Mohsin Jowaheer, Missionary-in-Charge, Jamaat South Africa
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya South Africa held its 57th Jalsa Salana on 25-27 April 2025. The theme of this year’s Jalsa was “A Pathway to Spiritual Rejuvenation”. Amir Sahib Jamaat Mauritius also attended as the chief guest.
During all three blessed days of Jalsa, members attended the Tahajjud prayer, followed by the Fajr prayer and listened to dars afterwards. This was followed by breakfast.
After the Jumuah prayer on the first day, members listened to the live Friday sermon of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa, via MTA. After the flag-hoisting ceremony, my humble self read out Huzoor’saa special message. The Jalsa featured inspiring speeches on various topics such as “The Holy Quran”, “The Holy Prophetsa”, “Teachings and Practices of the Promised Messiahas” and “A Pathway to Spiritual Rejuvenation”.Mr Dan Plato, a longstanding friend of the Jamaat, was the ex-mayor of the city of Cape Town and also shared a few words. Berry Behr, who was the president of CTII (Cape Town InterFaith Initiative), attended as well. For the first time, we had a guest from Namibia also. This was his first interaction with the Jamaat. He was deeply impressed with the Jamaat and, before embarking on his 30-hour journey back home to Mariental, accepted Ahmadiyyat and took the bai‘at.