Anjuman Isha‘at Lahore (United Kingdom) Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, UK, HA0 4JQ Telephone: 0181 900 2348 / 01753 692654 December, 96 Bulletin ancestor of Hazrat Dr Saeed faith. May Allah grant their December, 96 Meeting Ahmad, was a khalifa of this saint. progeny the same strength of faith Assalamu alaikum, You, This saint had prophesied that the in the truthfulness of this jamaat. together with your family and Mahdi-to-come had already been The next time he went to born and that the Mahdi spoke the friends, are cordially invited to was in 1912 C.E. The Promised Punjabi language. Hazrat Syed take part in our next meeting. Messiah had passed away and Amir passed away and many years Hakim Maulana Nur-ud-Din was later Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Venue: Dar-us-Salaam the Khalifa of the jamaat. Even at announced his claim to the world. Date: Sunday, 1 December 96 that young age, when most children Thus fulfilling the prophecy made Time: 3 p.m. would prefer to play, Hazrat Amir by this saint. Subject: A tribute to the late regularly attended the dars of Hazrat Dr Saeed Ahmad Khan, When Hazrat Dr Saeed Ahmad’s Bukhari (the foremost collection of Amir and International President of father and uncle heard of the ) given by Hazrat Maulana Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Promised Messiah’s claim, they Nur-ud-Din. Having completed his Please remember meetings of entered into his baiat and joined the education in Manseehra, Hazrat Dr the Jamaat are held on the jamaat. At the age of six Hazrat sahib joined the Talim-ul-Islam first Sunday of each month. Amir himself wrote a letter to High School in Qadian and studied The next meeting is on Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and there for two years. At this time he January 5, 1997. took the pledge. Two years later, in committed the whole of the Holy December 1907, Hazrat Amir went to memory and started to to Qadian with his father and took lead prayers at the tender age of Hazrat Dr. Saeed the pledge on Hazrat Mirza sahib’s fourteen. In 1914 Hazrat Maulana Ahmad Khan hand. With Hazrat Amir’s passing Nur-ud-Din passed away and Mirza away an era has come to an end. Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad sahib, the - Our Amir - The last person alive who took the first Qadiani Khalifa, concocted the On Friday, 15th November our pledge on the Promised Messiah’s tale that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Amir and President of the World hand has departed this world. There Ahmad was a prophet in fact and Wide Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat is now no one alive who saw that all those who did not accept Islam of Lahore in Pakistan passed Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. This him as such were heretics. away peacefully. (Inna lilla hi wa jamaat is fortunate indeed that it At this Hazrat Dr. Saeed Ahmad inna alaihai rajaun) had a very close association with left Qadian and went to Abottabad the last two people to take the where he sat for and passed the Hazrat Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan pledge on Hazrat Mirza sahib’s was born on 9th of October 1900 in Metric examination. From hand, namely Dr Allah Bakhsh and Abottabad he proceeded to Islamia Manseehra in India. He belonged to Dr Saeed Ahmad Khan. That also a family well known for its College at Peshawar to study for places a special responsibility on us his F.A. pre-medical examination. religious scholarship and piety. for we saw with our own eyes the After passing his examination he Many years before his birth a saint faith that their pledge inspired in started to read Medicine at the by the name of Hazrat Syed Amir their hearts. Both these old, small had appeared in that area. Hazrat and weak men starred death in the (Continued on page 2) Maulana Muhammad Saeed, an face but refused to give up their 2 December 96, Bulletin

King Edward Medical College in Pakistani government granted him verse where Allah promises to Lahore. At that time he fell the Sitara-i Khidmat. grant one steadfast believer victory seriously ill with Tuberculosis and Hazrat Dr sahib performed the Hajj over a multitude. at one stage he was close to death. on two occasions. First in 1947 C. Hazrat Amir had been a member of He missed out a years of his E. and the second time in 1950 C. the General Council since 1934 C. medical training because of health E. As he had by that time become E. He was also a member of its problems. Although seriously ill an internationally renowned Executive Council and for long the Hazrat Dr. sahib had continued to personality, the second Hajj was Vice President of the Ahmadiyya prepare for his examination. He performed at the personal Anjuman Ishaat Islam. On 20th was confident of success in theory invitation of King Ibn Saud. November 1981 C.E. he was but he was worried about the After the Hajj Ibn Saud offered unanimously elected the Amir and practical examinations. He wrote to Hazrat Dr Sahib the position of the President of the World wide his uncle to pray for him. His uncle the Royal Physician. However, Movement by the General Council. wrote back saying that after the Hazrat Dr Saeed Ahmad declined it This decision was ratified by a prayer for Hazrat Amir’s success, with thanks. public open meeting of the jamaat he saw that he was given a light but Where ever he was, Hazrat Dr the same day. However, at the told that Saeed Ahmad does not annual Jalsa that year, he, of his need it but to give it to Allah sahib would organise lectures about the Holy Quran, hadith and own free will, put the question of Bakhsh. When the results were his election for ratification to the announced Hazrat Dr Saeed writings of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. From around 1930 C.E. whole gathering. There upon the Ahmad had not only passed the whole jamaat ratified his election. examination but he had gained the onwards, he led the prayers during Gold Medal for distinction. He was the annual jalsa at Lahore. For Hazrat Amir extensively toured the the first Muslim to do so and at the some time, he also organised and Western World after the Ahmadis time the Muslim press of Lahore ran a Summer School at Abottabad were declared kafirs in 1974 in greatly rejoiced at this. It was in to train young Ahmadis. Pakistan. He helped form new 1925 C.E. that he finished his From 1964 C.E. to 1974 C.E. he jamaats and strengthened the medical studies. established and ran a private clinic existing ones. This jamaat owes a at Abottabad where, together with great debt of gratitude to him. It While Hazrat Dr sahib was a was Hazrat Dr Saeed Ahmad Khan student in Lahore he regularly the clinic, he built his home and a mosque for the jamaat in that area. sahib who supported the idea of attended the dars of the Holy purchasing Dar-us-Salaam and it Quran given by Hazrat Maulana During the agitation against was he who raised the funds to Muhammad Ali. He also saw the Ahmadis in 1974 C.E., his clinic enable us to put down a deposit and Maulana at close quarters and this was burnt to the ground. His home then to pay off the loan. For every left an indelible mark on Hazrat was surrounded by a mob of prayer said in this house of Allah Dr. sahib’s personality. It was at several thousand. There were a few the reward will surely go to him. I that time that the Ahmadi Young old men and women inside the am personally indebted to him for Men’s Association was formed and house. Hazrat Dr. sahib, aged 74 encouraging me to take part in the Hazrat Dr Saeed Ahmad became with some of his family, Prof. activities of this jamaat. My very its first President. Khalil-ur-Reham and his wife, small contribution to the work of After completing his education he Hazrat Dr. sahib’s son-in-law, this jamaat has been through his joined the Health Department of Kamal Hydal from Trinidad and encouragement and guidance. the North West Frontier Province Safura from Guyana. The mob’s demand was very simple - that It is easy to pay tribute to him in of India. There he specialised in words but if we really have some chest diseases and in 1939 C.E. he Hazrat Dr. sahib should hurl abuse on Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad regard for him then we will want to was appointed the superintendent see his dreams come true. One of the largest T.B sanatorium in and recite the kalima and embrace Islam! Hazrat Dr. sahib remained dream close to his heart concerned India at Dadar. He held this post this jamaat. He longed for a united, until 1964 C.E. In the intervening firm in his faith. Upon his refusal to give in to these demands the vibrant, self-sufficient Ahmadi period, he was also appointed the jamaat in the U.K. It is now up to Deputy Director Health for West mob attacked his house, firing with guns and setting it on fire. Hazrat us. He is now gone to his maker. Pakistan. The W.H.O granted him a “O soul, that are at rest. Return fellowship and he toured many Amir still remained firm and refused to give in. The lives of all to your Lord, well-pleased, well- western countries as the leader of pleasing. So enter among My an international delegation of those present were saved by what can only be described as a miracle. servants and enter My experts. For many years, he was Garden.” (89:27 - 30) You and I also the president of various However, Hazrat Amir’s son-in- law was shot and had to take my friends have yet to reach the medical association in Pakistan. In stage of pleasing Allah. We have recognition of his services the medical retirement due to his injuries. What a wonderful example seen an example with our own eyes British government granted him the and know that it can be done. title of Khan Bahadur and the it must have made of the Quranic