{"id":116649,"date":"2021-07-31T15:51:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T22:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=116649"},"modified":"2021-07-31T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T22:51:41","slug":"head-of-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-holds-historic-meeting-with-ahmadi-muslims-from-land-of-the-prophets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/07\/31\/head-of-ahmadiyya-muslim-community-holds-historic-meeting-with-ahmadi-muslims-from-land-of-the-prophets\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Holds Historic Meeting with Ahmadi Muslims from \u2018Land of the Prophets\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

By A. Abdul Aziz<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

 God-willing, one day will come\nwhen the Muslim Ummah, under the flag of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon\nhim), will enter the Holy Ka\u2019aba.\u201d \u2013 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 5 June 2021, the World Head\nof the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph)<\/em>, His Holiness\nHazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad presided a sixty-five minute virtual meeting with\nmale members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Kababir in Haifa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the very first time that people\nfrom the Holy Land<\/em> were blessed with a meeting from Kababir\nwith the representative of the True Servant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace\nand blessings be upon him), the Promised Messiah (peace be upon him). Thus the\n\u2018The Land of the Prophets\u2019 was once again honoured by the Khalifa of a Prophet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His Holiness presided the meeting from\nhis office in Islamabad, Tilford, whilst the Ahmadi Muslims joined from the\nhistoric Mahmood Mosque in Kababir, built in 1931.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After some initial presentations, Ahmadi\nMuslims living in Kababir had an opportunity to ask His Holiness a range of\nquestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One person mentioned that the Centenary\nof the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Kababir will be celebrated in 2028 and sought\nthe guidance of His Holiness of how they should best mark and commemorate this\nhistoric milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad\nsaid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a\ncertain date to arrive or for a period to complete does not of itself fulfil\nany objective\u2026 When someone asked the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and\nblessings be upon him) about the Day of Judgement, he replied by asking \u2018What\npreparation have you made for that day?\u2019 Therefore, the importance of anything\nis dependent upon one\u2019s preparation for it\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As your\ncentenary approaches, first and foremost you must keep in mind  that you\nhave accepted the Promised Messiah and Mahdi (peace be upon him) who has come\nin this era according to the prophecy of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and\nblessings be upon him) \u2013 according to the prophecy of Allah the Almighty which\nis also noted in the Holy Quran \u2013 in order to establish the true teachings of\nIslam in the world. You have pondered over and understood that this Messiah and\nMahdi has been sent by Allah the Almighty to spread the teachings of Islam as a\ntrue servant of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and\nyou have accepted him and that you must now advance his mission. For that the\nprincipal means is to establish righteous and pious changes within oneself.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad further\nstated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You must\nask yourselves, as you approach the centenary that how many of you are those\nwho have adopted the true teachings of Islam? How many amongst you  have\ntruly become the servants of the Gracious God? How many amongst you have\nreached the highest levels in the worship of God and are those who offer\nvoluntary prayers along with their obligatory prayers? How many from amongst\nyou are those who not only have a desire to spread the message of the Promised\nMessiah (peace be upon him) in their family, in their people and in their\nnation but actually endeavour and struggle in this effort? How many of you are\nobserving the highest morals? How many from amongst you have established an\natmosphere of peace, love, harmony and tranquillity within their homes? How\nmany form amongst you are such who have enlightened their children about the\nteachings of Ahmadiyyat \u2013 the true Islam?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong><\/em>Elaborating further, Hazrat Mirza\nMasroor Ahmad said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus,\nthese are some of the ways to truly celebrate and mark your centenary. And only\nif you have fulfilled them or are striving earnestly to fulfil them can it be\nsaid that you are trying to celebrate the centenary in the best possible way.\nIf this is not the case, then you must make a sincere effort in the coming\nseven years to ensure you are acting and living according to the true teachings\nof Islam. Furthermore, honestly assess how many of you are those who have a\ntrue relationship and bond with Khilafat and are fulfilling your religious\npledges.\u201d       <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another question was asked by a\nPalestinian living in Haifa who asked how, as a Palestinian living in Haifa, he\ncould remain faithful to the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reply, His Holiness stated that\nwherever any Ahmadi Muslim witnesses cruelties or injustice it was their duty\nto condemn it and to advocate on behalf of those who were suffering and\nvulnerable. However, Islam did not permit for any person to take the law into\ntheir own hands or to incite or partake in violence or civil disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad further said:\n  <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is\nnot for an Ahmadi Muslim to create disorder and cause damage to property and to\nsay things which may harm the nation and the country. Such actions do not have\nany real impact on those who are carrying out the injustices, rather it is the\ngeneral population who suffer.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His Holiness mentioned the words of the\nlate Sir Chaudhry Zafrullah Khan, an Ahmadi Muslim, who whilst serving as the\nForeign Minister of Pakistan in the late 1940s, outlined at the United Nations\nthat peace would not be established in the Holy Land unless the rights of both\nsides were protected and upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he concluded his answer, His Holiness\nreminded the Ahmadi Muslims of how real change for the better would be achieved\nthrough a meaningful relationship with God Almighty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the\nPalestinians truly unite, supplicate and reach the highest levels of faith,\nmorality and righteousness to such a degree where their supplications reach the\nthreshold of Allah the Almighty then He will be the Helper of the believers and\nthe situation will improve. Other than that \u2013 as I have already said in\nrelation to Sir Zafrullah Khan \u2013 that until both governments and peoples have\nequal rights, the environment of enmity will continue and to end this animosity\nwe must do whatever we can through wisdom and prayer.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another person asked His Holiness when\nit will be possible for the Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to enter\nthe Holy Ka\u2019aba, the centre of Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad replied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nPromised Messiah (peace be upon him) has said that, \u2018The tasks that Allah the\nAlmighty has assigned to me, and my prophecies and what Allah the Almighty has\ninformed me in His revelations \u2013 which I have informed the Ahmadiyya Muslim\nCommunity of \u2013 those things will, God-willing, most certainly come to pass.\u2019\nWhen they shall come to pass, only Allah knows best\u2026 However it is for certain\nthat these prophecies will be fulfilled because they are the words of Allah the\nAlmighty and We have seen that numerous prophecies and revelations of the\nPromised Messiah (peace be upon him) have been fulfilled and what he said in\nrelation to God\u2019s words, they came true. And God-willing, one day will come\nwhen the Muslim Ummah, under the flag of the Promised Messiah (peace be upon\nhim), will enter the Holy Ka\u2019aba.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another attendee asked His Holiness\nabout how he sees the future progress of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community\ndeveloping in the next ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nprogress of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is ever continuing. The knowledge of\nthe unseen is with Allah the Almighty\u2026 However, the progress that the Ahmadiyya\nMuslim Community is making \u2013 by the Grace of Allah the Almighty \u2013 and the way\nit is spreading in every country and their cities \u2013 there is a solid foundation\nthat has been set and people are being introduced to us. For example, in some\nof the major parliaments of the world has the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community been\nintroduced more than before. So we have hope that the next ten years or the\nnext twenty or twenty-five years are very important years for the progress of\nthe Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God-Willing,\nwe will come to see that the majority come to accept the Promised Messiah\n(peace be upon him), or at least in vast numbers and even amongst the Muslims,\npeople will accept the reality that the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the true\nIslam.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another person mentioned that some\npeople have intentions to do good deeds, however they fail to act upon them out\nof a lack of resolve. He asked His Holiness\u2019 advice for such people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nmerely say that one has an \u2018intention\u2019 is not enough. It can only be considered\nan \u2018intention\u2019 if a person is truly determined to act. To simply intend and\nthink of something in one\u2019s heart is something that is done by irresolute and\nhopeless people. If a person makes a real intention, then he also makes a\nresolve to carry out that deed. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon\nhim) has said that \u2018deeds are based upon intentions\u2019 but it does not mean that\nyou will be rewarded for the action simply by making an intention to act upon\nit. Rather, it requires for one to not only make an intention but to fully\nendeavour to achieve their objectives to the best of their abilities and then\nto leave it to Allah the Almighty.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(The word\n\u2018Promised Messiah\u2019 refers to: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad \u2013 Founder of the\nAhmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam\u2019.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: www.alislam.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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