Khurshid Name of Book : Cherished Memories Of Africa Compiled by : Munawar Ahmad Khurshid Year of Publication : November 2017 Qty : 1000 Publisher : Munawar Ahmad Khurshid © All rights reserved Address : i Gratitude O Allah, Maker of things, Concealer of faults, All Powerful; O my Beloved, my Benefactor, my Sustainer! How should I thank You, O Bestower of Great Favours? Where can I find the words to express my gratitude? ii ,ĂĚƌĂƚDŝƌnjĂ'ŚƵůĂŵŚŵĂĚYĂĚŝĂŶŝ The Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi AS 㓠 þ ܇ ⴠ î ܇þ܇ä岧ㄤ叱㓠 þ܇ ⒱ 㓠 þ܇ ܇ ៩܇㊁ ⏯ ܇ß ㉷ î ܇þ܇ä ܇⴯㡍 ៩ ܇ß ㄤ 䗘 ܇ dŚŝƐǁĂƐƚŚĞƟŵĞĨŽƌƚŚĞĂĚǀĞŶƚŽĨƚŚĞDĞƐƐŝĂŚ͕ĂŶĚŶŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ͕ /Ĩ ŶŽƚ ŵĞ͕ ƐŽŵĞŽŶĞ ĞůƐĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĞĚ ĂƐ Messiah iii Writings of the Promised Messiahas Conclusive Argument Thus, by raising this humblest of men in this age and bestowing upon me hundreds of heavenly Signs and vouchsafing to me miraculous secrets, and divine insights and verities, and furnishing me with hundreds of conclusive intellectual arguments, God Almighty has desired that He should publish and introduce the true teachings of the Holy Quran among every people and in every country, and that He may perfect His conclusive argument upon them .... Every one of my opponents will himself become a witness to his own helplessness and defeat. (Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Ruhani Khazain, Vol I, pp 596-597) iv Index Writings of the Promised Messiah as iii Conclusive Argument iii Index iv Divine Support vi Dedication vii About Author x About Translator xi Preface xiv Review xvi Review xviii Acknowledgements xxi Chapter 1 2 The Gambia 2 Ahmadiyyat in The Gambia 10 Chapter 2 19 SENEGAL 19 First Mission House in Senegal 31 Visa Problem Solved 33 First Journey to Cape Verde and Divine Support 40 Chapter 3 36 CAPE VERDE 36 Ahmadiyyat in Cape Verde 39 The Journey Begins 42 Boarding and Lodging Arranged 44 Tabligh Efforts 46 Chapter 4 48 Ahmadiyyat in Guinea-Bissau 50 v Chapter 5 54 Some incidents of Divine Support against 54 Chapter 6 63 Acceptance of Ahmadiyyat 63 First Fruit in the Gambia through me: Governor Muhammad Jobe 65 Chapter 7 89 THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION 89 Chapter 8 101 Spending in the Way of Allah 100 Chapter 9 108 Faith-augmenting journey of Ahmadiyyat 108 Chapter 10 117 Some Interesting Dreams 117 Chapter 11 126 Acceptance of Prayers 126 Chapter 12 137 Some devotees of the Gambia 137 Chapter 13 165 Some Devoted Members of Senegal 165 Chapter 14 180 Some interesting Tabligh episodes 180 Service to Humanity 199 Some Pleasant Memories of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) 208 Chapter 15 218 Miscellaneous 218 Chapter 16 271 Waqf - Devotion 271 Glossary for Arz-e-Bilal 277 ژژژ vi Divine Support I declare with full confidence and firmness that I am in the right and that, by the Grace of Allah, in this conflict, victory is mine and mine alone. As far as I look into the future, I see the entire world in complete submission to my truth. It is close at hand that I shall gain a resounding victory. It is so because another voice speaks in support of what I speak and there is another Hand which operates to strengthen my hand. The world does not see it but I do. In me vibrates the voice of a heavenly spirit which instills life into each and every word that I speak. (Azalah Auham Pt II: Roohani Khazain Vol. 3, p 403) vii Dedication To the simple and virtuous Ahmadi brothers and sisters of Arze Bilal (Africa), who believed in the blessed personage of the Imam of the Age (as) without seeing him and then whole- heartedly fell in love with His Holiness and his Khalifas, who in spite of their poverty and limited resources extended their hospitality to the missionaries during their stay abroad, and opened their hearts and homes to them, and became their helpers and comforters, day and night, through thick and thin, with extreme love and devotion, as they fulfilled their obligation of propagation of faith. As such they offered their life, wealth and honour in the way of Allah. The incessant march of Ahmadiyyat in its quest for the supremacy of Islam continues with ever increasing advancement to its goal. These pious souls have played a prominent role in these unparalleled successes and unbelievable achievemnets. O my Lord, reward all of them with goodly rewards and grant them the status of excellence of ‘You being pleased with them and they pleased with You’ and grant their posterity the ability to guard their spiritual legacy with deligence, Aameen! viii ix ِب ْ� ِم ِہللا َّالرْ ٰح ِن َّالر ِح ْی َ ْن ُم ُد ٗہ َو نُ َص ِّیل عَ ٰیل َرُس ْوِلہِ ْال َک ِرْی َو عَ ٰیل َع ْب ِد ِہ الْ َم�سِ ْی ِ ح ْاملو ُع ْود By the Grace and Mercy of Allah ّھوالنارص London 01.10.2017 Dear Mukarram Munawar Ahmed Khursheed Sahib Assalamo-alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu I have received your letter in which you have stated that Dr Mu- nawar Ahmed Sahib has translated your book - ‘Arze-Bilal’, Into English. Masha-Allah, your book is very good and useful. You have got it translated into English now. May Allah make it bene- ficial for those who know English and may its study increase their knowledge and faith. May Allah accept your efforts and bless them. Amin. Wassalam Signed: Mirza Masroor Ahmad Khalifatul Masih V x About Author Born, in 1950. Educated initially at Middle School, Fatehpur District Gujrat and matriculated from Muslim High School Gujrat. Later, graduated with Shahid degree from Jamia Ahmadiyya Rabwah. Munawar Ahmed The places where I served as Murabbi in Pakistan Khurshid include Qila Kalar Wala District Sialkot, Kharian District Gujrat and Mianwali city. Arrived in the Gambia as Muballigh in 1983 and worked as such at various places. Served as a teacher at Nasir Ahmadiyya senior secondary School for two years. In 1985 I was assigned the duty of supervision of Senegal mission. In 1994 I was appointed as Ameer of the Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Cape Verde. In 1997 the region was divided into three areas, each headed by a separate Amir. I was appointed Amir of Senegal, Cape Verde and Mauritania. In 2005, I came to London following directive from Hadrat Ameer-ul-Momineen (may Allah be his Helper) because of ill health and served Senegal from there; that continued till 2012. From 2008 to 2012 I had the good fortune of serving Jamia Ahmadiyya UK as ustaz. Alhamdulillah xi About Translator Born in 1937, matriculated from T. I. High School Rabwah and graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Nishtar Medical College, Multan. After working for two years in Pakistan and two years in Saudi Arabia (where he availed the opportunity to perform Umrah and Hajj), he Dr Munawar Ahmed moved to the UK. He worked in various hospitals in NHS and attended a specialist course in Chest Diseases. When Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III (ra) launched Nusrat Jahan Scheme in 1971, he offered his services, initially for three years later extending indefinitely. He started his duties as waqf doctor in December 1973 at Ahmadiyya Hospital, Kokofu, Ghana which was the first medical centre established under Nusrat Jahan Scheme. In September 1975 he was transferred to the Gambia where he worked till May 1977. Then he was sent to Nigeria. In June 1986 he returned to the UK on leave because of personal reasons. He reported back for his waqf duty in January 2000 and was sent to the Gambia from where he finally retired in April 2007 after completing a total of twenty years under Nusrat Jahan Scheme. During his stay in the UK he served as Secretary Umur e Aama UK for about two years (1997 – 1999). After retirement he settled in Oxford where he served as Sadr Jama’at for seven years (2007 – 2014). džŝŝ ,ĂĚƌĂƚDŝƌnjĂDĂƐƌŽŽƌŚŵĂĚ <ŚĂůŝĨĂƚƵůDĂƐŝŚs;ĂƚďĂͿ Review ;LJ,ĂnjƌĂƚ<ŚĂůŝĨĂƚƵůDĂƐŝŚsŵĂLJůůĂŚďĞŚŝƐ,ĞůƉĞƌͿ DĂLJůůĂŚƚŚĞůŵŝŐŚƚLJ͕ĂĐĐĞƉƚLJŽƵƌƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐƚŽĨƌŝĐĂĂŶĚƚŚĞ :ĂŵĂ͛Ăƚ͊LJǁƌŝƟŶŐĚŽǁŶƚŚĞƐĞĂĐĐŽƵŶƚƐLJŽƵŚĂǀĞŵĂĚĞĂŐŽŽĚ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ũĂŵĂ͛Ăƚ ůŝƚĞƌĂƚƵƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďĞŶĞĮƚ ŽĨ ŶĞdžƚ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐĂŶĚƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽĂƌĞŶŽƚĨĂŵŝůŝĂƌǁŝƚŚƚŚĞĚĞǀŽƚĞĞƐŽĨ ĨƌŝĐĂ͘DĂLJůůĂŚƚŚĞůŵŝŐŚƚLJƌĞǁĂƌĚLJŽƵ͊ Signed: Mirza Masroor Ahmad xiii xiv Preface (By Muniruddin Shams Addl. Vakilut Tasneef London) I had the opportunity of going through the book, ‘Arze Bilal – My memories’ written by Maulana Munawar Ahmad Khurshid Sahib, Muballigh-e-Silsila, comprising of his memoirs. Many faith inspiring incidents have been recorded and I hope the readers will enjoy reading them and it will augment their faith. When went on a tour of the Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone following a directive by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ra), Respected Munawar Ahmad Khurshid Sahib was performing his duties as the Ameer and Missionary In-charge of the Gambia and the neighbouring region. It was my personal observation that he had established good rapport with people in the SeneGambia region. Most remarkably he did not hesitate to, and was not afraid of, visiting even the highest ranking officials. He had a very loving and close relationship with the jama’at members. He mixed with them and shared meals with themand for that the local brothers respected him and listened to him. I travelled with him to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau and everywhere these features of his behaviour figured prominently. Although he was not a master of the local languages, he used them without hesitation and thereby won the hearts of the locals. During the tour, I also had the opportunity to see other missonaries and hold meetings with them and learnt how our muballighs continued to deliver the message of truth under most difficult circumstances. xv During my tour of Senegal, I had the opportunity to address many Ahmadi MPs in the House of Parliament and to lead them in Zuhr and ‘Asr prayers in congregation; that too was the result of efforts of respected Munawar Khurshid Sahib.
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