{"id":146085,"date":"2024-11-25T17:49:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T00:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=146085"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:49:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T00:49:09","slug":"sri-lanka-ahmadiyya-elders-association-majlis-ansarullah-annual-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/11\/25\/sri-lanka-ahmadiyya-elders-association-majlis-ansarullah-annual-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Elders\u2019 Association (Majlis Ansarullah) – Annual Gathering."},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Second Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at (Community) in Islam Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, formed Auxiliary Organizations in the J     ama\u2019at to serve the needs of both genders according to different age groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1922: Majlis Lajna Ima\u2019illah for women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1928: Majlis Nasirat-ul-Ahmadiyya for girls ages 7 \u2013 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1938:  Majlis Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya for men ages 15 \u2013 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1940: Majlis Ansarullah for men age 40 and above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday the 24th<\/sup> November 2024, at Baitul Basit Mosque Sri Lanka in Pasyala, Ahmadiyya Elders Association Annual Gathering (Ijtima) was held. Previous day, the Sports Event taken place. Theme of the Event was \u2018Importance of Salat (Prayer)\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main event started at 9.30 am with Flag Hoisting followed by silent prayer by Mr. S. Nizam Khan \u2013 National President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Sri Lanka). Program further continued with Holy Qur\u2019an recitation by A.H. Nasir Ahmad followed by translations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. N. Nasir, President of the Association, read out the Pledge of Association and the audience repeated. He also put the Message of Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community   Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad. This Message was sent by His Holiness on the event of Ahmadiyya Elders\u2019 Association Annual Gathering held in India recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 An Urdu poem composed by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi was recited followed by translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his inaugural Address, the National Prescient of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Sri Lanka, emphasized the importance of observing daily prayers and prayers in congregation with full attention quoting from the Holy Qur\u2019an, Prophet of Islam Muhammad (PBUH) and writings of Founder, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event included academic competitions such as Holy Qur\u2019an recitation, Urdu Poem, short speech and the memory test etc. and the prize distribution was also part of the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annual Report was read out by I.A. Masood Ahmad, General Secretary of the Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vote of Thanks by Arshad, Officer, Ijtima Committee. and the daylong event concluded with silent prayer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was founded in 1889 in a small town Qadian, in Punjab, India.  Its founder, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) claimed to be the Promised Reformer of the age.  Ahmadiyya Community stands for the brotherhood of mankind and tries to establish peace on earth through love, persuasion and tolerance.  It is a spiritual Community and has no political agenda (www,alislam.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOVE FOR ALL, HATRED FOR NONE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by A. Abdul Aziz The Second Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at (Community) in Islam Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad, may Allah be pleased with him, formed Auxiliary Organizations in the J     ama\u2019at to serve the needs of both genders according to different age groups: In 1922: Majlis Lajna Ima\u2019illah for women. In 1928: Majlis Nasirat-ul-Ahmadiyya […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ahmadi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}