A glimpse into the rich history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
27 June 1955: During his visit to Germany, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra attended a reception at the Hamburg Town Hall on this day, which was organised by the local government in Hamburg. Huzoorra granted an audience to various officials of the Hamburg government, including a senator, Mr Joseph Johann August Maria von Fisenne. On the same evening, the local jamaat organised a tea party in honour of Huzoorra, which was attended by various local dignitaries and press representatives as well. Huzoorra also delivered a speech in English for around 30 minutes.
To read more about this, see: “‘Prince of the Faithful received at Town Hall’: Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud in Hamburg, Germany, 1955”, at alhakam.org (18 August 2023, p. 11).
27 June 2012: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa was welcomed to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, where he delivered a keynote address entitled The Path to Peace – Just Relations between Nations to an audience filled with more than 30 members of the United States Congress, including Nancy Pelosi, the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. (“Khalifatul Masih makes historic address at Capitol Hill”, www.pressahmadiyya.com)
28 June 1908: On this day, Finnish newspaper Åbo Underrättelser published news of the demise of the Promised Messiahas under the headline “Mohammedan Messiah in India.”
For more details, see: “Truth prevails: The Promised Messiah in Finnish newspapers” at alhakam.org.
29 June 1938: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra sent his son, Mirza Mubarak Ahmad Sahib, to Egypt so he could acquire knowledge of Arabic and excel in his experience of agriculture in the land of Egypt. On this occasion, Huzoorra wrote down and highlighted some important matters and gave some advice to Mirza Mubarak Ahmad Sahib, which has been recorded on pages 485 to 490 of the seventh volume of Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat.
Among many other important matters, Huzoorra mentioned the importance of offering salat at its prescribed time.
29 June 1955: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra arrived in the Netherlands. It was his second European tour, and this time, one of the purposes of the journey was to seek medical treatment. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 16, p. 535)
30 June 1893: On this day, the Promised Messiahas responded to Padre Jawala Singh’s lengthy epistle. In his reply, Huzooras refuted the padre’s misconceptions with well-reasoned arguments drawn from both the Bible and sound logic (Maktubat-e-Ahmad, Vol. 1, pp. 175-177)
30 June 1989:
On this day, during his tour of the USA, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh inaugurated the Ahmadiyya Mission House in San Francisco, USA. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 856)
1 July 1931: The education of girls has always remained a salient feature of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat from its beginnings. On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra inaugurated the first F.A. (Intermediate of Arts) class for Ahmadi girls in Qadian.
At the ceremony, Huzoorra stressed that English-medium education must continue “until so many Ahmadi women have graduated that we can staff our own girls’ schools entirely with women and even establish a women’s college.” Turning to the moral training of children, he added that real success would come only when boarding homes for very young pupils were placed under the care of women, “so that high morals may be instilled from early childhood; those same children will later shape the character of others.” (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 5, pp. 312-313)
1 July 1955: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra delivered a Friday sermon in The Hague, the Netherlands. At the end of this sermon, Huzoorra stated that he desired to continue to serve humanity till his last breath. This sermon, delivered during Huzoor’sra tour of Europe, was in English and its Urdu translation can be read at alislam.org.
2 July 1947: On this day, Hafiz Qudratullah Sahib arrived in The Hague, Netherlands, after a brief stopover in England to establish the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission there. At the outset of this huge task, he rented a small room and started his mission. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 11, p. 153)
2 July 1993: During his tour of Norway, on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh delivered his Friday sermon in Oslo and directed the auxiliary organisations to plan to teach the Arabic language to Ahmadi children. Huzoorrh added that these children should learn Urdu along with Arabic and should master their local language as well, so that we can use these three sources to spread the message of Islam in the world. (Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 12, p. 491)
3 July 1989: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh was on a visit to Guatemala, which was the first-ever visit by any Khalifatul Masih. Huzoorrh inaugurated Baitul Awwal Mosque, the first Ahmadiyya mosque there. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 123)
3 July 2009: On this day, advising English-speaking Ahmadis, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa called their attention towards reading The Essence of Islam (a collection of writings, speeches, announcements, and discourses of the Promised Messiahas). Huzooraa stated that every Ahmadi household ought to have these books, which have been translated into English. Huzooraa also advised English-speaking Ahmadis to study the Promised Messiah’sas books, learn the arguments, and then convince opponents with those arguments.
While advising Urdu-speaking Ahmadis, Huzooraa said that they ought to have the complete set of the Promised Messiah’sas books in their homes and read them regularly.