A testament to continued divine support: Huzoor highlights a year of global progress in second-day address at Jalsa Salana UK 2025
Huzoor outlines duties of hosts and guests for attaining true blessings of Jalsa
Inside the 32 Jalsa Salana departments run by Lajna Imaillah – A brief report
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Attribute all success to Allah’s grace: Huzoor addresses workers at Jalsa UK 2025 inspection Page 4
THE WEEKLY
www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 1 August 2025 | Issue CCCLXXXV Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
Recognising the Promised Messiah and Mahdi Huzoor addresses the concluding session of Jalsa Salana UK 2025 Hadeeqat‑ul‑Mahdi, Alton, 27 July 2025: Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa arrived at the jalsa gah around 4:15 pm. As Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa took his seat on stage, he was welcomed with resounding slogans of takbir. Huzooraa greeted the audience with assalamo alaikum wa rahmatullah. Before the formal session commenced, Rafiq Ahmad Hayat Sahib, Amir Jamaate-Ahmadiyya UK, read out a message of goodwill from His Majesty King Charles III, addressed to members of the Jamaat, particularly those present at Jalsa Salana UK. Thereafter, Amir Sahib UK announced the recipient of the 2025 Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for the Advancement of Peace. The 2025 prize is to be awarded to Gregoire Ahongbonon of Benin. The concluding session of Jalsa Salana UK 2025 formally began with the recitation of the Holy Quran – Surah al-Hashr (Ch.59: V.19-25) – and its Urdu translation, both presented by Ehsan Ahmad Sahib. This was followed by a qasidah composed by the Promised Messiahas, recited in Arabic by Faraj Odeh Sahib, and rendered into Urdu by Waseem Ahmad Fazal Sahib. Subsequently,
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Drowsiness during prayer
َّ ََ ْ َ َ ّٰ ﻋ ِﻦ،ﺲ اﻟﻨ ِ� ِّ� ﺻﻠﻰ ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ �ﻋﻦ أ ٍ ُْ ُ َ َ َ َ َ َ َْ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ �ﻗﺎل ����إذا ﻧﻌﺲ أﺣﺪ�ﻢ �ِ� اﻟﺼ�� ِة ﻓﻠﻴ ِ ُ ْ َ َ ���َﺣ ّﺘﻰ ﻳ َ ْﻌﻠ َﻢ َﻣﺎ ﻳَﻘ َﺮأ Hazrat Anasra narrated, “The Prophetsa said, ‘When any one of you becomes drowsy in prayer, let him lie down and sleep until he is aware of what he is reciting.’” (Sahih al‑Bukhari, Kitab al-wudu, Bab al-wudu’i mina n-nawmi wa mun lum yara mina n-na‘sati wa n-na‘satayni awi l-khafqati wudu’an, Hadith 213)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
A means for the acquisition of spiritual reward
an Urdu poem by the Promised Messiahas, Har taraf fikr ko dauraa ke thakaaya hum ne, was recited by Murtaza Mannan Sahib. Following this, the Secretary Ta‘lim UK presented the names of Ahmadi students who had achieved academic distinction
over the year. Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa then came to the podium, extended his salaam to all present, and began his address with the Continued on page 3
The Promised Messiahas said: “There is a wisdom of Allah the Exalted in my not studying English, for God desires to include you people in this spiritual reward. If I had been educated in English, every day I would have written a few pages in English as well, as I do in Urdu. But God desires that you and Maulvi Muhammad Ali Sahib, and others like you should also be given an opportunity to attain spiritual reward.” At this, Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Sahibra submitted: “This resolve and spiritual reward belongs to Maulvi Muhammad Ali Sahib.” The Promised Messiahas said: “In the era of Alamgir, the Shahi Mosque caught fire. The people made haste and ran to the noble King and Continued on page 3