Ahmadiyya Muslims converge in Qadian for annual congregation
Posted on December 19th, 2022
By A. Abdul Aziz, Chairman, Press & Media Desk Ahmasiyya Muslim Jama’at – Sri Lanka.
Ahmadiyya Muslims from number of countries including Sri Lanka are expected to participate in the 127th annual congregation of the community (Jalsa Salana) to be held December 23, 24 and 25 at Qadian in Punjab, India.
In 1891, the founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim community, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, had initiated this spiritual event to promote inter-religious peace and harmony. The event will be marked by a ‘world religions’ session in which people from different faiths will suggest solutions to the problems faced by world,
On the last day (Sunday 25th December 2022), a televised address will be given by worldwide head of Ahmadiyya Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, who is based in London. His address will be telecast LIVE from London at 10.30 GMT (Local time 4 p.m.) This address telecast by MTA – Muslim Television Ahmadiyya International, will have simultaneous translations including Tamil, English, French, German Bengali and Arabic to name a few.
The objective of this Convention (Jalsa Salana) is to present pure, pristine and peaceful teachings of Islam. Likewise to call people towards their creator, to develop love, affection and compassion among the creations of God, and promote brotherhood, are also its objectives.
At the convention, religious leaders of the community from around the country will address on the tenets of Islam and its power to promote peace and harmony in the world.
Ahmadi is a sect of Islam which is widely perceived to be different from the mainstream of the religion as they believe that the advent of a Messiah, as promised by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), has already happened. They believe, unlike the mainstream believers of Islam, that the Messiah was incarnated in 1835 in the form of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
Under Divine Command, in 1889, Hazeat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad proclaimed himself the awaited Messiah, The followers of Ahmad thus came to be called ‘Ahmadis’ or ‘Ahmadiyyas’.
We are completely same as the other mainstream followers of Islam but for our belief in the advent of a Messiah, which they believe is yet to take place.
In Sri Lanka, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jama’at) was established in 1915 and the Community celebrated its Centenary in the year (2015). To mark the event, the Community launched the Holy Qur’an Sinhala Translation, whereas, this scripture has been translated into 76 world languages by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in Islam.
Qadian is the birth-place of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam.
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