A glimpse into the rich history of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
12 July 1991: On this day, during his Friday sermon, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh shared his findings, based on Quranic evidence, that the Pharaoh who pursued Hazrat Mosesas during the Exodus survived the drowning, leading a subsequent life marked by a lack of spirituality, akin to living as a spiritually empty corpse. (Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 10, p. 579)
13 July 2012: During his Friday Sermon, on this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa presented details of his then-recent tours of America and Canada. Huzooraa said that a CNN correspondent asked him about the possibility of Islam spreading in America. Huzooraa responded by saying, “Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya is presenting the true Islam and the possibilities of its spread are not only in America but in the whole world, because it will not occur through extremism, but by winning the hearts and by conveying the beautiful teachings of Islam.” (Al Fazl, London, 3 August 2012, pp. 5-8)
14 July 1948: On this day, a French periodical, Carrefour, published an article and gave a detailed introduction of the Promised Messiahas and his claims under the heading “Le Messie Est Venu”, i.e., “The Messiah has come.”
For more details, see “Message of Islam Ahmadiyyat echoes in early 1900s French periodicals” at alhakam.org (15 September 2023, pp. 14-15).
14 July 1989: On this day, during his tour of the Far East, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh was in Australia and inaugurated the Baitul Huda Mosque in Sydney by delivering his Friday sermon there. (Khutbat-e-Tahir, Vol. 8, pp. 475-483)
15 July 1924: On this day, Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra embarked on his tour of Europe from Bombay Port by boarding a ship. On this occasion, Huzoorra sent a message via telegram to members of the Jamaat, that was full of love and affection.
Addressing the Jamaat, Huzoorra said:
“You do not know, nay you can not gauge the love I have for you. Oh! how painful it was for me to part from you, how heart-rending it was to leave you behind! But that was only in body. My soul always was, is, and will ever remain with you. I am yours in life or death.” (The Review of Religions, Vol. 23, August 1924, pp. 295-296)
15 July 1946: Ahmadi Missionaries Maulana Karam Ilahi Zafar Sahib and Maulvi Muhammad Ishaq Saqi Sahib set foot on the soil of Spain for the very first time on 9 June 1946. They wrote to Al Fazl a letter mentioning their feelings upon entering Spain. Al Fazl published this letter on this day’s issue.
To read the English rendering of this important and historic letter, see: “Letter from the Northern Border of Spain” at alhakam.org (13 April 2018, p. 3).
16 July 1974: On this day, some members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat who were returning to Rabwah, Pakistan, after visiting fellow believers imprisoned for their faith in Sargodha, were ambushed and shot at the Sargodha railway station. Several were seriously wounded in this attack. An eyewitness account of this harrowing event can be found in volume 3 of Silsila Ahmadiyya, pages 332 to 336.
16 July 1989: On this day, in Chak Sikandar, located in the District of Gujrat (now Mandi Bahauddin) in Punjab, Pakistan, three Ahmadis were tragically martyred: Nazir Ahmad Saqi Sahib, Rafiq Ahmad Saqib Sahib, and a ten-year-old girl named Nabila. Additionally, over 100 houses belonging to Ahmadis were set on fire by violent rioters. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 858)
17 July 1918: On this day, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, his family, and their companions were executed by Bolshevik agents using gunshots and bayonets at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. The family had been detained there since 30 April 1918.
For more details of this prophecy of the Promised Messiah, see: “A prophecy fulfilled – The Tsar in agony and distress” at alhakam.org (15 March 2019, p. 9-10).
17 July 1924: Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra appointed two missionaries to Syria; Hazrat Syed Zainul Abideen Waliullah Shahra and Hazrat Maulana Jalaluddin Shamsra. They left for Damascus, Syria on 27 June 1925 and arrived at their destination on this day.
For more details of their fruitful activities, see: “Pioneer Missionaries: Part 4 – Taking Ahmadiyyat’s message to the highest echelons of society” at alhakam.org (11 November 2022, p. 10-11).
18 July 1903: On this day, a French newspaper, Le Petit Journal, published a short article in relation to the Promised Messiah’saschallenge to Dr Alexander Dowie, under the heading “Un Duel Aux Prieres”, i.e., “A prayer duel”.
For more details, see “Message of Islam Ahmadiyyat echoes in early 1900s French periodicals” at alhakam.org (15 September 2023, pp. 14-15).
18 July 1935: On this day, Al Fazl published an article by Hazrat Musleh-e-Maudra, written in response to Sir Muhammad Iqbal’s call for Ahmadis to be declared a non-Muslim minority sect. His powerful and logical rebuttal conveyed a clear message across religious and political circles. (Al Fazl, Qadian, 18 July 1935, pp. 3-4)
18 July 1974: On this day, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III’srh statement was recorded by the investigation tribunal set up under Justice Samdani to probe the 1974 Rabwah railway station incident. (Silsila Ahmadiyya, Vol. 4, p. 337)