Lost in translation: Deconstructing a misperception of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s socalled takfir Page 8
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Why previous prophets were called ‘Muslims’ in the Holy Quran: Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud’s address at a reception in Karachi, 1953
President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow meets Ahmadi delegation and praises the community’s role in his country
Munafiqeen: How to identify and deal with hypocrisy Part I
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THE WEEKLY
www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 25 November 2022 | Issue CCXLV Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
Ahmadi children should become good role models to preach to the world: Atfal from Sweden meet Huzoor
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
A humble prayer
َ َ َ َ ُ ْ ّٰ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ � ال ق،��ﻋن ﻋﺒ ِد ا�� ِ� ب ِن ﻋ ان ِم ْن ُد َ�ا ِء َّ َ َ َ َ ُ ّ ٰ َّ ّٰ ُ َ ول ا�� ِ� ﺻلى ا��� �ل ْﻴ ِه وسل َﻢ ِ رس َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ُ ّ َّ ُ ّ ٰ ال نِ ْع َم ِﺘك ِ ا���ﻢ ِإنِي أﻋوذ بِك ِمن زو َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ُّ َ َ َ ﻴع ِ و��و ِل �ا ِفﻴ ِﺘك و��اء ِة نِقم ِﺘك وﺟ ِم َ َ َ �� ِﻄك Hazrat Abdullahra bin Amr relates that Allah’s Messengersa used to recite the following prayer: “O Allah, I seek Your shelter from the termination of Your bounties, withdrawal of Your protection, Your sudden chastisement and everything that incurs Your wrath.” (Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Riqaq, Hadith 2739)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
Trinity
Nasir Mosque, Gothenburg
On 20 November 2022, members of Majlis Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya Sweden had the blessed opportunity to meet Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa in a virtual mulaqat. The 75 atfal were seated in the Nasir Mosque in Gothenburg. The mulaqat commenced with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Abeer Ahmad followed by its Urdu translation, presented by Khaqan Mahmood. Next, Sharim Afzal presented a hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa and its Urdu translation. Then, Khaqan Yusuf recited
an Urdu poem composed by the Promised Messiahas. Faran Rashid, then, had the opportunity to present an extract from the Malfuzat of the Promised Messiahas. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa then turned to Kashif Virk Sahib, Sadr Majlis Khuddamul-Ahmadiyya Sweden, and asked him what the programme was. Sadr Sahib replied that there were some atfal who had questions they wished to ask Huzooraa. The first question was asked by Amaan Salaam. He said the prophets’ duty was to guide people while Satan misled people.
He asked, while Allah the Exalted sent thousands of prophets, were there also numerous Satans? Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa smiled and said, Satan had also put together a big team for himself. Allah had sent prophets to every nation, but wherever prophets were sent, Satan would also go there to do his work. Elaborating on the nature of Satan, Huzooraa said, Satan was not a physical entity like prophets, who were human beings. Thoughts that arose in a person’s Continued on next page >>
On this occasion, I leave aside the discussion of countless gods because this concept is a clearly absurd and senseless belief. For if there were innumerable gods, as some believe, this would create havoc in the world. However, I would like to mention the Trinity. I have demonstrated from the phenomena observed in nature that God is One. Now, if God were three, as the Christians assert, God forbid, water, the flames of fire, and the bodies in heaven and earth ought to have been triangular, so that the universe would bear witness to the Trinity. The light of the heart can never attest to the concept of the Continued on next page >>