How looking at a singular point at the place of prostration helps increase focus in prayer
The young Yaqub Ali’s encounter with the Nur-i-Afshan’s editor in 1889, before joining Ahmadiyyat
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Opposition and progress: Islam Ahmadiyyat in Damascus and Sumatra (1926)
Opinion: Learning to love the Jamaat through its history
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THE WEEKLY
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Understanding the minimalist lifestyle
The choice of the Prophet Muhammad (sa) The minimalist lifestyle is currently becoming a global trend. This lifestyle, adopted in modern times, is reportedly derived from a Japanese philosophy. Japan
itself holds concepts of living such as Danshari (the art of tidying, discarding and detaching from our belongings). Later, in 2010, Marie Kondo’s art of tidying, known
as the Konmari Method, also exploded globally. (Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki, Gramedia, 2018, pp. 17-18) Continued on page 3
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
The angels’ prayers each morning
َ ُ َ َ ّٰ ﻋ ْﻦ أ�ِ� ﻫ َﺮﻳْ َﺮة رﺿﻰ ا��� ﻋﻨﻪ ّ ّ ٰ ّ َ َّ َّ َ اﻟﻨ ِ� ّ� ﺻﻠﻰ ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ أن َ َ ُ ﺎل� َﻣﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻳ َ ْﻮم ﻳ ُ ْﺼ� ُ� اﻟْﻌ َﺒ ﻗ ﺎد ِ ِ ٍ َ َ َ ّ ُ ُ َ َ ْ ﺎن ﻳَ� ِ��� ِن ﻓ َﻴﻘﻮل ِ �ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ ِإ�� َﻣﻠ ً ْ َ َّ ّ ٰ ُ ُ َ �ﻢ أﻋ ِﻂ ُ� ْﻨ ِﻔﻘﺎ ��أ َﺣﺪﻫ َﻤﺎ ا ُ ُ ًَ َ َ ْ َ َّ ا���ﻢ أﻋ ِﻂ َوﻳَﻘﻮل ا��ﺧ ُﺮ،ﺧﻠﻔﺎ ًَ َ ً ُ ��� ْ ِﺴ�ﺎ ﺗﻠﻔﺎ Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) narrated that the Prophet (sa) said, “There is no day on which Allah’s servants awaken in the morning without two angels descending. One of them says, ‘O Allah, grant a replacement to the one who spends,’ while the other says, ‘O Allah, bring loss upon the wealth of the one who withholds.’”
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
Two manifestations of divine providence— Parents and a spiritual guide The Arabic word for ‘Lord,’ which is rabb, indicates that although it is God in reality who cares, nurtures and brings a thing to completion, in the partial sense, by way of reflection, there are two other beings as well who are manifestations of God’s providence (rububiyyat)—one physically and the other spiritually. Continued on page 3