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fter tashhud, tawwuz

and recitation of Sura AA l -Fa t iha , Haz ra t

Khalifatul Masih V (may Allah

strengthen him with His

Mighty Help) recited verses

52-57 of Sura Al-Nur, Chapter

24 of the Holy Quran:In these

verses from Sura Al-Nur.

Allah, the Exalted, says:

The response of the

believers, when they are

called to Allah and His

Messenger in order that he

may judge between them, is

only that they say: 'We hear

and we obey.' And it is they

who will prosper. (24:52)

And whoso obeys Allah and

His Messenger, and fears Allah,

and takes Him as a shield for

protection, it is they who will

be successful. (24:53)

And they swear by Allah

their strongest oaths that, if

thou command them, they will

surely go forth. Say, 'Swear

not; what is required is actual

obedience in what is right.

Surely, Allah is well aware of

what you do.' (24:54)

Say, 'Obey Allah, and obey

the Messenger.' But if you turn

away, then upon him is his

burden, and upon you is your

burden. And if you obey him,

you will be rightly guided. And

t he mes senge r i s no t

responsible but for the plain

delivery of the Message.

(24:55)

Allah has promised to

those among you who believe

and do good works that He will

surely make them Successors

in the earth, as He made

Successors from among those

who were before them; and

that He will surely establish

for them their religion which

He has chosen for them; and

that He will surely give them

in exchange security and

peace after their fear: They

will worship Me, and they will

not associate anything with

Me. Then whoso is ungrateful

after that, they will be the

rebellious. (24:56)

And observe Prayer and

give the Zakat and obey the

Messenger, that you may be

shown mercy. (24:57)

For the members of the

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at

there is a special day that

comes in the month of May. I

mean the 27th of May, which is

known as Khilafat Day and is

celebrated as such by the

Jama'at. With reference to

this, despite the fact that

three days still remain, I have

chosen to talk about this topic

today.

While the 26th of May 1908

was a heart rending day for

t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at,

and it shook the faith of many,

and caused restlessness in the

hearts of some, for the

enemies of Ahmadiyyat it was

a day they used to inflict pain

and try and suffering on the

members of the Ahmadiyya

Muslim Jama'at.

I n t h e h i s t o r y o f

Ahmadiyyat, there are such

painful accounts recorded of

the statements and acts of the

enemies of Ahmadiyyat that

one is amazed to read them

and it is difficult to imagine

that a human being can stoop

to such a low state and involve

himself in the kinds of actions

that they undertook at the

time of the death of the

Promised Messiah (as).

H o w c o u l d s u c h

FRIDAY SERMON-By: Hazrat Khalifatul Maskh V.

deplorable deeds be expected

from those who attribute

themselves to the Holy

Prophet (sa0 who was sent as a

Mercy to all the worlds!

People act in accord with

their nature but on the 27th of

May 1908, we saw the Might

and Decree of Allah manifest

itself and we saw Him fulfilling

His Promise. 27th of May came

heralding a message of peace

and security for the Ahmadiyya

Muslim Jama'at. This day came

bearing the glad tidings of the

fulfillment of the promises

that God had made with the

Promised Messiah (as) and it

came to scorch the enemies of

Ahmadiyyat in the fire of their

own rage and frustration and it

came as a day that destroyed

their false joys and happiness

The 27th of May is not an

o r d i n a r y d a y f o r t h e

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at.

This is a very important day

and this importance increases

yet more when we cast a

glance at the prophecies of the

Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa).

The vast majority of the

Muslims of the world look to

the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at

wi th great regret and

resentment, infact we should

say they look at us grudgingly

and with great envy that we

have Khilafat established

among us.

They have tried many

times to establish Khilafat

among their own selves and

they keep trying, but they

h a v e a l w a y s b e e n

unsuccessful in this endeavor

for the very powerful reason

that they have disobeyed a

clear directive of the Holy

Prophet Muhammad (sa).

T h e H o l y P r o p h e t

Muhammad (sa) had said that

when the Promised Messiah

and Imam Mahdi appears, they

should take whatever pain and

suffering may be necessary

and go, crawling on their

knees, over glaciers of ice if

need be, and convey his

salams, greetings of peace, to

him.

Then, the Holy Prophet

(sa) also informed everyone of

the signs, that if they see

being fulfilled, they should

realize that the one making

the claim is true in his claim.

These signs that the Holy

Prophet mentioned are both

heavenly and earthly and they

are frequently made mention

of among our gatherings and

also we present them to our

opponents with regularity -

but I will not mention them at

this time.

It is, however, a cause of

great misfortune for those

who do not believe that, for

worldly and material reasons,

or for fear of the so-called

Muslim divines and clerics, or

because they do not pay

attent ion or heed the

directives of the Holy Prophet,

not only have they not

accepted the one who made

the claim to being the

Promised Messiah and Imam

Mahdi, but their governments

have become so audacious as

to use most foul language

when referring to this holy

personage who has been sent

by God.

Their actions are indeed

evil. And all this, despite

knowing full well that the age

in which we live is shouting

and informing anyone who

cares to listen that this is the

time for the one who was to

come to have indeed made

his appearance. Allah has

shown all the signs confirming

these things and continues to

show signs, but still these

people continue to oppose

the one sent by God.

A f t e r e a ch a c t o f

opposition by the enemies of

Ahmadiyyat, Allah castigates

them with a new punishment

but their defiance and

audacity is such that they are

not willing to give up their

opposition. So if this is not

their great misfortune what is

it and what can we say it is?

In any case, as I said, this

day is of great importance

and the Holy Prophet (sa) has

h i m s e l f m a d e a n

announcement to this effect

in one of his prophecies. The

exact date was not foretold,

but certainly, by announcing

the advent of one who would

be his greatest and most

ardent and true lover, who

would come as the Promised

Messiah and then after him

announcing that an era of

Khilafat would begin, he

made a prophecy of this day's

coming.

So what could be more

important than that about

which the Holy Prophet

himself should have made an

announcement.

There is a hadith of the

Holy Prophet (sa) narrated by

Hazrat Huzaifa (may Allah be

pleased with him) that the

Messenger of Allah (peace

and blessings of Allah be on

him.) Said:

“Prophethood will remain

among you as long as Allah

wills. Then He will take it

away and Khilafat on the lines

o f Pr o p h e t h o o d s h a l l

commence, and then, when

Allah wills, He will take away

this bounty also. Then in

accordance with His Decree

corrupt/erosive monarchy

would be established, which

will make people sad and feel

constrained and then when

Continued on page 3

KHILAFAT-E-AHMADIYYATMay 24th, 2013


FRIDAY SERMON-By: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V.

this era will come to an end, in

accord with another Decree of

God, despotic kingship would

emerge till the Mercy of God

will descend and bring this era

of tyranny and excess to an

end. Then again, Khilafat on

the precept of Prophethood

shall be established,” and

then after saying this the Holy

Prophet became silent.

So clearly in this Hadith,

first the Holy Prophet (sa)

t a l k s a b o u t h i s o w n

Prophethood and then he

talks about the establishment

of Khilafat-e-Rashida, the

Rightly Guided Khilafat which

would move forward on the

p a t t e r n , o r l i n e s o f

prophethood, and the world

saw and witnessed how the

first four Khilafats, which are

referred to as Khilafat-e-

Rashida, had nothing to do

with the worldly kingships and

their pomp and glory. They

operated with just one goal in

mind; to please Allah and kept

this in view as they discharged

the duties of Khilafat. Then

also the world saw how every

word of what the Holy Prophet

had said came true when he

said that there would be times

when kingships would reign

and at times these would be a

little less severe and at other

times they would be very

severe in their treatment of

the people.

So if we read history we

see the words of the Holy

Prophet (sa) coming to

f u l f i l m e n t b y t h e

establishment of Khilafat-e-

Rash ida and then the

kingships in which to some

degree of severity we saw

tyranny and excess taking

place. The kings who came

were more inclined to the

world and material things

than the faith.

Then the Holy Prophet

(sa) said that, as it has always

happened, God turns with

Mercy to His creatures, and

after a long period of

darkness, God's Mercy shall

descend and bring to an end

the era of tyranny and excess.

And Khilafat on the pattern of

Prophethood would again be

established. And then he

became silent as it is stated in

the Hadith.

Every one can ponder on

this hadith and see that the

Holy Prophet's prophecy

about Khilafat-e-Rashida was

fulfilled, then his words

predicting the coming into

being of relatively less

despotic, and then immensely

despotic era of kingships also

were fulfilled.

So then how can there be

any doubt about the last part

of his prophecy? So when all

the signs have been fulfilled

and also Allah has declared in

the Holy Quran:

And among others from

among them who have not yet

joined them. He is the Mighty,

the Wise. (62:4)

In other words Allah will

again arrange things for the

coming into being of Khilafat

o n t h e p a t t e r n o f

prophethood.

Allah, the Exalted, says,

“He is the Mighty, the Wise.”

So when Allah's Mighty, All

E n c o m p a s s i n g W i s d o m

determined, and when His

Mercy was moved, the

Muslims were freed from

despotic kingships and

Khilafat on the pattern of

prophethood was established

as He desired.

So we Ahmadis are

fortunate because we bear

witness to the truth of the

first part of the Holy Prophet's

prophecy, and believe in it,

and have seen it being

fulfilled, and we are those

who also believe in the last

part of his prophecy. We

believe fully that this part of

his prophecy also has been

fulfilled.

There is another hadith of

the Holy Prophet (sa) which

relates to the verse from Sura

Jumu'ah,

And among others from

among them who have not yet

joined them. He is the Mighty,

the Wise. (62:4)

Keeping in mind these

words of Allah, and keeping in

mind the conditions of the

world and having seen all the

s i gn s tha t have been

manifested, we have believed

in the Imam of the Age who

was to have come.

In one of his sayings, the

Holy Prophet (sa) has referred

to the Promised Messiah (as)

a s , “ n a b e e u l l a h , ” o r

Messenger and Prophet of

Allah. Then the Holy Prophet

(sa) has also said that

between me and the Promised

Messiah (as) there is no

Prophet. Then in accord with

verse 4 of Sura Jumu'ah, wa

aakhareena minhum, the Holy

Rrophet (sa) said that the one

who was to be raised in the

latter days would be like unto

his own coming into the

world.

In other words, the person

who was to come, the

Promised Messiah (as) would

be so totally immersed in his

love of the Holy Prophet, that

he would become, as it were,

his reflection and thus he

would attain the title of

Prophet upon being sent into

the world.

While explaining this

verse of Sura Jumu'ah, the

Holy Prophet (sa) had placed

his hand on the shoulder of

Hazrat Salman Farsi (ra) and

said that the one who was to

come in the latter days would

be from among these people

and would be a non-Arab.

The Holy Prophet (sa) also

told us the sign which relates

the disappearance of faith

and it being lifted to the

farthest heavens. This is a sign

of the times that these

Ulema, Muslim religious

divines, clerics, also accept

and they acknowledge that at

the time when the Promised

Messiah (as) had made his

claim, the condition of the

faith of the Muslims was

extremely poor as if faith had

disappeared from the world.

So they all see that all the

signs have been fulfilled. And

the signs having been fulfilled

tells us that the Promised

Messiah (as) who was to come

had indeed come at the

appointed time.

Here, let me also make

clear that by virtue of the

Promised Messiah (as) being

the Khatamul Khulafa he

attained to the very highest

pinnacle of Khilafat on the

pattern of prophethood or we

can say that he was bestowed

the very highest pinnacle of

Khilafat on the pattern of

prophethood.

And by virtue of him being

the Promised Messiah (as) and

in fulfilment of the words of

the Holy Prophet, by being

totally immersed in the love

of the Holy Prophet he was

bestowed also a reflected

prophethood. Thus the system

of Khilafat that began with

the Promised Messiah (as) is in

reality a continuation of the

pattern of the prophethood of

the Holy Prophet (sa). And the

work that is to be done by this

Khilafat is to insure that the

commandments of the Holy

Quran are followed by the

Muslim Umma, and the rights

and duties that are due to

Allah and to His Creatures are

fulfilled and discharged by

the Muslims. And by making

the practice (sunna) of the

Holy Prophet our model,

insure that it is acted upon

and the Jama'at is urged to act

upon it. So Khilafat-e-

Ahmadiyys is a continuation of

Khilafat-e-Rashida in this

period of the rejuvenation of

Islam in the latter days.

With regard to the first

period of Islam, and after

learning from Allah, the Holy

Prophet (sa) had announced

that the Khilafat-e-Rashida

would come to an end after a

certain period of time. But

with regard to the Khilafat

that would be started during

the renaissance of Islam in the

latter days, he had given the

good news from God that this

Khi lafat would remain

forever.

But for which people is

this good news given? Most

certainly this good news is

given and will be true in favor

of those who will discharge

the dues of Khilafat. Those

who will walk on the ways of

taqwa, righteousness, and do

good deeds, and those who

will go on perfecting their

worship.

There are many people

who join the Ahmadiyya

Muslim Jama'at but because

they are those who fail to

discharge their obligations to

Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya, so the

Decree of Allah causes them

to separate from the Jama'at-

e-Ahmadiyya. For the sake of

their worldly concerns and

desires either they are

separated from the Jama'at or

they themselves announce

their separation from the

Jama'at.

But has the rate of

progress of the Jama'at ever

suffered as a consequence of

such people separating from

the Jama'at? Has an obstacle

ever been created in our way

by such things? Never. When

one such person leaves Allah

bestows upon us a whole body

of people instead. When the

dry branches are cut off or

pruned, evergreen and living

branches sprout in greater

measure as a result.

So because this is a

promise of God that the

system of Khilafat must

continue, so Allah has Himself

undertaken the task of

pruning and weeding. It can

never be the case that Allah,

the Exalted, should not take

care and fail to fulfill the

prophecy made by His most

beloved and dearest human

being. Most certainly, this

prophecy has been fulfilled

and shall continue to be

fulfilled.

Yes, it is true that some

such times come when those

of weak faith and the

opponents of Ahmadiyyat

begin to think that now

Ahmadiyyat will meet its end

but the signs of Allah's Help

come and take the Jama'at

out of all such times of

difficulty.

The greatest heartrending

time that came upon the

Jama'at was indeed when the

Promised Messiah (as) passed

Continued on page 11


DR. ABDULLAH NOW A PROFESSOR r. A b d u r - R a h m a n

Oladele Abdul lah,

f o r m e r N a t i o n a l DPresident of Ahmadi Muslim

Students' Association(AMSA)

and currently a member of the

N a t i o n a l M a j l i s

Aamila(National Executive

Council) of the Ahmadiyya

Muslim Jama'at, Nigeria, being

i t s na t i ona l Sec re ta ry

Zira'at(Secretary in charge of

Agriculture) has been

promoted to the rank of

P r o f e s s o r o f A n i m a l

Breeding, Quantitative

Genetics and Biostatistics by

the Governing Council of

Babcock University, Ilishan-

Remo, Ogun State.

Prof A-R. Abdullah is

currently the Head of the

Department of Animal Science

of the University and the

Resident Biostatistician for

the school. He is also the

scientific consultant to the

University Commercial Farms.

He ispresently awaiting his

induction by the Nigeria

Institute of Animal Science as

a Registered Animal Scientist

in September this year.

He had his B.Sc. (Hons.)

degree in Agriculture with

Animal Science option from

the University of Ibadan,

Ibadan in 1991. He finished his

M.Sc degree in Animal Science

in 1994 and also his Ph.D.

degree in Animal Breeding and

Genetics in 2004 both from the

University of Ibadan.

He has attended some

training workshops and short

courses such as;

Tr a i n i n g c o u r s e o n

Sustainable use of Animal

G e n e t i c Re s o u r c e s i n

D e v e l o p i n g C o u n t r i e s

Organized by International

Livestock Research Institute

(ILRI) and Swedish University

of Agricultural Sciences,

Uppsala, Sweden, held from thNovember 26 to December

th14 2007 at the ILRI campus,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Workshop on Capacity

Building for Research Design

and Implementation organized

by Faculty of Science and

Technology, Babcock University, thIlishan-Remo, Ogun State on 5

April, 2006

Training workshop on

Participatory Rapid Appraisal

(PRA) Methods of Assessment of

Livestock Productivity held at

I n t e r n a t i o n a l L i v e s t o c k

Research Institute (ILRI)

Conference Room, IITA Campus,

Ibadan, Nigeria from Monday 24

Friday 28 May, 2004

Prof. Abdullah has been

i n v o l v e d i n s e r i e s o f

c o m m i s s i o n e d r e s e a r c h

projects in agriculture both

from local and international

agencies namely:

(I) Un ivers i ty o f Ibadan

Mission Research Project

(SRG/FAF/2002/ID/D)

(ii) USAID-Sponsored Nigeria

A g r i c u l t u r a l

Biotechnology Project

(iii) WOTRO DC Fellowship

Project: Evaluation of genetic

diversity of taurine cattle in

Bén in (Wes t A f r i ca ) ; A

contr ibut ion to genet ic

conservation

(iv) USAIDfunded, IITA co-

o r d i n a t e d a c c e l e r a t e d

dissemination of improved

agricultural technologies in

Nigeria: Peri-urban livestock

fattening and milk production

technology transfer in Ibadan

(Project No. 45)

(v) European Economic

Commission life sciences and

technologies for developing

countries (EECSTD3, 1990

1994) sponsored research

project on genetic evaluation of

local poultry resources in

Nigeria

He's currently serving as a

member of Editorial Board,

Philippine Journal of Veterinary

and Animal Sciences (PJVAS)

published by The Philippine

Society of Animal Science,

Animal and Dairy Sciences

Cluster, College of Agriculture

University of the Philippines Los

Baños College, Laguna 4031,

Ph i l i p p i n e s (

). and also a Peer

w w w. p s a s -

national.org

Reviewer for Production

Agriculture and Technology

(PAT) Journal (An International

J ou rna l o f A g r i c u l t u r a l

R e s e a r c h ) F a c u l t y o f

Agriculture, Nasarawa State

University, Keffi, Nigeria.

He has recently served as

the secretary of Study Group on

Agricultural Transformation

Initiative set up by Ijebu North-

East Local Government Area,

Atan, where he hailed from. For

the meritorious job done, the

I j e b u N o r t h - E a s t l o c a l

Government has graciously

approved the naming of a street

within the local Government

area in his honour.

He was recently awarded

(for the second time) the Best

Lecturer of the Year Award for

the 2012/2013 academic session

by Agricultural Students '

Association, Babcock University.

The first one was won in the

2005/2006 Academic Session.

He has served as a member

of West Africa focal group on

Domestic Animal Diversity based

in Inst itut National des

Recherches Agricole du Bénin

(INRAB), Cotonou, Républic du

Bénin

H e w a s on e o f t h e

consultants commissioned by

International Institute for

Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in

2005 to review the curriculum of

Leventis Foundation (Nigeria)

Limited Agricultural Schools in

Nigeria (LFNAS).

He has served as a member

of Babcock University Planning

Commi t tee on Na t i ona l

University Commission Research

and Development Fairs in 2005,

2008 and 2010. One of his

research works titled “Effects of

dietary inclusion of raw Garlic

( A l l i u m s a t i v u m ) o n

Performance, Haematological

parameters of laying hens and

egg yolk cholesterol” which was

presented won the second place

in research category at the fair

in 2008.

He was the Best Biology

Student (1986/87 Academic

Session), at the then Oyo State

College of Arts and Science,

Ile-Ife during his Higher School

Certificate programme and

the Federal Government

Postgraduate Scholar in (1993)

during his M.Sc degree course.

His work experience

outs ide the Un ivers i ty

includes;

Head, Broiler Breeder (Parent

Stock) Unit (November 1995

May 1997)Zartech Limited (Agriculture Division) Block 1, Plot 8, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State

Farms Manager (August 1997 February 1999) Tuns Integrated Poultry Farms Nigeria Ltd. Km 9, Ikirun Road,

P.O.Box 720, Osogbo, Osun State. With full responsibility for maintaining the Broiler and Layer chicken parent stocks, hatchery and commercial broilers and layers

He has published more than 40 research papers in l e a r n e d j o u r n a l s a n d proceedings, 3 workshop papers, 1 technical reports and 1 textbook.

His papers have been published in the book of

th th proceedings of the 7 and 8 World Congress on Genetics a p p l i e d t o L i v e s t o c k Production (WCGALP), held in Montpellier, France in 2002 and Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, in 2006 respectively.

He is a member of various professional and academic associations, among which a r e : A n i m a l S c i e n c e Association of Nigeria (ASAN), International Network for Family Poultry Development (INFPD), Nigerian Society for Animal Production (NSAP) and Genetic Society of Nigeria (GSN).

Prof. Abdur-Rahman is happily married to Sisters Rizqat Abdullah (nee Akintobi) and Mariam Abdullah (nee AbdAzeez) and the marriages are blessed with a girl (Hibat-ur-Rahman) and 5 boys (Khalil-u r - R a h m a n , H a y a t - u r -Rahman, Fadhl-ur-Rahman,


h e H e a d o f t h e

Ahamadiyya Muslim TJamaat and Fi fth

Khalifa, Hadhrat Mirza

Masroor Ahmad delivered the

keynote address at a special

reception held in his honour

at the Montage in Beverly

Hills, LA on 11 May 2013.

More than 300 politicians,

academics and community

leaders attended, including

the California Lieutenant

Governor, mayoral candidate

Eric Garcetti, and several

members of the United State

Congress.

During the event the Los

A n g e l e s C i t y C o u n c i l

presented Hadhrat Mirza

Masroor Ahamad with the

golden key to the city,

declaring:

“This Key is reserved for

only the most honoured

people on Earth.”

In this keynote address

Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad

said the American people had

no reason to fear Islam

because it was a religion that

advocated peace, universal

human right and a respect for

human dignity.

Hadhrat Mirza Masroor

Ahmad said:

“There is no doubt that

the acts of terrorism or

extremism some so-called

FOREIGN NEWS

Muslims perpetrate have

nothing whatsoever to do

with the true teachings of

Islam. The very meaning of

'Islam' is peace, security and

giv ing a guarantee of

protection against all forms

of harm and evil.”

The Khalifa also took the

opportunity to unequivocally

condemn the recent Boston

marathon terrorist attack and

to offer his condolences

saying:

“My sympathies are with

the victims of the Boston

bombing. We condemn that

attack in its entirety.”

Speaking about Islam's

commitment to equality and

humanity for all people,

Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad

said:

“I believe in that one God

who is the Lord of all nations,

all races and all religions, and

so it becomes impossible that

I could ever develop any

hatred in my heart for any

nation, any race or any

religion.”


Ahmad also used his address to

implore all people to view

Islam through the lens of

justice, rather than through

the acts of extremists. He

called on non-Muslims to judge

Islam only after studying its

teachings in depth and after

observing the character of

Muslims who adhere to its

original teachings.

The Khalifa gave examples

from the life of the Holy

Prophet Muhammad (peace

and blessings be upon him) to

illustrate the Prophet's love

for all of mankind and his

unpara l le led leve l s o f

compassion, tolerance and

justice.


Ahmad said:

“The Holy Prophet

(peace and blessings be upon

him) was held captive and

enslaved in his heartfelt

distress and desire to save

the people of the world from

destruction. And so it is a

cause of great injustice that

many people today try to

stain his blessed character by

saying that, God forbid, he

brought teaching of cruelity,

oppression and injustice.”


Ahmad concluded his address

with a stark warning about the

state of the world by saying:

“The direction the world

is moving in suggests that the

dark shadow of war is being

cast over a very large part of

the globe. If war breaks out

then countless innocent

women, children and elderly

people will all die. The

destruction will be greater

than was witnessed in the

previous two World wars.”

Hadhrat Mirza Mosroor

Ahmad continued:

“The key to peace is to

stop cruelty and oppression

wherever it occurs with

justice and equality. Only

when this principle is

followed will global peace

develop. This will only

happen when the people of

the world come to recognize

their Creator. It is my ardent

hope and prayer that the

entire world urgently comes

to understand the needs of

the time before it is too

late.”

A number of dignitaries

also took to the stage to

welcome Hadhrat Mirza

Masroor Ahmad to Los Angeles

and to congratulate the

Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat on

its continued commitment to

deve lop ing peace and

tolerance globally.

Gavin Newsom, California

Lieutenant Governor said the

presence of Hadhrat Mirza

Masroor Ahmad meant it was a

“special day” and he thanked

His Holiness for “sowing the

seeds of possibility to the

entire world.” He also said

the people of LA “do only not

tolerate diversity, we

celebrate it”

U.S. Congresswoman

Julia Brownley praised His

Holliness as: “one of the

greatest ecumenical leaders

of our time.”

U.S. Congresswoman Judy

Chew Bass said “I am here

because His Holiness stands

against terrorist and war.”

U.S. Congresswoman

Karen Bass said “His Holiness

is a transformative figure

who has promoted peace

and tolerance across the

world.”

Lee Baca, Los Angeles

County Sherrif said “His

Holiness is a transformative

figure who has promoted

peace and tolerance across

the world.”

Lee Baca, Los Angeles

County sherrif said “Your

H o l i n e s s , y o u a r e a

worldwide spiritual leader.

You have made a huge

impact in all parts of the

world and so we are all

drawn to you today for the

sake of wisdom.”

The recep t i on was

preceeded by both a press

Conference and a private

meeting between Hadrat

Mirza Masroor Ahmad and

various dignitaries.

HEAD OF AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMA’AT DELIVERS HISTORIC ADDRESS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad presented with key to Los Angeles

ith glory to Almighty Allah

for a life well-spent, the

A h m a d i y y a M u s l i m WJama'at, in concert with the

Ogunbiyi family of Ijede, Lagos

State, hereby announces the

passing-on to glory of their

matriarch, ALHAJA AYISAT AGBEKE

OGUNBIYI(Nee Hassan Bello), whose

glorious exit from this ephemeral

world took place in the morning of thMonday 27 May, 2013. Inna lillahi

wa inna ilaehi raji'oon.

Her Janaza and Interment took

place at the residence of one of her

daughters at Ijede. Her Janaza,

which was witnessed by members of

the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at from

all parts of Lagos State(despite the

short notice), was led by the Lagos

S t a t e M i s s i o n a r y, M u a l l i m

Muhammad Qasim Oyekola.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at

n a t i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s w a s

represented at the burial rites by a

high-powered delegation led by the

Naib Amir Special Duties, Alhaji

Ahmed Alhassan (standing-in for the

Amir who was unavoidably absent)

and the General Secretary, Alhaji

Dauda Abiola Raji.

Late Alhaja Ayisat Ogunbiyi, a

born-Ahmadi Muslim herself, is

survived by four children; three

female and one male. They are:

1. Hajiya Huseifat Kikelomo

Olajumoke Sunmonu, who was

national Sadr Lajna Imaillah Nigeria

for many years and wife of a former

Amir Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at

Nigeria, Alhaj i (Engr. Hussein

Oyekanmi Sunmonu.

2. Hajiya Bilqis Olubukunola

Danmola

3. Mrs Rahmotallah Oluwatoyin

Ogunmola; wife of the Principal,

Mahmud College, Ijede.

4. Bro. Abdur Rauf Folagbade

Ogunbiyi.

In retrospect, the maternal

grandfather of Alhaja H. K. O.

Sunmonu, Alhaji Hassan Bello(of

blessed memory), was a pioneer

Ahmadi muslim in Ijede; in fact, the

establishment of Ahmadiyya in Ijede

actually commenced at his residence,

which implies that Hajiya Sunmonu is

a third generation Ahmadi.

May Allah the Almighty overlook

all the earthly shortcomings of Mama

and admit her into Jannat-il Firdaus.

Amin. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaehi

raji'oon.

EX-SADR LAJNA IMAILLAH LOSES MUM!

riends and Well-

wishers congratulate Fand felicitate with

the families of MUSTAPHA

OLAGBAYE and MUSTAPHA

OLOYEDE all of Owode-

Yewa, Ogun State, who

m e r g e d t h e i r t w o

names (MUSTAPHA ) t o

become one, through the

Nikah solemnization of their

children SISTER FADHILAT

OMOLOLA IFEDAPO(Omo

“Baba Londoner”) and BRO.

S IRAJUDEEN AYINLA(AL-

WA J U U D , O m o “ M a m a

Dodo”). So, former MISS

MUSTAPHA still remains MRS

MUSTAPHA!

TWO MUSTAPHA FAMILIES JOIN IN MARRIAGE!

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !


olitical leaders and

g o v e r n m e n t s , Pespecially in Nigeria,

are always quick to join the

r e s t o f t h e w o r l d i n

celebrating special “DAY's”,

committing millions(or maybe

billions) of naira of the Nigeria

tax payers' money in the

process; and they never wait

for anybody to remind

them(or go on strike) of any of

these DAY's.

Hence, year-in year-out,

you will always hear about:

“WORLD FOOD DAY”(which is

always celebrated by the very

few elites of the society, who

have more than enough to eat

with their families and even

throw away); “ WORLD

HABITAT DAY”(of which only

the affluence who possess

PALATIAL MANSIONS can be

a w a r e ) ; “ M O T H E R S '

DAY”( f rom which REAL

MOTHERS never benefit);

“WORKERS' DAY”(during which

promises of Heaven on Earth

UTOPIANISMare made to the

workers, and from whom the

only language that receives

infinitesimal attention is

STRIKE ACTION); “LITERACY

DAY”(at the commemoration

on which WORDS that cannot

be found in Dictionaries, let

alone being understood by the

i l l i t e r a t e s , a r e be i n g

beautifully concocted and

dished out to the public, who

are supposed to be the

beneficiaries in the first

place); or “CHILDREN's

DAY”(during which the

supposed CELEBRANTS The

Childrenare only further

tortured, by keeping them

perpetually inside scorching

sun or torrential rain as the

weather may determinefor

hours on end, in the name of

RALLIES or MARCH-PAST,

without providing them, even

ORDINARY WATER to drink!

Whereas, children of those at

the corridors of power are

a l w a y s g a t h e r e d a t

government houses, to dine,

wine LAVISHLY, dance and cut

million naira-worth Cake); “

DAY”(in which majority of the

actors The Politicianshave

become DEMONS and so,

CRAZY!) So, it should rather

be DEMO(n) CRA(c)ZY DAY!

It is always such a

disgusting PARADOX. It only

reminds one of the symbolic

society of George Orwell's

book: “1984”, in which

virtually everything is upside-

down.

“Minipix”(Ministry of

Pe a c e ) c r e a t e s w a r s ;

“Miniplenty”(Ministry of

Plenty) promotes Scarcity and

so on. It is just a case of

leaders speaking from the two

sides of their mouths! It's ALL

RHETORICS! God save our

souls..

The commonest response I

have always heard people

NOSING AROUND Rhetorics of Special “DAY’s” Celebrations!

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utter, especially whenever

they are admonished or

persuaded to do certain

things which are to be for

their own great benefits, but

because such things do not

come out of their own

initiative, volition or free-

will, the ready response is,

more often than not, is “IT IS

NOT EASY”.

For instance, challenge

some parents whose children

are old enough to have learnt

the Holy Quran, but are still

not able to, the defence of

such parents is always: “It is

not easy” Reasons:” The

children have to go to school,

attend extra lessons, do their

homeworks given them from

school and have their

meals(as of taking meals is

also another hard task), then

where is the time left for

Quran Class? It is not easy at

all.”

You try to persuade some

people to pay their chanda

regularly and at correct rates,

oh! you have asked for it and

you will surely get it. They

give you catalogue of

expenditures they have to

make “from their meagre

income” and even wonder

w h y y o u a r e “ n o t

appreciative” of the little

they are doing, emphasizing

that: “It is not easy!”

But I have discovered that in

spite of EVERYTHING “NOT

BEING EASY”, there is still one

thing that is not only easy to

do, but it is the EASIEST. And

that is: CRITICISM! “Why is

this thing done this way?” or

“why is it not done that way?”

Even though no alternative

way or method would be

proffered by the ARMCHAIR

CRITIC!

EVERYTHING “IS NOT EASY”, EXCEPT…..

am not envying Muallim

Horoun Idowu, who

officiated the Nikah of ITWO of Maulana Zikrullah

Tayo Ayyuba's daughters

last weekend(of course, I

have no reason to envy him

whatsoever).

But please, Rishta Natah

or whoever is concerned,

when next Maulana Ayyuba

is giving another set of his

daughters in marriage, let

me have the privilege of

“officiating” so that I can

also be PRIVILEGED to

COMMAND the VETERAN

MAULVI to STAND UP! And

remain standing until he

satisfies my “queries” on

In A Lighter MoodNO ENVY, BUT…..

his daughter(s). Yes, it is a

privilege that I will cherish

much. I hope I'm not courting

a “WAY TO HEAVEN!” anyway.

SO, IT'S TRUE THERE'S

NO “OLD CHILD”!

have always learnt that a

“child” always remains a I“child”, no matter how

old, especially as long as

h e / s h e h a s h i s / h e r

parent(s) still living.

h a d a f i r s t - h a n d

experience of this a couple

of days ago, as a former Sadr

Lajna Imaillah Nigeria,

“Baby”(sorry, Haj iya)

H u s e i f a t K i k e l o m o

Sunmonu,(Aunty 'Jumoke)

was “CHICKENING” and

“SHIVERING” when her (just

late) loving mummy was

being lowered into the

“mothe r ea r th” l a s t

Monday.

Please, take heart o!

“BABY” of the house, we are

together as ORPHANS!

Ansarullah in Ekiti, Ondo and

Akoko Dil'as gave his support for

proper training and education

in the Jama'at. According to the

coordinator, not fewer than

sixty percent of the Christian

population in Ekiti State were

from Muslim homes, but

because they lacked adequate

education about Islam, they

lost their faith.

The Ekiti Circuit President,

B r o . M u d a t h i r L a w a l ,

emphasized that all members

of the Jama'at should be regular

and avid readers of the

Jama'at's publications such as

Review of Religion, The Truth

and other literatures as these

constitute a cornucopia of good

k n o w l e d g e o f I s l a m - i -

Ahamdiyya. Alhaji Bello Elias

who was the pioneer State Qaid

of Majlis Khuddam in Ekiti

State, in his own contribution,

berated the members of MKAN

in attendance who, not only did

not appear in their Khuddam

Continued from back page

FRESH MEMBERS OF MAAN EKTITI

THE TRUTH PAGE 10

inu atejade wa ti o koja

(THE TRUTH) 17/05/2013

Vol. 1 No 2 mo so oro lori NMAJEMU ti a fin se Islam taara ti a fi

nri Islam se, nigbati mo me nub a

majemu akoko ti o nje SIRIKU ninu

mewa ti mo jeje lati fi pe akiyesi

wa ati Iran-wa-leti.

MAJEMU ELEKEJI TI O YE KI OMO

ADAM (as) TUN MAA TELE NI YII:

Gegebi koko oro Olorun Oba ti

mo fi se itokasi oro mi ninu atejade

wa to koja (Al-Quran Al- Faathi 48-

v-1-4) nipa Majemu wipe

Ni Oruko Allah Oloore Ofe

Alaanu Julo; Awa ti fun o ni

isegun to yanju, ki Allah le mu

kuroo fun o awon aleebu ti a ka si

o lorun ni isaju ati ni ikehin. Ki

Oun sit un se itosona re si oju ona

taara; Ati pe ki Allah le ran o

lowo ni iranlowo to ga

Ti a ba gbo agboye oro Olorun-

Oba yi daada, Ayafi ki a tele

itosona lori majemu eleekeji yii

naa.

IRO PIPA, PANSAGA ATI

AGBERE, IWOKUWO, MADARU,

OTE, ATI AWON IWA IKA, PELU

IFEKUFE ARA.

Orisirisi ese ti mo menuba ninu

majemu elekeji yii, enikeni to bad

a majemu lati yago fun won,

Olorun-Oba yoo se amojukuro ninu

awon aleebu ti isaaju ati ikehin fun

iru-fe eni bee.

E faara bale ka oro aroso

kekere yi lori iro pipa. IRO je eni

giga ti OTITO si je eni kukuru

Darihunrun ore won feran iro nitori

giga ti iro ga yi, Darihunrun ti ni

igbagbo ninu iro wipe ohun gbgbo

ni oju iro to, yoo si maa gbe oriyin

fun iro, DArihunrun yoo maa fi

ogboogbon ta abuku si otito, bee

iro naa mo wipe ife oun ko ni

Darihunrun ni, ohun ti Darihunrun

fe je ati eyiti ti o fe je ni o se nfi ife

han si oun; ti Darihurun si mo wipe

ti oun ba gbe oriyin fun iro, ohun ti

oun fe je ati eyiti oun fe jee yoo

tete te oun lowo. Darrhuurun yoo

tun maa wipe eni ba fi ti otito se ati

laa re yoo di orun.

Nigbati ti Darihurun ba nwa

ohun ti o fe je tabi eyi ti o fe jee

gbogbo ona ni Darihuurun yoo ma

lo lati iro fa iporogan, bee bi iro ti

ga to, iro O ni ninu, iro yoo subu

l u l e , i r o y o o d a k u l o

ponrangandan; inu Darihuurun

yoo dun, Darihurun yoo si maa yo

sese wipe oun ti pa iro, laimo

wipe nse ni iro daku, Darihurun

yoo ko eru yoo ko eruu, pelu

igbagbo wipe oun ti pa iro ku

finfin.

Pelu bi agbara ati ebun ti

Eledumare zfun otito ti po pupo

to ati kukuru ti otito kuru yi bi

otito ko ja legbe iro ti o da ku yi,

yoo ta ji ni, koda ki won ti sin Oku

iro fun aimoye Odun, ti Otito ba

de ibe , pelu ase Eledumare, iro

yoo fo dide, itiju yoo mu

Darihurun, gbogbo eru ati eruu ti

o ti fi pipa iro kojo yoo wa di

yepere.

Gbogbo atotonu mi yi tumo si

wipe, Igbeyin iro pipa buru

pupopupo, opuro je asala tan o

mu omi sii, ikoro, Aburu, ete,

iyepere ati bebe lo ni igbeyin

OPURO nigbati OTITO ba foju han

nitori Olotito je ewuro tan O mu

omi sii, idunnu, aponle, iyin ati

eye pelu opolopo ebun ni igbeyin

OLOTITO.

Hun! Hun!! Hun!!!, Ti eniyan

kan ba yo Iro pipa kuro ninu oro re

ti o si yan OTITO laayo, irufe eni

bee yoo rorun fun un lati jina si :-

PANSAGA ATI AGBERE, IWOKUWO,

MADARU, OTE, ATI AWON IWA IKA

PELU AWON IWA AITO MIRAN BEE.

Olorun Oba (s.w.t) so wipe

“egun Oun Olorun Oba ki o ma

baa awon opuro” (Q. 3 v 62)

Bakanaa ni Olorun Oba

(s.w.t) tun so wipe “E ma se

sunmo iwa agbere, dajudaju o je

iwa aimo ati ona buruku” (Q 17 v

35

Olorun Oba (s.w.t) ko sai

menu ba Iwokuwo, rire oju eni

sile ninu Alukurani mimo (24 v

31/32).

Ninu oro Asiwaju eda Anobi

Muhammad ( saw) kan t i

Muhammad bin sirin so wipe Ojise

nla (saw) A maa se isiti se awon

nnkan kan, O si ka aroba gigun kan

to ni isiti lori pe pipa abe eni mo

ati ododo siso dara, won si ma n

ba ni gbe pe ju agbere ati iro pipa

lo.

Bakanaa ni majemu elekeji

je ohun ti eda alaaye gbodo sa'ra

fun gidigidi lati ipase iro pipa, E

tun gbo ohun ti asiwaju eda anobi

Muhammad (saw) wi: Hadrat

Imam Malik so wipe, “mo gbo ti

Hadrat Abdullah bin Masud ma n

so pe, E yan ododo laa yo tori

ododo a maa ti ni se ise rere, ise

rere asi maa ti ni de orun rere, E

yago fun iro pipa nitori iro a maa

ti ni se aigboran, aigboran a si

maa ti eniyan lo sinu ina, se eyin

21st Rajab, 1434 ( 31st May, 2013)

ki i gbo ti awon eniyan maa nso pe

lagbaja bayii nso ooto o si

ngboran, lagbaja bayii a maa paro

a si maa dese?

Egbo oro ti Imam asiko ti

Anobi Muhammad (saw) ti so

asotele re, HAZRAT MIRZA GULAM

AHMAD (as) so nipa otito ati iro O

won ni ninu iwa adamo eda, ohun

kan soso to se Pataki ju ni ODODO,

bi ko ba je pe eniyan fe jere aito

kan, ko ni fe pa ro rara, eda eniyan

korira iro ninu iseda re, a si ma lo

tiko lati lo sidii re, idi niyi to fi

korira eni to ba mo pe oun paro, a

si maa fi oju abuku wo iru won,

Amo o, iru ipo eda yii o se e pe

niwa Omoluwabi, Awon omode ati

awon ti opolo won o pe to gan-an a

maa fi iru iseda bayii han. Bi eda

eniyan o ba jawo ninu fife jogun ti

ko to si i to fi n paro, a ko nile pe e

ni Olododo. Bi eniyan ba nso ooto

lasiko ti ko le padanu ohunkohun,

amo to n paro nigba ti iyin re,

ohun ini re tabi emi re gan-an ba

fe sonu, bawo la se le toka si I pe o

yato somode tabi eni t'opolo re

kop e? Se awon omode ati awon

alarun opolo ki n so iru ododo bee

ni? Ko si enikan laye to nparo ti ki

n nidi kan to fi npaa . nitori naa,

ododo ti a ko sile nigba ti a ba

koju isoro, a o le so pe iwa

Omoluabi ni. Asiko to to, to si ye

ju lati so ododo ni igba ti o ba han

pe a le padanu emi wa, ohun ini

wa tabi iyin wa ti a ko paro, lori

nkan yii, eko atorun wa ni .

Ju gbogbo re lo eyin eniyan

mi, egbiyanju lati jina si iro pipa,

ki o le rorun fun yin lati jina si

awon iwa buruku miran bi iwa

PANSAGA, AGBERE, IWOKUWO,

MADARU, OTE ATI AWON IWA IKA

PELU IWA AITO MIRAN BEE.

EKA TI EDE YORUBA

MAJEMULati owo

(Atejade Ekeji)

Ilo Abdur- Rauf Abiodun (ARAB)

ADANWO, WAHALA ATI IPONJU: KINI ONA ABAYO

i Oruko Allah, Oloore

Ofe, A laanu Ju lo

“Ibukun ni fun Allah, NEniti Ijoba mbe lowo Re, Oun

si ni Alagbara julo lori ohun

gbogbo. Eniti O seda iku ati

aaye ki Oun ba le dan an yin

wo, ewo ninu yin ni o dara

julo ninu ise, Oun si ni

Alagbara julo, Alaforiji

julo.” (AL-MULK Q67:2-3)

Ope ni fun Allah, Oba ti O

n se nnkan ti o Wu U, Oba ti a

ko mo ni ti riri Oju ti a si n se

apejuwe Re. Olorun ti a ko ba

pade ri ti a n se afihan ise Re

han fun eda. Nigba ti eniyan

ba wa ninu wahala, yoo so pe e

ko ri Olorun bi? Tani o ri Allah

ri, tabi ki won so pe e wo ise

Olorun, iru ise wo ni Olorun

ko, ti a fi n se afihan re, se

carpenter ni tabi plumber?

Mimo ni fun Allah, Oba ti titobi

Re koja bi a se nrohin Re. Allah

ti O n fun eniti ko reti omo bibi

loyun, beeni elomiran si n wa

oyun losan ati loru, bi won ba

so iru eniyan ti o wa ninu ipo

yii, pe ki o mu ito idi re yoo mu

nitori ki o le ba loyun, sibe-

sibe Olorun ko ti daa lohun,

beeni elomoiran n gbadura pe

ki Allah ma se fun oun loyun,

kinni Oun fe fi omo se? Se won

n ta omo ni bi? Olorun A si tun

maa fun un lomo.

Bi o se wu Allah ni O maa n

se Ola Re, Allah kii gbe Ogo fun

ole, sugbon Allah maa n se

ohun ti wu U. Eyin onkawe wa,

mo bere pelu awon alaye fifi

ogo ati Ola fun Allah nitori ki a

le mo daju pe idanwo wa fun

enikookan wa, beeni idanwo

onikaluku yoo si yato si ara

won. Allah se eleyi fun awon

eda eniyan lati le mo eniti o

dara ju ninu ise rere, ati awon

eniti o ni ifarada nipa nnkan ti

O ba sele si won, boya idunnu

tabi ibanuje. Eleyi ti wa ninu

eto Allah lori gbogbo eda

eniyan ninu Al-Kuriani Mimo

ori keji ese kerindinlogojo titi

de ese kejidinlogojo (Quran

2:156-158).

Allah se alaye lori koko

oro yii fun wa pe “Awa yoo si

dan an yin wo pelu nkan bi

eru ati ebi, ati ofo ohun-ini

ati emi, ati eso, ki iwo fun

awon onisuuru ni irohin

idunnu. Awon eniti, o je

nigbati ibi ba bawon, won

maa n so pe, dajudaju ti

Allah ni awa, odo Re ni awa

yoo si pada si. Awon wonyi ni

ibukun m be fun lati odo

Oluwa won ati aanu, awon

wonyi si ni a to sona taara.”

Eleda orun ati ile-aye ni O

soro yii, eleyi ti o fi han

gbangba pe adanwo ati iponju

yoo wa fun olukuluku eniyan,

sugbon adanwo enikookan yoo

yato si ara won. Aya elomiran

ma n ja ni gbogbo asiko, nkan

ti ko ju kekere lo ni si o ma

nderubaa. Nipa ijaya ati eru

biba yi, opolopo ni o ti ni arun

aisan eje riru, ebi pipa ni

adanwo ti elomiran, nigba ti

ebi ba doju re tan, nse ni

gbogbo ara yo ma gbona riri.

Irufe eniyan bee ko ni anfaani

lati jeun emeta lojumo, nitori

pe n nkan ti o ba ri ni o n je,

nigbati kosi agbara fun un lati

je n nkan ti o ba wu u lasiko ti

o fe. Ofo nipa dukia ni adanwo

ti elomiran, eniti o ra oko

(motor) lati maa fi oko na sise

nitori ati jeun, sugbon ti oko

na jona koja atunse, tabi ki

eniyan ko ile tani ki ile na si wo

lule, awon adanwo yii je ti ofo

ohun-ini. Ni odun bii meji

sehin si asiko yii, opolopo

eniyan ti o ni owo idokowo ni

awon ile-ise idokowo, ni won

ri ijakule lori ero ti won fi fi

owo pamo si ile-ise won

nitoripe won lero pe awon n

pon omi sile nitori ongbe ojo

iwaju, sugbon ero won yi jasi

asan nitori oja idokowo fo ni

agbaye. Ofo nipa emi naa ki

gbehin ninu adanwo ti Olorun

Eleda fi maa n dan awon

eniyan wo. Eleyii ni a fi ma n ri

eniti o je imole inu ebi kan,

irufe eni yi ni awon ebi yi

gbekele fun jije ati mimu, tabi

ki o je omo kansoso ti awon obi

re bi, ki omo yi si fo sanle ki o

jade laye, iyen nipe ogunna

kansoso won bo si inu omi. A

be Allah ki o ma se fi ina omo

jo gbogbo wa. (Amin). Sugbon

e jeki a mo daju pe ko si

enikan ti yoo wa si ile aye yi ti

ko ni fi ara ba adanwo kan tabi

omiran, nigba ti o ti wa ni

akosile lati odo Allah.

Lati owo

A.G. AJIMOTI


away. The enemies were happy

and the members of the

Jama'at were in a state of fear

but the Promised Messiah (as)

had been preparing the

Jama'at for this for quite some

time by telling them that Allah

had told him repeatedly that

the time of his death was near.

But he had said that this was no

cause for concern or of

becoming despondent.

The Promised Messiah (as)

wrote all this down in his book,

“The Will.” And where he

wrote this, that he would soon

be departing from this world,

he also laid out the Jama'at's

spiritual, financial, and

operational methodology and

informed everyone that the

Jama'at would indeed become

established and continue to

exist forever.

He informed the members

of the Jama'at that they should

not worry, because Allah had

promised to him that He would

cause the Jama'at to go on

flourishing; because this was

the Jama'at, regarding the

progress of which, the Holy

Prophet had given the good

news, and it was the Jama'at

within which he had said that

Khilafat was to be re-

established in the latter days.

The Promised Messiah (as)

writes:

God's Word informs me

that many calamities will

occur and many disasters will

descend on the earth some

during my lifetime and some

after I have gone. And He will

promote and advance this

Jama'at to the full. A part of it

will happen at my hands, and

some after me. [Al-Wasiyyat]

He goes on to say:

Thus He manifests two

kinds of Power. (1) First He

shows the Hand of His Power at

the hands of His Prophets

themselves. (2) Second, when

with the death of a Prophet,

difficulties and problems arise

and the enemy feels stronger

and thinks that things are in

disarray and is convinced that

now this Jama'at will become

extinct and even members of

the Jama'at, too, are in a

quandary and their backs are

broken, and some of the

unfortunate ones choose

paths that lead to apostasy,

then it is that God for the

second time shows His Mighty

Power and supports and takes

care of the shaken Jama'at.

[Al Wasiyyat]

He says further:

... it is essential for you to

w i t n e s s t h e s e c o n d

Manifestation also, and its

Coming is better for you

because it is everlasting the

continuity of which will not

end till the Day of Judgement.

And that second Manifestation

cannot come unless I depart.

But when I depart, God will

s e n d t h a t s e c o n d

Manifestation for you which

shall always stay with you just

as promised by God in Brahin-

e-Ahmadiyya. And th is

promise is not for my person.

Rather the promise is with

reference to you, as God

[addressing me] says: I shall

make this Jama'at who are

your followers, prevail over

others till the Day of

Judgment. [Al Wasiyyat]

So by the Grace of Allah,

the Exalted, for the last 105

years we have been seeing

Allah fulfill this promise of

His. The Jama'at went through

all kinds of periods of

difficulties, but by the Grace

of Allah, the Jama'at kept

moving forward at a very

considerable speed along its

trajectory of success and

achievements.

If the enemy tries to

impose upon the Jama'at a

period of tyranny and

brutality in one country, Allah

counters by opening up for the

Jama'at, in another country,

extraordinary ways and

means for progress. But not

only this, even in the country

in which difficulties are

created for us, there too,

Allah continues to strengthen

the faith of the members of

the Jama'at. And then, when I

see this and experience it in

my own person, that despite

all my weaknesses, how Allah,

the Exalted, enables the

Jama'at to continue to march

forward on the grand and

expansive freeways of success

and achievement, faith

increases even more in Allah,

and belief in His promises

continues to become yet more

perfect and complete.

Certainly it is the invisible

Hand of Allah which continues

to push the Jama'at forward

m o r e a n d m o r e . A n d

whomsoever Allah will make

the Khalifa, regardless of

what the condition of that

person maybe, He shall

continue to bestow upon him

His Help and Support. Insha-

Allah!

And Allah demonstrated

His practical and manifest

s u p p o r t a n d S i g n s

immed ia te ly upon the

establishment of Khilafat-e-

K h a a m s a - t h e f i f t h

Successorship to the Promised

Messiah (as) - and made it

clear for all to see that the

prophecy of the Holy Prophet

(sa) and the statement of his

true and ardent devoted

servant , the Promised

Messiah, is indeed a Divine

Decree that the Khilafat in

this Second Manifestation of

Islam in the latter days shall

last forever. And that this

System shall continue to

function in the future also.

Insha-Allah!

But we need to keep in

mind the fact that Allah has

m e n t i o n e d s o m e

characteristics of those who

can benefit from the blessings

of Khilafat. Allah has drawn a

complete sketch of all these

things in the verses of the Holy

Quran that I recited and it is

necessary that those who wish

to draw benefit from the

blessings of Khilafat fulfill

these requirements.

Allah, the Exalted, says,

“The response o f the

believers, when they are

called to Allah and His

Messenger in order that he

may judge between them, is

only that they say: 'We hear

and we obey.' (24:52)

We heard and we obeyed.

God says, “these are the

people who shall achieve

success.” (24:52)

These are the ones who

shall accomplish success.

So we can see that here

the talk is not just of pure

worship and performance of

some religious rituals. But

rather, as is the claim made by

the Holy Quran, that while on

the one hand it details the

duties and obligations a person

owes to God, there, also, are

detailed all the duties and

obligations that a person owes

to God's creatures.

The Holy Quran lays out

also a social system and a

governmental system. The

Holy Quran provides a

complete system to govern all

spheres of human life.

So here, there is a warning

for those people also who take

their worldly disputes and

affairs in front of the courts of

the country despite the fact

that a system exists in the

Jama'at where an attempt is

made to resolve these disputes

and make whole their affairs

based on the Sharia and

teachings of the Holy Quran -

especially the affairs that

relate to the family disputes

and disputes involving husband

and wife. There are other

similar such things also and the

ill intent of such people

becomes manifest when at

first they refuse to use the

system of the Jama'at and

instead go the courts of the

country. But if they lose their

case or fail to get what they

had hoped for from the courts

in the country, then they come

back wanting to present their

cases in the Jama'at system.

These are the things that

manifest such a person's

weakness of faith.

Allah, the Exalted, says

that a momin, a true believer,

is the one who settles his or her

affairs in accord with the

dictates of Allah and His

Messenger. And the system of

the Jama'at does indeed try,

and it ought to try, that their

decisions should be according

to, and based upon the

decisions of Allah and His

Messenger's decisions.

I want here also to warn

that part of the system of the

Jama'at which does not take

the necessary care to go into

looking in depth at the affairs

given over to them for

decision; and they fail to

render a decision in accord

with the requirements of the

teachings of Allah and His

Messenger. Such people

commit a sin themselves and

become the cause of driving

people away from the system

of the Jama'at and from

Khilafat also.

Allah has made it the duty

of Khilafat to provide decisions

in conflicts between people

based on justice. Nowadays

the Jama'at has grown to such

an extent by the Grace of Allah

that it is not possible for the

Khalifa to reach every place

and involve himself personally

in every decision. And as the

Jama'at shall continue to make

progress, such difficulties

shall continue to grow.

So those officeholders

who have been appointed for

the purpose of providing these

decisions and settling these

disputes, if they will not

perform their duties keeping

in mind the fear of God and

based on the demands of

taqwa, righteousness, they

shall be bringing the Khalifa of

the time also into disrepute

and shall become in the sight

of God, sinful themselves, and

also be making the Khalifa of

the time a sinner in front of

Him.

So I counsel especially the

Qazis and those officeholders

and Ameers who are given the

task of making such decisions

that they should hold fast to

the demands of justice and

thus be the cause o f

strengthening the institution

of Khilafat and they must try

their utmost to do this and

achieve this. Otherwise these

are the people who, while

being officeholders, yet will

be the cause of making the

roots of the institution of

Khilafat hollow.

So, yes, Allah has declared

as successful those who try to

do all they can purely for the

sake of Allah, and try to carry

out and fulfill the dictates of

the system of the Jama'at and

the directives of the Khalifa in

order to win the pleasure of

Allah. But I also ask all those

who are given this duty of

mak i ng t he dec i s i on s ,

including the Ameers and the

Qazis, I say to all of them, that

you too must work in accord

with the dictates of Allah and

His Messenger. They must not

do any such thing that will take

you away from the demands of

justice, and which may be

r e m o v e d f r o m t h e

requirements of taqwa,

righteousness.

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ot fewer than nineteen

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Ansarullah (the elders' forum)

recently. The graduat ion

ceremony which took place at

the Ahmadiyya Central Mosque,

Ikere-Ekiti and was witnessed by

many members of the Jamaat in

the Di l 'a, especial ly the

executive members of Majlis

Ansarullahm, was very historic.

The lecturer of the Day,

Missionary A. K. Hassan, charged

the new ANSAR to be mindful of

their duties as Ahmadis. The

lecturer dwelled much on the

current lectures of the Khalifatul

Massih V-Hazrat Masroor Ahmad-

on the need for every Ahmadi to

sell himself to Allah by being

totally obedient to the laws of

Islam. He admonished the

freshers as well as the “stalites”

in the Majlis Ansarullah to imbibe

the culture of sacrifice, adding

that they were on their final leg

to the Majlis Amwat (the

deceased). Being old enough to

become a NASR, according to the

lecturer, was a rare opportunity

to correct the shortcomings of

the past, especially for those

who were indolent in their

youthful days. Missionary Hassan

observed that the Ta'aleem and

Tarbiyya in the Jama'at these

days were on the decline, and

until we act fast to revive this

pitiable condition, it might tell

on the future of the Jama'at. He

ta l ked on the need to

resuscitate Sunday Dars in the

Jamaat where both old and

young members used to learn a

lot about Islam-Ahmadiyya in

the past. Knowledge, stressed

t h e l e c t u r e r, w a s f a s t

disappearing among the youth in

t h e J a m a ' a t , a n d t h e

consequence of this was some

youths who now engage in

s h o t g u n w e d d i n g s a n d

perpetrate a lot of un-Islamic

practices during their nikah. The

lecturer then called the thaudience attention to the 6

condition of baiat which

prohibits such practices.

The State Qaid of the Majlis

Khuddam, Bro AbdulAzeez

AbdulHabeeb had earlier, in his

welcome address, charged the

graduands to be of good

behavior in their new Majlis and

bring to bear on their activities,

the training they had received in

the Majlis Khuddam. The

immediate past State Qaid, Bro.

Alawode Bashirudeen, who was

among the graduands, also

spoke at length on the need for

the Majlis Khuddam to champion

the teaching and training of the

Majlis Atfal, adding that the

MKAN should first be seen as

thoroughly groomed before they

can train the younger ones

because one cannot possibly

give out what one does not have.

A l h a j i A b d u l K a r e e m

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By: Bro. Ghazal Jide-Lawal

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