A glimpse into the rich history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
9 August 1900: Lala Keshudas Sahib, revenue officer (Tehsildar) of Batala, visited Qadian in 1899. He visited the Mubarak Mosque and had a sitting with the Promised Messiahas. The editor of Al Hakam, Hazrat Sheikh Yaqub Ali Irfanira took note of what Huzooras said on this occasion, which was then published in Al Hakam, on this day.
For more details on this event, see “Coming from every distant track: Lala Keshudas, Tehsildar of Batala, visits Qadian” at alhakam.org (21 January 2022, pp. 19-20).
10 August 1916: On this day, The Civil and Military Gazette published a review of the English translation of the Holy Quran by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, published under the auspices of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IIra.
For more details, see “Promised Messiah’s message spreads to corners of earth and continues through Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya”, at alhakam.org (17 March 2023, pp. 6-9).
11 August 1982: During his tour of Europe, on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh presided over the first Majlis Shura of Jamaat Denmark. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 816)
11 August 1999: On the occasion of the solar eclipse on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh led the Kusuf prayer in London. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 900)
11 August 2006: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa instructed the Jamaat to pray for his upcoming tour of America and said that in light of events that had transpired at various airports a day earlier (a plot to blow up planes), some members had expressed concern. Huzooraa asked members of the Jamaat to pray and said that all of our affairs depended on prayers. Huzooraa added that if this journey was blessed in the eyes of Allah the Almighty, then He would remove all hurdles. (Khutbat-e-Masroor, Vol. 4, pp. 391-398)
12 August 1982: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh addressed a press conference in Copenhagen and gave an interview to a newspaper. He also called on some Danish intellectuals. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 816)
12 August 1988: During his Friday Sermon on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh warned the opponents of Ahmadiyyat in general and General Zia-ul-Haq of Pakistan in particular. Then on 17 August, this military dictator of Pakistan died in an air crash near Bahawalpur, Pakistan. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Part 4, p. 848)
13 August 1927: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra embarked on his visit to Simla (now Shimla), where he stayed until 2 October. Throughout this tour, Huzoor’sra engagements were focused on religious, national, and community matters. Various leaders and dignitaries had the opportunity to meet him, including the then Viceroy of India and the then Governor of Punjab.
For more details, see “Communal harmony, Unity Conference and Muslim rights: Hazrat Musleh-e-Maud’s 1927 visit to Shimla” at alhakam.org (24 February 2023, pp. 13-16).
13 August 1961: The Mubarak Mosque in Montagne Blanche, Mauritius, was inaugurated on this day. It was a historic day for the local Jamaat for many reasons, one being that there was already a small mosque built some two decades back on this island, under the supervision of missionary Maulana Fazl Ilahi Bashir Sahib. But sadly, a strong typhoon caused extensive damage to this structure.
The devout local Ahmadis planned to rebuild this house of God once again with their limited resources. This beautiful, eye-catching mosque was renovated mostly through rigorous and tireless waqar-e-amal by Jamat members. (Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. 21, pp. 379-380)
14 August 1907: On this day, the Promised Messiahas received an Urdu revelation
آج ہمارے گھر میں پیغمبر صلى اللہ علیہ وسلم آئے، آگئے، عزّت اور سلامتى
“Today the Holy Prophet, on whom be the peace and blessings of Allah, came to our house. Along came honour and security.” (Tadhkirah [English], p. 992)
15 August 2008: During his Friday Sermon in Hamburg, Germany, on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa mentioned that he had visited Hamburg after a long interval. He announced the inauguration of two newly built mosques in the region: Baitul Karim in Stade and Baitus Sami in Hannover. (Al Fazl International, 5 September 2008, pp. 5-7)
