Five practical tips and common obstacles in finding peace in prayer
Mahmud’s Amin: The Promised Messiah’s love for his son
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Beacon of Peace 2025: Ahmadi Muslims donate £18,000 to Scottish charities
The 1925 Eid-ul-Fitr: Press reports of historic Eid receptions at the London Mosque (1925-1955)
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THE WEEKLY
www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 11 April 2025 | Issue CCCLXIX Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
What are Trump’s tariffs and how could they impact the UK?
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Catching the congregational salat ََ َ ُ َ َ ّٰ ّ ّٰ َ أ ّن َر ُﺳﻮل ا�� ِ� ﺻﻠﻰ ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ،ﻋ ْﻦ أ�ِ� ﻫ َﺮﻳْ َﺮة ْ َ َ َ َّ ّ َ َ َﻣ ْﻦ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ً ﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺼ�� ِة ﻓﻘﺪ ِ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻗﺎل� أدرك ر�ﻌﺔ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ أدرك �اﻟﺼ��ة Hazrat Abu Hurairahra narrated that Allah’s Messengersa said: “Whoever manages to catch a single rak‘ah of a [congregational] prayer has [effectively] caught that prayer.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab mawaqiti s-salah, Bab man adraka min as-salati rak‘atan, Hadith 580)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
The Philosophy in Attaining to the Excellence of the Truthful
When America closes its doors, everyone feels the draft. The headlines in the past week have been flooded with Donald Trump’s new, sweeping plan: a 10% “universal baseline tariff ” on all goods entering the United States – which impacts every country in one way or another. But 10% is just the
minimum – harsher tariffs have been set for the worst offenders. Some countries, like Japan and South Korea, face tariffs as high as 25%. Others, such as Vietnam, have been served with rates above 45%. And China? It’s gone from 104% to 125% in just hours, and there’s no sign of stopping! Markets around the world have
plummeted as a result. The S&P 500 dropped by 10% in just two days, ranking among the deepest in history. Major markets in Europe and Asia have also experienced substantial declines. Global investors are nervous, and with good reason. Tariffs on this scale don’t Continued on page 3
The philosophy in attaining to the excellence that is characteristic of the rank of the Truthful is that firstly, a person must realise their own weakness and helplessness. Then, in accordance with their individual strength and َ َ َ ability, they must proclaim ( ِٰا �ۡیاك � ْﻌ ُﺒًدThee alone do we worship) and adopt the truth, whilst abandoning falsehood. They must flee far from all forms of filth and impurity which are associated with falsehood.They must promise that they will never speak a lie, or give false testimony.They must promise that they will not allow the desires of the inner self to move them to utter any falsehood whatsoever, either as vain speech, neither in the cause of good, nor to repel evil—in no way and under no circum- stances will they adopt falsehood.Now, when a person makes a promise that is as widely encompassing َ َ َ as this, they act upon the words ِٰا �ۡیاك � ْﻌ ُﺒًد (Thee alone do we worship) in a special Continued on page 3