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. E . C 2 THE FIRST ISLAM IC M ISSION IN THE U.K. ESTABLISHED 1913 C.E. AS THE W OKING M USLIM MISSION 0 0 Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (U.K.) 2 Dar-us-Salaam, 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ, U.K. , Imam & Head of Mission 020 8903 2689 President 020 8524 8212 r Secretary 01753 692654 Book Depot 020 8903 2689 e Fax 0870 131 9340 E-mail [email protected] b http://www.islamic-book-depot.org.uk m e v November 2002 C.E. Meeting Regular Activities o Assalamu alaikum N Venue: Dar-us-Salaam Dars-i Quran: Every Friday at Date: Sunday, 3rd November 2002 2:30 pm. n i Time: 3 pm M eeting of the Executive: First t Sunday of every month at 2 pm. Topic: A Page from the History of the e l Ahmadiyya Jamaat M eeting of the Jamaat: First l by Dr M A Hami Sunday of every month at 3 pm. u B Contents News Page 1 The Late Hazrat Amir Page 1 Ramadaan Time Table Page 2 Al Fil Page 5 By The Promised M essiah M oses in the Yemen By Michael S. Sanders page 6 Introduction to Islam? By Dr Zahid Aziz page 7 News PAKISTAN Hazrat Dr Asghar Hameed sahib who passed away peacefully on 14th October Hazrat Amir, Dr Asghar Hameed 2002. May Allah grant him a high station in the heavens, close to His chosen sahib, passes away. servants. On 14th October 2002 at 3 a.m. our beloved Amir and President of "O soul Thou art at rest, Hazrat Dr Ashgar Hameed Ahmdiyaa Anjumans Ishaat Islam of Return to thy Lord, well pleased, A brief sketch of his life Lahore left this mortal earth to meet well pleasing, his Maker. His Namaz-e-Janaza took So enter among My servants, Hazrat Ameer Dr. Asghar Hameed place in Darusalam (Lahore) at 7.30 And enter My Garden" Sahib was born in Lahore, in 1919. p.m. on the same day. Funeral (The Holy Quran 89:27-30) He received his primary and prayers in absentia were said at Dar- Given below is his brief biography. secondary education in his ancestral us-Salaam (London) on Friday 18th May Allah grant us all the strength to hometown, Amritsar. He passed his October 2002. All members are follow his noble example and serve (Continued on page 3) requested to pray for him. the jamaat as he did. (Amin) 2 November 2002, Bulletin Ramadaan 2002 FASTING TIM ES Ramadaan Date London London Start time End time Other Cities (a.m.) (p.m.) Begins: 1² hours before November sunrise 1 .nternaWteido.n al 6 05:31 4:24 Headquarters Ends: At sunset 2A hmadiyyaT Ahun.j uman 7 05:33 4:23 Ramadaan Programme 5 Usman Block, New Garden Town, 3L ahore 5460F0r Pi akistan 8 05:35 4:21 Ramadaan starts on Phone: 092-42-5862956 W ednesday, November 4 092-42-5S8a6t3. 260 9 05:37 4:19 6th. Fax: 092-42-5839202 5 Sun. 10 05:38 4:18 Ifftari Email: aaii@ go.net.pk Ifftaris will be held every 6 M on. 11 05:40 4:16 Sunday during Ramadaan. 7 Tue. 12 05:42 4:15 Dates are th 8 Wed. 13 05:44 4:13 10 November th 9 Thu. 14 05:45 4:12 17 November 10 Fri 15 05:47 4:11 24th November 11 Sat. 16 05:49 4:09 and 12 Sun. 17 05:50 4:08 Ifftari 1st December. 13 M on. 18 05:52 4:07 After the breaking of the fast a dars of the Holy 14 Tue. 19 05:54 4:06 Quran will be given. This will be followed by Isha 15 Wed. 20 05:55 4:04 and Tarawiah prayers. 16 Thu. 21 05:57 4:03 Id-ul-Fitr: 17 Fri 22 05:59 4:02 Thursday 5 December 18 Sat. 23 06:00 4:01 2002. 19 Sun. 24 06:02 4:00 Ifftari The Holy Quran says: "O you who believe, fasting is 20 M on. 25 06:04 3:59 prescribed for you so that you may guard against evil". 21 Tue. 26 06:05 3:58 Thus when fasting please 22 Wed. 27 06:07 3:57 keep the objective of fasting 23 Thu. 28 06:08 3:57 before you, for Allah takes no pleasure in depriving us 24 Fri 29 06:10 3:56 of food and drink. 25 Sat. 30 06:11 3:55 Given the difficulties being faced by M uslims the World December over, please pray for the 26 Sun. 1 06:12 3:54 Ifftari safety of our brothers and sister every where. 27 M on. 2 06:14 3:54 Note change: The day for Id-ul- 28 Tue. 3 06:15 3:53 Adha has been changed to W ednesday 12 February 2003. 29 Wed. 4 06:16 3:53 Published by the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore (UK), 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, HA0 4JQ November 2002, Bulletin 3 Matriculation examination from the University and paid glowing tributes that encyclopaedic work of Hazrat Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental (M.A. in the citation presented to him. Maulana Muhammad Ali Sahib, the O.) High School, which was being ”Religion of Islam‘. In the words of He has compiled a family-tree and run by the Anjuman-i-Islamiyyah the author himself: "It will prove brief history of his family (The Amritsar. By the time he passed his useful to an average person Mantoo Family of Amritsar), which Matriculation examination, in 1933, interested in the study of the basic includes some well-known jurists, the school was upgraded to an knowledge of Islam." In this way, he political and literary figures. Intermediate college, so he continued was closely associated with the late his studies there and passed his After his retirement, he moved to Ameer, Hazrat Dr. Saeed Ahmad Intermediate examination from the Darus-Salaam to take up permanent Khan Sahib, in thought and work, same institution. residence in the Jama‘at‘s colony and it seems that Allah was and decided to devote all his time preparing him for an important In 1935, he came to Lahore to pursue and energy to the cause of the future assignment. higher studies and entered the Ahmadiyya Movement. He worked famous Government College. He He was a man of great moral courage very closely with and under the graduated with honours in and strength. In the 1974 anti- guidance of the late Ameer Hazrat Mathematics, in 1937, and obtained Ahmadiyya Movement, his house Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan Sahib. He his Master‘s degree in Mathematics was attacked by an unruly mob, who delivered the Friday sermons on a from the University of Punjab, in burnt his car and threatened the regular basis. Some of these, 1939. household. He withstood these including those on "The Reformative tribulations with great courage. Dr. Asghar Hameed Sahib started his Contributions of Hazrat M irza H e w a s a career as a lecturer of Mathematics at Ghulam Ahmad," were published in the Engineering College Lahore. In the Paigham-i-Sulh. He translated due course, he proceeded abroad for some of the writings of the Promised at azr further studies and did his Doctorate Messiah, such as Kitab al-Bariyyah, , H at an in Mathematics from Edinburgh and while doing so he ma s ja d a rn University, UK, in 1947. He was compiled a glossary of di ee ea ma m s l Ah Ha t u t. appointed the Head of the the difficult e ar Le aa f th gh d. am Mathematics Department at the w ords o As ive s j en Dr ce thi Engineering College Lahore and held m at re of ng zr he e this position for many years. In ou Ha se us e y ed rai ca 1961, the Engineering th ion e p the ith nt th to stra igh tforwa rd, College was elevated w me to ly ure ly ue ish humble and sincere person, to the status of as cal tr elf ple ifi ed ns who disliked flattery and hypocrisy. is ec ain s u a h i sp m ve ing Al re sel He was a knowledgeable person, ss ad ir ur a nd pre m Am o dedicated to the cause of the ex am at ate n uh zr dic Ahmadiyya Movement. Above all, he M Ha de terminology found W na rs. d he had the spiritual qualities to lead a ula he an therein. He delivered a ot life Ja ma ‘a t committe d to the M to is Dars-i-Quran at the Jamiah ple h propagation of Islam. am rom Darus Salaam for a period of six ex n f sso years. During this time he completed The year before he was elected the le a university. his commentary three times. Amir, was a year of sorrows and D r. Asghar Hameed tribulations for him. During this His special interest has been the Sahib was appointed as period, he lost his young and talented study of the Urdu and English the Dean of the Faculty of son Dr. Asif Hameed, his devoted translations and commentaries of the wife and his brother-in-law. The late Architecture and Planning in the Holy Quran by Hazrat Maulana Hazrat Ameer‘s firm faith in Allah University of Engineering and Muhammad Ali Sahib.