From the Markaz Khuddam from Great Lakes, USA, meet Huzoor
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The relentless persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan: When will our nation cleanse its soul?
Answers to Everyday Issues Part 81
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‘Is knowledge better or wealth?’: God’s grace and the Ahmadiyya Khilafat
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THE WEEKLY
www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 6 June 2025 | Issue CCCLXXVII Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
Eid al-Adha and the spirit of sacrifice Reflections from the Khutbah Ilhamiyyah Eid al-Adha is synonymous with sacrifice; a commemoration of Prophet Abraham’sas supreme readiness to sacrifice his beloved son for the sake of God. For Ahmadi Muslims, this festival carries profound spiritual lessons. Over a century ago, on 11 April 1900 (the day of Eid al-Adha that year), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdias, delivered an extraordinary Eid sermon in Qadian that, among other themes, delved deeply into the philosophy of sacrifice. This sermon, known as Khutbah Ilhamiyyah (“The Revealed Sermon”), was delivered in eloquent Arabic. In fact, that very morning, he had announced receiving a divine revelation: “Deliver an address in Arabic today, you have been bestowed the capacity.” (Tadhkirah [English], India, 2019, p. 456) Accordingly, he stood before roughly 200 congregants after Eid prayer and, without any notes, began to speak in flowing, rhythmic Arabic. Companions present recorded the discourse verbatim as it unfolded, marvelling as “a stream of eloquently structured sentences in the Arabic language began to flow forth in rapid succession.” (“The Revealed Sermon”, www. alislam.org) This event is cherished in Jamaat history not only for its content but also as a divine sign. The Promised Messiahas later described that experience as utterly beyond his own capacity – “God Almighty knows that a power was given to me from the unseen and such an eloquent address in Arabic was proceeding forth from my mouth extemporaneously that was quite beyond Continued on page 3
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Constancy in tahajjud �ٰ َ ْ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ �ٰ ُ ْ َ ﺎص َرﺿﻰ ا��� ﻋﻨَھﻤﺎ ِ ﻋﺒُد ا��� ﺑَن ﻋ� ِ�ْو ﺑ َِن اَّلﻌ َ َ َ َ �ٰ �ٰ ُ ﻗﺎل ﻗﺎل �ِ� ََر ُﺳﻮل ا��� ﺻﻠﻰ ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ ْوﺳﻠﻢ� ْیَﺎ َ َ� ُ ُ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ ْ ُ َ َ َ� َ ْ َ ﻮم اَّلﻠ ْﻴﻞ �ﺎَن ْیﻘ، َلا ﺗﻜَن ِﻣﺜﻞ ﻓ�ا ٍَن،�ِ ��ﻋﺒُد ا َ� َ َ ََ �ﺎم اَّلﻠ ْﻴ ِﻞ ﻓ� َ�ك ِﻗ َﻴ
Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr bin al-Asra narrated, that “Allah’s Messengersa said to me, ‘O ‘Abdullah, do not be like soand-so: he used to stand for the night prayer, but then he gave it up.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab at-tahajjud, Bab ma yukrahu min tarki qiyami l-layli li mun kana yaqumuh, Hadith 1152)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
The unparalleled truth of Hazrat Abu Bakrra The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, bestowed the title of Siddiq (the Truthful) to Hazrat Abu Bakrra. So Allah the Exalted knows best the countless excellences of Hazrat Abu Bakrra. The Holy Prophetsa also said that the superiority of Hazrat Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, is owed to a quality that exists in his heart. In truth, the sincerity demonstrated by Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, is truly matchless. The fact of the matter is that in every era, anyone who desires to develop within themselves the excellences of a Siddiq and be one from among the Truthful must struggle, insofar as is possible, to inculcate within their being the nature and disposition of Abu Bakrra and then pray for this purpose as much as possible. Until a person is covered by the shade of Abu Bakr’s nature and does not take on the hue of his disposition, they cannot attain the excellences of the Truthful. (Malfuzat [English], Vol. 2, p. 87)