{"id":69758,"date":"2017-09-14T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=69758"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:59:00","slug":"sri-lanka-ahmadiyya-convention-jalsa-salana-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/09\/14\/sri-lanka-ahmadiyya-convention-jalsa-salana-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"SRI LANKA AHMADIYYA CONVENTION (JALSA SALANA) \u2013 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of Sri Lanka Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at was held on Sunday the 10 September 2017 at Ahmadiyya Fazl Mosque premises Periyamulla, Negombo chaired by National President A.H. Nasir Ahmad. Ahmadi Muslims throughout the country attended this one day convention. Topics on various subjects include the blessings of Khilafath (Spiritual Leadership) and the History of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Sri Lanka were delivered.<\/p>\n

In his address A.H. Nasir Ahmad \u2013 National President put forward the history of Jama\u2019at Ahmadiya Sri Lanka.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He said: It was during the life time of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at that some of his books reached Ceylon as they reached Europe,\u00a0 America and\u00a0 Africa. A prominent Muslim gentleman who had been the trustee of the Mardana Mosque at the time Mr. I.L.M. Abdul\u00a0 Aziz, after reading a few of such books had sent his Bai\u2019at (oath of allegiance) to enter the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam by post direct to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at in Islam in 1907.<\/p>\n

Mr. I.L.M. Abdul\u00a0 Aziz published an article entitled \u2018A short sketch of Ahmadiyya Movement\u2019, in a magazine named Muslim Guardian\u201d, (Sept. 1907 issue) authored by him. This way the first introductory article about\u00a0 Ahmadiyya\u00a0 Jama\u2019at appeared in Ceylon in September, 1907. He died in 1915 and buried at Mardana Mosque in Colombo.<\/p>\n

In 1915, Hazrat Sufi Ghulam Muhammad, a companion of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (peace be on him) arrived in Colombo and stayed there for 3 months on his way to Mauritius. The first public announcement of the advent of Imaam\u00a0 Mahdi was made by the said Hazrat Sufi Ghulam Ahmad in the country during the course of his public lecture arranged by the Young Muslim Literary Association in Colombo.\u00a0The teachings of Ahmadiyyath got influenced into leading Educationalist personals such T.B. Jeya, Lyc and Manthara \u2013 belongs to Malay Community. His tireless efforts were very helpful to establish the Jama\u2019at in Sri Lanka in 1915. 15 members took Bai\u2019at iin the beginning.<\/p>\n

Another Companion of Promised Messiah (a.s.) Dr. Mufti Muhammad Saidq Sahib (r.a.) also visited Sri Lanka in the early period of Ahmadiyyath in Sri Lanka. A.P. Ibrahim Sahib and Moulavi B. Abdullah Sahib from India also visited Sri Lanka to serve Ahmadiyyath in the early period of its history. Moulavi Ismail Munir \u00a0from Pakistan served a lot for the propagation of Ahmadiyyath in the Island.<\/p>\n

Moulavi Mohammed Ismail Munir arrived in Ceylon in 6th of August, 1951.\u00a0 He had been appointed as the Missionary-in-Charge for Ceylon Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at by the International Headquarters in Rabwah, Pakistan.<\/p>\n

In 1920, the community bought its own property in Slave\u00a0 Island,\u00a0 Colombo to be used as a place for prayers, press and propagation centre. In 1923, a branch was established in Negombo. In 1932, the first\u00a0 Ahmadiyya\u00a0 Mosque and a burial ground were built in Negombo.<\/p>\n

This is the way history goes, National President added and said that there are five centers \u00a0in the Island and recalled the services rendered by the forefathers of Ahmadiyyath in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

In his address Chief Missionary Moulavi A.B. Musthq Ahmad dealt the subject of martial life in Islam and quoted verses of Holy Qur\u2019an on this issue. He also quoted from the advice of Hazrat Khalifathul Masih V on the subject of blessed married life.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sriyananda \u2013 Chief Officer of Public Library, Colombo, in his address praised the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama\u2019at\u00a0for its tireless efforts to establish peace in the world and also expressed his thanks for the contribution of Ahmadiyya Community \u00a0\u00a0to his social services. Since 2013, he is participating in important events organized by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Sri Lanka and also extended his full cooperation to the Jama\u2019at in launching the Holy Qur\u2019an Sinhala Translation, he added. In his busy schedule he accepted the Jama\u2019at invitation and the Jalsa Salana.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sriyananda was presented a book \u2013 the Sinhala translation of Ahmadiyya Supreme Head\u2019s address at U.K. Ahmadiyya Convention \u2013 2015, titled: The Real Justice and Peace.<\/p>\n

Mr. S. Nizam Khan and Moulavi M.Z. Munafjan also addressed.\u00a0 Urdu Poem and Arabic Kasheeda composed by Promised Messiah (a.s) were recited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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