A glimpse into the rich history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
19 September 1932: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra stressed safeguarding the rights of the so-called Untouchables living in the Indian Subcontinent. (Al Fazl, 22 September 1932, p. 1)
19 September 1988: During his tour of Mauritius, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh met with the Governor-General and Prime Minister of Mauritius on this day. Huzoorrh also visited the graves of pioneer Ahmadi missionaries Hazrat Hafiz Jamal Ahmadra and Hazrat Hafiz Obaidullahra and offered prayers. Huzoorrh also addressed a press conference and delivered a lecture at the University of Mauritius in the evening. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 850)
20 September 1948: The new Markaz of Ahmadiyyat in Pakistan, named Rabwah, was inaugurated on this day.
For more details, see “From Muhammad bin Qasim to Mirza Mahmud Ahmad r.a.”, at alhakam.org (20 September 2019, pp. 16-18).
20 September 2015: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa delivered the concluding address at the 32nd ijtema of Majlis Ansarullah UK. During his address, Huzooraa referred to the fact that Majlis Ansarullah was celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2015 and said that the anniversary would only be worthy of celebration if it led to a moral and spiritual improvement amongst the members of the auxiliary organisation. (“33rd Majlis Ansarullah Ijtema UK concludes in London with Address by Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community”, pressahmadiyya.com)
21 September 2012: During his Friday sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa mentioned Naveed Ahmad Sahib of Karachi, Pakistan, who had been martyred on 14 September. Huzooraa also mentioned Muhammad Ahmad Siddiqui Sahib of Karachi, who had been martyred on 15 September. While mentioning the increasing persecution and martyrdoms of Ahmadis in Karachi and the Punjab province of Pakistan, Huzooraa urged the Jamaat to pray for those Ahmadis.
22 September 1946: Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra was making his way to Delhi, where he had many meetings with national political leaders to discuss and resolve crucial issues that were causing distress amongst the people of the time. Huzoorra remained there until 14 October.
The political atmosphere in the subcontinent at that time was one of despair for Muslims, in particular, and for the people of the country in general. In this difficult time, Allah the Almighty informed Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra that God had associated the solution of the problem with him.
As soon as Huzoorra reached Delhi, a series of meetings began. Meetings were held with the following leaders:
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Nawab Sahib Bhopal, Khwaja Nazimuddin, Sardar Abdur Rab Sahib, Feroz Khan Noon, Nawab Sir Ahmad Hameed Khan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, and many more. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 9, pp. 319-331)
22 September 2013: Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa arrived in Singapore on this day.
Huzooraa was greeted at Singapore’s Changi Airport by the delegates of the Jamaat from Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Later in the day, Huzooraa travelled to the Taha Mosque, where he was greeted by Ahmadis and then led the Maghrib and Isha prayers. (“Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Arrives in Singapore”, pressahmadiyya.com)
23 September 1983: During the tour of Fiji, on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh delivered a lecture at the University of the South Pacific in Suva on “Ahmadiyyat and the Philosophy of Revival of Religions.” (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 826) This lecture was later published in book form under the title: Revival of Religion.
23 September 2019: The 178-year-old travel service provider, Thomas Cook, collapsed on this day. All of its flights were grounded and travellers were left stranded at airports. Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmadra travelled all the way from India to England using the services of this company and delivered his historic lecture to the Conference on Some Living Religions on 23 September 1924. On the same date, 95 years later, Thomas Cook wrapped up its business.
To read more about this interesting topic, see: “Thomas Cook – The travel agent of a Muslim Caliph” at alhakam.org (27 September 2019, p. 6).
24 September 1902: The Promised Messiahas first mentioned the prohibition of the inoculation in the opening pages of Noah’s Ark. These pages were first published on this day in Al Hakam and were later republished in book form on 5 October 1902.
To learn more about this, see: “The plague inoculation: A divine command” at alhakam.org (30 August 2019)
24 September 2014: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa visited the National Parliament of Ireland, the Oireachtas, at Leinster House in Dublin. More than 20 parliamentarians welcomed Huzooraa to Ireland. Following his meeting with the parliamentarians, Huzooraa was escorted to the galleries of both the Lower and the Upper Houses of Parliament, where he observed the parliamentary proceedings. (“Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Visits Irish National Parliament”, www.pressahmadiyya.com)
25 September 1893: The Promised Messiahas replied to a letter of Hazrat Munshi Rustam Alira, assuring him that his post was being delivered from Qadian without any delays, but perhaps some other factors were delaying their prompt delivery. Huzooras also updated him regarding the publishing of new books: two in Arabic and one in Urdu. This letter’s envelope read: “Towards Montgomery at Sadar Kachehri; To my respected brother, Munshi Rustam Ali, Court Inspector Police.” This was the post where Hazrat Munshi Sahibra was transferred after the immense prayers of his beloved master, the Promised Messiahas.
In those days, Montgomery District was an administrative district of the former Punjab Province of British India, in what is now Pakistan. Named after Sir Robert Montgomery, it lay in the tract between the Sutlej and the Ravi rivers. The administrative headquarters was the town of Montgomery, present-day Sahiwal. In 1978, the name of Montgomery District was changed to Sahiwal District. (Maktubat-e-Ahmad, Vol. 2, 2008, p. 594)