Elisha: A prophet among ‘the best’
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Gambling in modern age: What Islam says about rolling the dice
PE Richards, Principal of Islamia College Lahore, meets Hazrat Musleh-eMaud
Islam Today: Did Prophet Muhammad force Safiyya bint Huyayy to marry him after killing her father?
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www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 19 May 2023 | Issue CCLXX Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7388
Essential traits of a successful missionary Huzoor addresses graduates at Jamia Ahmadiyya UK convocation 2023
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Distribution of wisdom and other spiritual treasures
َ ُ َ َ َّ الر ْح ٰم ِن س ِم ْعت عن ُح َم ْيد بْن ع ْب ِد َ َّ ُ ْ َ ُ ُ َ ً َ َ َ َ ُ الن ِب ّي خ ِطيبا يقول س ِمعت،اوية ِ مع ُ ُ َّ َ َ َ ُ ّ ٰ َّ َ صلى الله عل ْي ِه و َسلم يَقول “ َم ْن ي ُ ِر ِد َّ ُ ْ َُّ ً ْ َ ّ ُ ّٰ َو ِإن َما،ين ِ الله بِ ِه خيرا يفقهه فِي الد َ ََ ّٰ َ َ َ َ َول ْن ت َزال ه ِذ ِه،اس ٌم َوالل ُه ي ُ ْع ِطي ِ أنا ق ُ ُ َ ٰ َ َ ً َ ُ ُ الأ َّمة قائِ َمة َعلى أ ْم ِر اللّ ِه لا يَض ُّره ْم َم ْن ّ ٰ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ .خالفهم حتى يأتِي أمر الل ِه” Humayd bin Abd ar-Rahman narrated, “I heard Mu‘awiah[ra], while he was delivering a sermon, say, ‘I once heard the Prophetsa proclaim, ‘Whomsoever Allah intends good for, He bestows on them the right understanding of religion. I am merely a distributor and it is Allah Who truly bestows. [As long as] this ummah will steadfastly adhere to Allah’s commandments, they will not be harmed by those who oppose them until the decree of Allah is realised.’’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-‘ilm) Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
Freedom of religion On Saturday, 13 May 2023, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih Vaa graced the convocation of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK held on its campus in Haslemere. As the convocation was not able to take place for a few years owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, four classes of Jamia UK were to receive their Shahid degrees from Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa.
Huzooraa arrived at 12:34 BST and upon arrival, invited Ehsan Ahmad Sahib to recite verses 10-13 of Surah az-Zumar of the Holy Quran. Shahzeb Nayyar Sahib presented the Urdu translation. Danish Khuram Sahib was then called to recite an Urdu poem written by the Promised Messiahas. Thereafter, Zaheer Ahmad Khan Sahib, lecturer at Jamia UK, was invited to the stage
to present a report. Zaheer Sahib began by praising Allah for enabling Huzooraa to grace the Jamia UK convocation once again since 2019. He went on to say that this year, 68 Jamia UK students would be receiving their degree certificates from Hazrat Amirul Momineenaa, making a total of 199 students, Continued on next page >>
“Allah the Exalted does everything for the purpose of education and nurturing. As the era of prestige is long-lasting and the strength and prestige of Islam lasted for centuries, with its conquests reaching far and Continued on next page >>