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CONTENTS

THE WASHINGTON

NEW ARRAN ~EMENT

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PAKISTAN 1 S PRIME MINISTER __ _ 11 N E W s C H E M E I 9 5 0 ________ _ _______ 12

NEW LITERATURE 12 ANNOUNCEMENTS ·--------------~- 13

EDITED BY KHAL!L AHMAD NASIR AND PUBLISHED BY THE AHMA D IYY A MOVEMENT IN !SLAM

2141 LEROY PLACE N,W ,, WASHINGTON 8, D.C ..

(TELEPHONE MI CH I GAN 3737)

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TH~ WASHINGTON MOSQUE (ouR NEW HEADQUARTERS)

IT IS WITH GREATEST JOY ANO GRATITUDE TO ALLAH THAT WE ARE ABLE: TO AN­

NOUNCE TH~ ESTABLISHMENT or THE WASHINGTON MOSQUE. GREAT NEED WAS fELT FOR

A LONG TIME TO HAVE A MOSQUE IN THE CAPITAL or THE NATION; FINANCIALLY IT

WAS NOT AN EASY STEP TO TAKE BUT OUR BELOVED M~STER 1 HAZRAT KHALIF'ATUL MASIH 1

DECIDED TO F"ULF"ILL THIS NEED IN SPITE OF' THE HARDSHIPS AND SACRIF'IOES THROUGH

WHICH THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN PASSING FOR SOME YEARS• THE NET PRICE PAID WAS

$42.000ANO ANOTHER $8,000 WILL BE NEEOEOFOR NECESSARY REPAIRS AND FURNITURE•

THIS IS A GREAT ANO ARDUOUS STRAIN WHICH THE OENTER WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO IN

OROERTO ESTABLISH THIS MOSQUE IN AMERICA• I APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN AHMAOIES

TO DO THEIR SHARE TO LIGHTEN THIS HEAVY BURDEN ON THE CENTER• THIS CAN BE

DONE BY VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS. sorAR OUR SHARE IN CARRYING THIS RESPONSI•

B IL I TY HAS BEEN VERY MEAGRE • FOLLOW I NG IS A REPORT Of' THE DONAT IONS SO f"AR

RE CEIVED:

DONATIONS;

DAYTON M I SSION

PITTSBURGH MISSION

$ 155 .. 00 349.00

SISTER AND BROTHER AHMAD

ALI (INDIANAPOLIS)

SISTER KAREEMA (KANSAS CITY)

S ISTER ALIYYAH (KANSAS CITY)

SISTER KAREEMA (CHICAGO)

CINCINNATI MISSION

-~--

100.00

5.00 25.00 5.00

2_s .oo

LOANS:

DAYTON MISSION

BRO• AMEE R AL I

(YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO)

$ 500.00

200.00 $ 700.00

WE HOPE THAT MISSIONS AND MEM­

BERS INDIVIDUALLY WILL MAKE AN

EARLY RESPONSE TO TH IS VERY NO­

BLE CAUSE ANO SHARE THE BLESS-

1 NGS o r A L L:AW IN ABUNOAN-c-E,. -

N E W A R R A N G E M C N T 0 F C I R C L E S

OUE TO THE TRANSrER Or OUR HEADQUARTERS rROM CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON IT

HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE PRESENT SET-UP Of" OUR ORGANl­

ZATl ON.F"ROM MAY 1950,THE F"OLLOWING DIVISION OF" MISSIO NS WILL BE EF"FECTIVE,:

I . NEW YORK c I ROLE' IN CHARGE or BROTHER GHULAM VAS IN w I LL I NCLUOE ALL MI s­

S IONS IN CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, RHODE ISl..AND,NEW JERSEY

ANO MARYLAND STATES.

2,.. PITTSBURGH CIRCLE, IN CHAR GE Or BROTHER ABDUL QADIR WILL INCLUDE ALL

MISSIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO ANO MICHIGAN STATES•

3e MISSOURI CIRCLEt IN CHARGE or BROTHER SHUKAR ILAHl,WILL INCLUDE ALL

MISSIONS IN MISSOURI, ILLINOIS AND INOIA NA STATES.

THE MEMBERS AND OF"F"ICE-H OLOERS ARE REQUESTED TO co-OPERATE rut.LY WITH

THE NEW ARRANGEMENT ANO TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.

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RAMA DH AN THE MONTH OF" F"ASTIJ\!G BEGINS ON JUNE 16TH

,,,,,, (.,;1 °9('<('( :<.1? :.."·~. ,,,,, .. ;:, / "' r".<" .... ,r//..,,, .?f":;'1" · "'··'~-9,• .... ? ~ ~·.9f':" <:.;"····~fo~' . \ .. w~!~~1··,,1· jjl 'w~ ~ ,,. / .. ,, •/ ,.1/ .. • ,~~-, , ....

no YE WHO BELIEVE! FASTING IS PRESCRIBED F"OR YOU, AS IT WAS PRESCRIBED FOR

THOSE BEFORE You, so THAT YOU MAY BECOME RIGHTEous."(THE HOLY QURAN 2:184)

IN THE MONTH OF RAMADHAN FASTING JS OBLIGATORY ON EVERY ADULT MUSLIM,

MAN OR WOMAN. THE NEXT MONTH OF RAMADHAN STARTS ON F'RIDAY, JUNE 16TH, 1950.

SOME OF' THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW FOR THE BENEF"IT OF

MUSLIMS IN AMERICA•

WH 0 SH OULO FAST AND EXCEPTIONS: EVERY ADULT MUSLIM SHOULD rAST FROM EARLY DAWN TO ACTUAL SUNSET ~XCEPT

THE SICK, THOSE WHO ARE ON JOURNEY, AND THE WOMAN IN HER PERIOD. ALL THOSE

WHO ARE EXEMPTED ARE SUPPOSED TO FAST LATER IN THE YEAR TO COMPENSf,TE FOR THE

rASTS LOST IN RAMADHANe AGED PEOPLE, THOSE AFFLICTED WITH DISEASES OF LONG

STANDING, WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE AGLE TO COMPENSATE WITH FASTING LATER IN

THE YEARj OR A WOMAN WHOSE NURSING PERIODS ANO PREGNANCY ALTERNATE AT SUCH

SHQRT INTERVALS THAT SHE NEVER HAS AN OCCASi ON .TO FAST FOR YEARS SHOULD MAKE

U P F' 0 R T H E I R 0 M I S S I 0 N 0 Y PA Y I N G F' OR 0 NE M 0 t·I T ~ 1 S ME AL $ 0 F S O ME P 0 0 R PE R S 0 M •

LIMITS OF THE FAST: f. THE FASTING MUSLIM SHOULD HAVE HIS MORNING MEAL BEFORE THE FIRST APPEAR­

ANCE OF DAWN 1 WHICH IS GENERALLY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS BEF'ORE SUNRISE.

THIS MEAL IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT SPECIAL STRf.SS IS l.AIO ON IT ,BY THE HOLY

PROPHET BECAUSE IT ENABLES THI:: FASTING MUSLIM TO COPE BETTER WITH THE HARD-

SH.I PS Qf 1.!:!.LLA.§..~------=--=---·~~ ----------~----- . . __ , --~-=- ,'~~ 2. TH~ FAST LASTS FROM EARLY DAWN TILL ACTUAL SUNSET WHEN IT SHOULD BE BRO­

KE N , ,.,, ME D I ATE L Y •

J. EATING, D~INKING 1 CHEWING, TAKING SNUFF', MEDICINE OR AN ENEMA AND GOING

IN UNTO WIVES ALL ARE FORBIDDEN TO F'ASTING MUSLIMS DURING THE TIME or FAST.

4. ETHICALLY AS IT JS• CLEARLY SHOWN F'ROM THE VERSE OF Tf:lE HOLY Q1JRAN QUOTED

ABOVE THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE FAST iS A TRAINING TO GUARD AGAINST EVIL

4\ND. SUFFERING AND BECOME RIGHTEOUS, A MUSLIM SHOULD SPECIALLY TRY TO ABSTAIN

f'ROM . rOUL SPEECH, r :IGHTING, QUARRELING, ABUSING AND (VIL WORDS AND DEEDS OF

ALL KINDS.

s·: IF THE F"ASTISBROKEN IN THE EVINING UNDERTHE IMPRESSION THAT IT JS TIME

TO BREf\K T.HE FAST WHILE THE SUN IS STILL AB'.:!VE THE HORIZON OR IF IT IS BROK­

EN BECAUSE OF' GETTING .SUDDENLY SICK OR STARTING ONA JOURNEY 1 SUCH A FAST WILL

BE MADE UP BY OBSERVING AN EXTRA FAST SOMETIME AFTER THE RAMADHAN. HOWEVER,

ANYTHING DONE BY MISTAKE AMO STOPPED THE MOMENT IT IS REALIZED D1JRING THE

F'AST DOES NOT BREAK THE FASTe

6. A MAN INTENTl::JNALLY BREAKING A FASTOFRAMADHAN 1 0R NOT f'ASTING'IN'RAMADHAN

IN THE ABSENSE or AN EXCUSE, IS GUILTY OF A GREAT SI N ANO THE PENALTY IS 60

rASTS Wl·THOUTA BREAK,' OR IF'HE· IS NOT CAPABLE OF THAT, TO F'Et::'o6o POOR PEVPLE.

GREAT STRESS HAS BEEN LAID UPON OBSERVING THE TAHAJJUD(ArTER MIDNIGHT)

PRAYERi A~D RECITATION OF THE HOLY QU~AN DURING ~A~ADHAN. . t .. · ,

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NEWS F'ROM RABWAH EXOERPTS F"ROM BROTHER RASHID AHMAD'S DIARY

MARCH 4rn:

IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT OUR BELOVED MASTER, ~AZRAT KHALIFATUL MASIH 2ND

WOULD BE GOING ON A TOUR OF SINO WHERE MANY THOUSAND ACRES OF" LAND HAVE BEEN

BOUGHT THROUGH THE NEW SCHEME CONTRIBUTIONS SO THAT ITS PROCEEDS MAY HEL.PTHE '

MISSION WORKALL OVER THE WORLD. THE HAZRATWAS EXPECTEDTO LEAVE AROUND 9A 4 M•

THE AHMADI ES OF RABWAH STARTED GATHERING TOGETHER TO SAY"GOODBYE .. TO THEIR BE­

LOVED MASTER WITH THEIR SINCERE AND HUMBLE PRAYERS,. WHEN THE HAZRAT STEPPED

OUT OF HIS HOME THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AHMADIESTO MEETHIM• HAZRAT

DRe MUF'Tl MUHAMMAD SADIQ WAS THE FIRST ONE TO KISS HIS HANDS AND I WAS VERY

F'ORTUNATETO BETHE SECOND• ALONG WITH THE HAZRAT WENT HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY,

His DOCTOR AND SOME F"AMILY MEMBERS.

MARCH Sm:

I HAVE STARTED GETTING INSTRUCTIONS IN PHYSICAL EXERCISE F'ROMTHEMIS•

SIONARY-STUDENT F'ROM CHINA•

MA R 0 H 6 TH;

THIS IS THE DAY ON WHICH ONE OF' THE VERY FAMOUS PROPHECIES Or THE PROM•

ISED MESSIAH WAS FULFILLED• THE PROPHECY WAS ABOUT ONE HINDU, PANDIT LEKH

RAM, WHO USED TO MENTION THE HOLY PROPHET'S NAME WITH ABUSIVE AND F'ILTHY LAN­

GUAGE., HE WAS ASKED MANY TIMES BY THE PROMISED MESSIAH TO RESPECT THE BELOV­

ED MASTER OF' MANY HUNDRED MILLI ON MUSLIMS OF' THE WORLD BUT HE DI 0 NOT PAY ANY

...,..,__,~"~ --- ~-E-li:D . T:.€bJd ! s....,w___o_BQ,~..,.t}" LAST ,$ N_ RECEIVING A REVELATION FROM ALLAH, THE PROM-

• I SEO MESS! AH ANNOUNCED THAT THE PANO- IT WOULD 01 E A- MI SERAB[T DEA:TH -w rtH--1-N~ 'tl SPECIFIED PERIOD. HE ALSO GAVE MANY OTHER SIGNS ABOUT THIS PROPHECY., ACCORD-

' ING TO THIS CLEAR PROPHECY, PANDIT LEKH RAM MET HIS F'ATE BY THE HANDS OF' A PERSON WHO WAS IDENTlflEDAS ONEOF' HI SOWN OISCIPLES 1 ALTHOUGH HE WAS NEVER

FOUND.

IN RABWAH WE CELEBRATEOTHE HISTORICOAY BY HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING IN

THE MOSQUE• IN TH1S MEETING THE DETAILS OF' THE PROPHECY WERE REFRESHED.

:: MA RC H 8 TH;

THE SHAH OF' IRAN WHO IS ON A VISIT TO PAKISTAN CAME TO LAHORE• THE MIS""

SIONARY-STUDENTS IN RABWAH WERE GRANTED A DAY Off' So THAT THEY COULD GO TO

LAHORE TO ATTEND HIS RECEPTION• THE RECEPTION Or THE SHAH WAS LED BY PRIME

MINISTER l..IAQUAT ALI KHAN ANO THEOOVERNOR .. GENERAL KHAWAJA NAZIMUDDIN IN THE

!-"AMOUS SHALAMARGARDENS BUILT SY THE MUSLIM MUGHAL EMPERORS• THE ATMOSPHERE

or GRANDEUR WAS SIMPLY UNEQUALLED ~INCE THE TIMES Or THE MUGHAL EMPERORS.

ANOTHER COLORF'UL FUNCTION WAS HELD IN HIS HONOR IN THE OPEN GROUNDS OF'

THE PUNJAB LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLYe THIS WAS F'OLLOWEO WITH ILLUMINATIONS ANO

rt RE•WORKS• MANY PROMINENT MEMBERS OF' THE AHMAD I YYA MOVEMENT WERE I NV I TEO

TO ATTEND THESE CEREMONIES.

MARCH 10 TH:

JUMMA PRAYERS WERE LEO BY HAZRAT DR.MUrTI MUHAMMAD SADIQ IN THE ABSENCE

Of' THE PROMISED REF'ORMER9 H.AZRAl' t<HAl.IF"AT~ MAJHH,wao w1µ B£ IN sino ro,.. A

n:w WEEKS • .

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MARCH llTH:

WHEN THE LAND F'OR OUR NEW CENTER 1 RABWAH, WAS PURCHASED IT WAS GENERAL­

LY UNDERSTOOD BOTH BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PU BLIC THAT THIS WAS A BARREN

AND WORTHLESS Pl EOE OF' LANO, Al.LAH HAS BLESSED US ABUNDANTLY AF'TER THE F'OUND­

ATI ONS OF' RABWAH HAVE BEEN LA ID BY THE HAZ RAT• ONE OF' THE GREAT PROBLEMS WAS

TO GET GOOD WATER TO DRINK, TllE HAZRAT RECEIVEDA REVELATION THAT THIS DIF­

F'I CUI.. TY WOULD BE OVERCOME ANO THERE WI LL BE PLENTY OF' GOOD WATER. SOON AFTER

MANY HANO-OPERATED WATER PUMPS WERE F'IXED TO SUPPLY SWEET WATERS TO THE SET­

TLERS, TODAY AN AUTOMATIC-ACTION PUMP WAS SET WHICH WI LL ALSO IRRIGATE SMALL

TREES NEAR THE MOSQUE. INSHAALLAH, PRETTY SOON WE WILL HAVE NICE AND GREEN

SURROUNDINGS.

MARCH 12TH:

TODAY I DELIVERED MY flRST PUBLIC SPEECH I N St,RGOOHA,A TOWN NEAR RABWAH•

THIRTEEN OF US, INCLUDING SOME AHMADI STUDENTS F'ROM OIF'f"ERENT COUNTRIES,WERE

RECEIVED BY THE AHMAD!ES THERE• THEIR f"ACES WERE EXPRESSIVE OF' THEJR HEART­

f"ELT LOVE ANO JOY• IN MY SPEECH I AOVOCATEDTHE NEED Of MAKING OUR AHMAOIYYA

MISSION STRONGER IN AMERICA. I ALSO CONVEYED THE fEELINGS OF' AMERICAN AHMAD•

IES AND REQUESTED PRAYERS F'OR THEM.

MARCH 14TH:

SHEIKH MUBARAK AHMAD, ASSISTANT PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE HAZRAT, TOOK

ME TO iA WALK,. WE TOOi< SOME PICTURES Of THE lo I TTLE TREES GROW I NG NEAR RA BWAH 's CENTRAL MOSQUE• ON OUR WAY BACK, MR. MU BARAK AH MAD SHOWED ME SOME PICTUR E S

Or QADIAN• IT BRINGS TEARS .TO A TRU E AHMADI TO SEC THAT S~E HOLY AND· LEAN._,___."-"_'~""-"---

"""'"'""~~ .~,,...,,.. P-A RT-S ~F i:tA Ol'J\N BE IN G u sED B Y TH E HINDUS AS LAVATORIES,AND Ruae1sH

IS aEING THROWN THERE .

APR I L 5 TH:

HAZRAT KHALlrATUL MASIH WENT TO LAHORE TO ADDRESS THE STUnENTS Of OUR

TAALIMUL !SLAM COLLEGE AT THE OCOASION Of THEIR ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT EXER•

OISES•

MARCH I 7 TH:

DR,.MUfTI MUHAMMAD SADIQ DELIVERED THE FRIDAY KHUTBA.AFTERJUMMA PRAYERS

HE TOLD ME ABOUT A BOOK Or THE PROMISED MESSIAH IN WHICH THE HAZRAT HAO PRO•

PHE;CIED TWO YEARS BEfORE ABOUT HIS DEATH SAYING THAT HIS WORK HAD BEEN COM•

PLETED AND HE WAS READY TO GO TO ALLAH• OR,. MUNAWAR AHMAD, GRANDSON Ot THE

PROMISED MESSIA~t ' LATER EXPLAINED SOME PARTS Or THIS BOOK TO ME,.

MARCH I 9 TH:

.THE MISSl.ONARY RETURNING tROM HOLLAND TOOK SOME PIOTURES .Of.-THE STUDENTS

G.e:T.TIN.G TRAl~. iNG AS MISSIONARIES to BE SENT ABROAD., .

MARCH 20TH:

TODAY I STUDIED MY ARABIO WITH A NEW AHMADI BROTHEROOIJINO tROM SUDAN,

AF" R IOA ,.

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MARCH 22No:

HAl<JM FAZLU}< .. RAHMAN, FORMER MJSSIONA f~Y IN NIGErlA, DELIVEREDA LECTURE:

IN OUR SCHOOL ON THE SUBJECT OF "1SLAM IN WES1 AFRICA"•

MARCH 23Ro:

TWO MORE MISSIONARIES WERE TODAY SENT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, ONE WAS

MAULV I ABDUL KHALI Q WHO LEFT FOR I RAN ,, THE OTHER WAS MAULV I SAUD AHMAD, D!C(} ... ~

TINED F"OR THE GbLD COAST• I ASKED BOTHOF THEM TO GIVE ME A MESSAGE FOR THE

AMERICAN AHMADIES 0 M/\ULVI ABD'JL KHALIQ SAID, "THE AMERICAN AHMAD!ES SHOULD

ALWAYS REMEMBER THE MESSAGE Of THE PROM I SEO MESS I AH l.ND SHOU LO DO ALL IN TH El R

POWER TO MAKE THAT MESSAGE Kt\IOWN TO THE WHOLE WORLD 119 MAULVI SAUDAHMAD HAD

THJS TO SAY 7 "THE AHMADI ES IN AMERICA SHOULD STRENGTHEN THEIR TIES WITH THE

CENTER ANO SHOULD NOT SPARE ANY SACRIFICES TO WlN THE PLEASURE Of ALLAH 11•

MARCH 24rH: __ , __ TODAY HAZRAT KHALIFATUL MASIH RETURf-7ED FROM HIS TRIP TO BIND,, IT WAS

ABOUT I :4_5 P~M • WHEN HIS PAR WAS SEEN APPROl10H I NG RABWAH" ABOUT SIX HUNDRED

AHMADI ES OF' RABWAH HAD ASSEMBLED ON THE ROAD-SI DE TO GIVE A HEARTY WELCOME

To THEIR BELOVED MASTER. AS SOON AS THE HAZRAT STEPPED OUT OF THE OAR, THE

FAITHFUL ORGANIZED THEMSEL7ES INTO LONO t.INESTO GET THE HONOR OF A HANDSHAKE

WITH HIM• WORDS FAIL TO EXPRESS THE bEEP LOVE AND JOY WHICH ONE NOTICES IN

THt EYES OF THt AHMADI ES WHEN THEY MEET THEIR MASTER~

THE HAZRAT DELIVERED THE KHUTBA ANO LtO THE JUMMA PRAYERS•

DONATIONS WERE INVITED TODAY FROM THE AHMADIESJNRABWAH FOR THE WASH.._

INGTON MOSQUE, I SINCERELY WISH THAT AMERICAN AHMADIES WILL ALSO DISCHARGE

THEIR PART Of THE OBLIGATIONS HONORABLY.

MARCH 26TH:

THIS DAY WAS SET AS IDEAS THE PROPAGATION DAY. THE SCHOOLS AND OFFICES

WERE CLOSED AND ALL AHMADI ES SENT IN GROUPS TO PREACH JN THE VILLAGES AROUND

RABWAH:, I ALSO ACCOMPANIED A PARTY~ WE HAD A DOCTOR IN OUR GROUP WHO ATTEND ..

ED TO THE MEDICAL NEEDS Of THE PEOPLE WHILE WE PREAOHED 4

MARCH JOTH:

I WENT WI TH A GROUP OF' AHMAD I ES TO PR EA OH IN A VI LLP;'iE AT A DI ST ANOE OF'

14 MILES• WE TRAVE!..EO ON AN UNIMPROVED ROAD BY A HORSE oP. RRIAGE" THE MEETING

IN THAT VILLAGE WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY ATTENDED~ WE RETURNEDF'ROM THIS VILLAGE

AFTER TWO DAYSe

A p R I L I ST :

ON MY RETURNfROM THE VILLAGE WHERE WE WENTrOR TABLIGHtl HADTHE PLEAS­

URE OF SAYING MY AFTERNOON PRAYERS LED BY HAZRAT KHALJFATUL MASIH .. AFTER THE

PRAYERS 1 THE HAZRATVERY KINDLY ASKED ME,"RASHID,DJD YOU GO TO SOME VILLAGE?

DJD YOU MAKE ANY SPEECH THERE? OOULDTHE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND you?" I ANSWERED

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MY BELOVED MASTER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND EXPLAINED THAT I SPOKE IN ENGLISH

WHILE ANOTHER BROTHER INTERPRETED IT FOR ME IN URDU.

AP R l L lpH:

TODAY, MAULVI MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM KHALIL, OUR MISSIONARY WHO WORKED FOR THREE YEARS IN ITALY AND TWO YEARS IN WEST AF'RICt< 1 RETURNED TO THE CENTER, HE IS THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF"OUR MISS IO N,\RY-IN-CH/,RGE OF NEW YORK CIRCLE,BROTHER GHULAM YASIN. HE Wf1S CALLEDBACKAFTE R HIS WIFE Hi\D DIED LEAVING NINE CHIL­DREN BEHIND. WHEN THE TRAIN PULLED IN AT Q:15 P.M. THE AIR RESOUNDED WITH THE SHOUTS OF ALLAHU-AKBAR FR ~ M THE MAN Y HUNDRED AHMADIES WH O HAO GATHERED TOGETHER TO GIVE A LOVING WELCOME TO THEIR DEAR BROTHER. THE HAZRAT, BEING

SICK WITH GOUT, COULD NOT RECEIVE THE RETU RNING MISSIONARY AT THE STATION.

APR I L 7 TH:

TODAYSEGAN THE ANNUAL SESSION OF' THE AHMADIYYA CONF"ERENCEHELD REGULAR­

LY TO ADVISE THE HAZRAT ON IMPORTANT PROBLEMS ANO THE BUDGET. THE SESSION

WAS FORMALLY OPENED BY HAZRAT KHALIF'ATUL MASIH AF'TER THE JUMMA PRAYERS6DEL­EGATES 0AME f"ROMALL Pt\ RTSOF" PAKIST~• THE MEETINGS WE RE HELO IN THE GIRLS 1

SCHOOL BUILDING• Af"TER RECITATIONS f"ROM THE HOLY QU RAN 1 THE HAZ RAT LED THE DELEGATES IN PRAYERS, THE stSSION CONTINUED FOR THBEE DAYS ANO A LONG AND HEAVY AGENDA WAS COVERED IN SPITEOFTHE f"ACT THAT HAZRAT AMIRUL MU MININ WAS

UNWELL• HIS DOCTOR SAT BESIDE HIM ALL THROUGH THE MEETIN GS GIVIN G HI M MEDI­CINES~ THE HAZRAT PREf"ERREDTO PARTICIPATE IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE CON­f'ERENCEAT THIS CRITICAL PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF" THE MOVEMENT IN SPITE Of" HIS BAD HEALTH,.

YOUNG AHMADIESOF' RASWAH ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE PHYSICAL EXERCISES EARLY INTHE MORNING AFTER THE F'AJAR PRAYERS, THIS IS A PART Of" THE NATIONAL GUARDS

PROGRAM Of" PAKISTAN. ONE SEES ABOUT ONE HUND RED ANO TWENTY f"IVE YOUNG MEN OUT IN THE FIELD PARADING AND EXERCISING.

TODAY I LEARNEDf"ROM HAZRAT MUFTI MUHAMMAOSADIQ THATHE KNEW SEVEN LANG­UAGES INCLUDING ESPERANTO. IN f"ACT HE DELIVERED THE MESSAGE OF !SL AM TO AN ESPERANTO SPEAKING SOCIETY IN FRANCE.

ALSO TOOAY,MAULVI NUR AHMAD MUNIR,OU R MISSJONARY WHO HAS RECE~TLY RE­TURNEOF"ROM SYRIA 1 SPOKEIN OUR COLLEGE ON THE SUBJECT OF' 11 HOW TO LEARN ARABie"•

APR I L 21 ST:

THE KHUODAMUL AHMAOIYYA HADA VERY INTERESTIN~ PROGRAM TODAY• THIS WAS THEIR DAY Of" COLLECTIVE OLEANINGOf" RABWAH, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE DOCTORS,

PROF"ESSORS, STOREKEEPERS AND OFFICE PEOPLE ALL CARRYING SHOVELS, PICKS AND BASKETS TO CARRY 0 I RT ANO TO LEVEL THE UNEVEN SPOTS. TH IS CREATE:S A REMARK• ABLE SPIRIT Of" oo-OPE:RATION AND MUTUAL HELP.

THE HAZRAT IS STILL SICK• THE ~UMMA PRAYERS WERE LED BY OR, MUFTI MU­

HAMMAD SADIQ.

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HAZRAT AMIRUL MUMININ,KHALIF'ATUL MASIH,VERY GRACIOUSLY INVITEOME ro A

LUNCH GIVEN IN HONOR Of'A GERMAN AHMAOl 1 ~R..,ASOUL KARIM OUNCKER 1 WHO ARRIVE:O

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IN RAeWAH TODAY* T~E HAZRAT WAS HOST TO ASOUT 17 AHUAOIES• AT THE TASLE, I

NOTED WITH GREAT INTEREST THEWIDE RANGE OF' CONVERSATION ANO TREMENDOUS AMOUNT

OF' KNOWLEDGE WHICH T'HE HAZRf1TOOULO CONTRISUTE TO ALMOST EVERY SUBJECT. F'OR

EXAMPLE, THE SUBJECTS ' bl SCUSSED INCLUDED THE Dl F'F'ERENOE BETWEEN CULTURE AND

CfVILIZATION,HoW DIF'F'E~ENT NATIONS PRONOUNCE CERTAIN WORDS,DIF'F'ICULTIES OF

THE MISSIONARIES IN LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES ANO SO FORTH. THE HAZRAT E'•

PRESSED THE OPINION THAT IND!A HAD NEVER SEEN ONE NATION ON ACCOUNT o'F VAST

01. F'F'ERENCES OF SPEECH, '-ANGUAGE, CUSTOM, CIVILIZATION, RELIGION ANO JDEAS,.

MARCH 29TH

HAZRAT KHAl.IF'ATUL MASIHl,.ED THE.JUMMA PRAYERS. IN HIS KHUTBAHE EXPLAIN­

ED THATWE SHOULD NOT BE SATISFIED IN OUR ACTIVITIES\'llTH MERELY HOLDING MEET­

INGS• WE SHOULD MAKE PROGRESS ANO SPEED UP OUR ACTIVITIES• WE SHOULD USE

OUR BRAINS AND CHANNEL OUR THiNKlNG AND ACTIONS 1N THE DIRECTION OF' THE

THINKING OF' THE LEADER IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE UNITY OF' ACTION.

AP R I l I ST:

THE LA.JNA IMA ULLAH HELO THEIR EXAMINATIONS WHICH MANY MEMBERS OF THE

LAJNA TOOK• LAJNA MEMSERS WERE ASKED ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN lSLAM IN

THE QUESTION PAPER•

A p R ,J L .3 RD:

SIR MUHAMMAD ZAF'RULLAH KHAN VlSITED RABWAH TODAY• THIS WAS HIS F'IRST

VISIT AFTER HIS LATEST TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF'

MEETING HIM DURING HIS SRIEF' STAY. HE DELIVERED A SPEECH IN THE MOSQUE SE~ F'ORE HIS DEPARTURE•

APR I L 8 TH: -- --~---

THE HAZRAT TODAY GAVE A TEA•PARTY IN HONOR OF' THE MISSIONARIES WHO HAVE

RECENTLY RETURNEOF'ROMHOLLANO, ITALY, AFRICA, SYRIA, INDONESIA AND ENGLAND.,

THIS WAS A MOVING EVENT TO SEETHE BELOVED GENERAL AMONG THE COMPANY or HIS

FAITHFUL SOLDIERS BACK IN THE CENTER AF'TER SERVING IN THE BA1TLE~IELD~HAZ~

RAT DELIVERED AN INSPIRING SPEECH ON THIS OCCASION•

S 0 M E G L I M P S E S O f L I f E I N R A B W A H BY RASHID AHMAD

AN AHMAD1 IN RABWAH STARTS HIS DAY WITH SALATUL F'AJR, THE PRAYERS SAIO

IN CONGREGAtlON IN THE MOSQUE BEF'ORE SUNRISE• MANY AMONG THEM GET UP EVEN

EARLIER TO SAY THEIR TAHA.J.JUDrTHE PRAYER OFFERED IN THE LATER PART OF' NIGHT.,

AFTER THE PRAYER SOME PART OF' THE PROMISED MESSIAH 1S WRITINGS IS READ AND

EXPLAINED BY SOMEBODY ASSIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATION,. THEN EVERYBODY GOES HOME

ANO RECITES SOME PART Of THE QURAN INDIVIDUALLY. ONE CAN SEE MANY AHMAOIES

SITTING OUT IN f'RONT OF THEIR DOORS CHANTING THE VERSES OF' THE QURAN 11 OTHERS

MAY PREFER TO RECITE IN THEIR HOMES BUT THEIR DEVOTIONAL ANO INTRIGUING VOICES

ARE OF'TEN HEARD BY THE PASSERS- BY IN THE STREETS• AFTER THAT ONE USUALLY

TAKES SOME BREAKF'AST ANO GETS READY TO GO TO WORK• MOST OF' THEM WORK IN THE:

OFF'IOES Or THE CENTER• OTHERS MAY HAVE SMALL SHOPS OR SOME BUSINESS TO AT­

TEND• BUT,E:VERYTHING GOES ON SO PEACEFULLY AND QUIETLY IN THE SPIRITUAL AT•

.MOS?HERE OF' THlS l,.JTTL.£ PLACE. IF' ONE GOE.S TO VISIT A f"RIENO, HE WILL SAY

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lfAsS.A.LAMU ,ALAl~UMH (PEACE BE UNTO You) BEF'~F\E ENTERING HIS HOM£. ON THE

STREETS ONE NOTICES DlfFERENTKINDSOF'PEOPLE.; FOR EXAMPLE ONE MAY SEE BLIND

'MEN WHO ARE GENERALLY CALLEO- HAF'IZr MEANING THE GUARDS, ~OR THE FACT THAT

M'.)S_T OF' .THEM HAVE OOMM)TTED THE W!40LEOF' THE QURAN · TO MEMORY, ONE NOTICES A

WASHERMAN Dt:LlVERING LAUNDRY WHICH HECARHIES ONHIS HEADkHEUSUALLY CHARGES

AS.OUT F' t'rTEEN CENTS F"cR s Ix CLOTHES. IN TH Is SMALL PLACE WHICH WAS NOTH I NG

BUT SANO ONLY TWO YEARS 8AOK, ONE WI LL SEE AN AMER J CAN 1 .A CH I NESEr AN I NDO­

NES.l AN1 A s _uDANESE,AN EGYPTIAN AND A GERMAN ALL DISCUSSING THE TEACHINGS Of

T0

HE HOLY QURAN OR SOME PARTS OF'THE SAYll~GS OF' THE HOLY PROPHET OR THE MES­

SAGE OF' HAZRAT AHMAD 1 THE PROMISED MESSIAH~ IN THE OFFICESt THE WAYS ANO

MEANS ARE DEVISED TO EXPEDITE THE .VICTORY Of" !SLAM OVER THE f"ORCES OF' EVIL~

· THEY WORK VERY STRENUOU .SLY ALL DAY 1 GETT1-N~ A ?HORT BREAK ONLY FOR LUNCH AND

~RAYERB# IN THE EVENING . M~NY OF THESE . PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE ~FF'ICES

WI LL BE SEEN TAI< I NG. A STROLL IN THE F' ,I ELDS AROUND ·RA DWAH IN TH.E COMPANY OF'

THEIR F'RIENDS OR _CHILDREN ENJOYING THE SOLITUDE ANO SPIRITUAL · 81..ISS OF THE

PLACE. EVE~ AT THAT TIME THEIR Ml~OS Wi~L CONCENTRATE UPON THE WAYS AN~

MEANS OF SPREADING !SLAM TO THE WORLD 4 THEY WILL ASSEMBLE FOR THE EVENING

PRAYERS BEF'Of1E0

THEY TAKE THEIR SUPPER AND GET TOGETHER AGAIN INTHE MOSQUE F'OR

THEIR ISHA(AFTEfl SUPPER)PRAYERS BEF011ETHEY GOTO BED,. THE EVENINGS IN RABWAH

ARE Sl~PLY ~(AUTIF'UL. ONE ENJOYS THE SUN SETTINa IN THE CLEAR HORIZON AND

BRIGHT STARS APPEARING SOON /,FTERAND COVERING THE WHOLE SKY . .;, lfll THIS BL'ISS•

FUL ATMOSPHERE ONE IS F' I LLEO WI TH P;<A I SE OF ALLAH WHEN HE fAL-LS IN LI NE BEH I NO

THE PROMISED REF'ORMER,HAZRAT l<HALIF'ATUL MASIH 1 TOSAYHIS !SHA PRAYERS WHERE

ALL OF' THEM,AF'TER DISCHARGING THEIR HUMBLE SERVICESF'OR THE SAl<E. OF' ISLAM ALL.

DAY, PRAY THAT HIS NAME MAYSE GLORIFIED OVER THE WOHLD AND THATALLNATIONS

AND RACES MAY ACCEPT HI s . MESSf,GE AND ATTAIN A LI FE OF' ETERNAL PEl\CE# EVERY DAY

ONE MEETS NEW AND STRANGE F"ACES OF V l SI TORS VIHO COME HERE F"OR D! F"FERENT PUR­

POSES. SOME _NON-AHMADI ES MAY COME TO GET SOME MORE ,INFORMATION ON AHMADIYYATJ

OTHERS INCLUDING AHMADI ES AND NON-AHMADJES MAY BE THERETO HAVE AN INTE.RVIEW

WITH THE HAZRAT ANO DISCUSS THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEMG IN _ORb£;.R TO BL.§ E~_ffj T_- ""' •. '£ . -&-'\"' ~'N'S Et:. - T'Ftt'S' v r scf T 0 R .. -J;"RE'-"-E"'N~ ER-TA ~ .; H ;:-u LA NG AR KHAN A II J A

GUEST HOUSE fOUNDED BYTHE PROMISED MESSIAH UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF' A REVELA­

TION• RICH AND POOR, PEOPLE YROM DIF"FERENT WALKS OF LIFE ARE SERVED HERE

WltHOU~ OISChlMINATION, ON THE oodASION ot OUR A~NUAL MEETING, MORE THAN

25 - THOUSAN~ PEOPL~ WERE SERVED FOOD THREE TIMES A DAY• I HAO THE PRIVILEGE

OF OF'FERING~Y SERVICES AT THAT TIMEt ANfr WAS EX~REMELY A~AZEb TO LE~RN HOW

SMOOTHLY THE WHOLE SYSTEM WORKED- THEY H~O A WAY OF KNOWING ALMOST TO PER­

fECTION HOW MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD SEEN F'EO ATA CERTA -JN TIME ANO HOW _MANY

WOULD HAVE TO BE SERVED f"OR THE NEXT MEAL ., -AT ALL TI MES 1 THE GUESTS ARE EN­

TERTAINED WITH WARM, F'RESH ANO WHOLESOME rooos. IN THIS WAY ALL THOSE WHO

COME HERE TO SEEK TRUTH F'INO THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS CENTER OF THE MOVEMENT

ARE ONLY TOO EAGER T~ MAKE THEIR GUESTS COMFORTABLE SO THAT THEY MAY SET AN

EXAMPLE OF TRUE AMO REAL BROTHERLY LOVE AS I NF'USED IN THEM BY THE PROPHET or

THE AGE, HAZRAT AHMAD, THE PROMISED MESSIAH~

N E W S f R 0 M M I S S 0 N S 0 V E R S E A S

ENGLAND:

THE IMAMOfTHE , LONOON MOSQUE~CHAUDHRI MUSHTAQ Af!lii1AO BAJWAtHi\S SEEN ON

A TOUR v1s1t1Nci ·u'1ss10Ns 1N· OTHER 'EUROPEAN oouNTRIES· ·

BRciTHER NASIR MUHAMMAD SIAL 1 SECRETARYOF' OUR SECOND A~NUAL CONVENTION,

LEfT FOR LONDON WH.,.E'RE: HE WI LL'. STAY f"OR A fEW ' MONTHS BEF''ORE HE DEPARTS fOR THE

CENTER• f;MERICAN MISSIONS WERE GREATLY GENIF'ITTEO BY HIM DURING HIS PERl0-0

Of" STUOtE:S IN AMERICA ANO THEY W'ISH HIM THE 6EST Of SUCCESS., '

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..

ElR0THEH CHAUDHRi MOHAMMAD ABOULLAH;WHOSE NAME 1 SWELL-KNOWN TO AMER! CAN

AHMAD!ES,WASTHE GUEST CF' OUH MISSIONS IN SWITZERLAND ANO F'RANCE., HE DELIV­

Ei1ED A LECTURE IN THE LONDON MOSQUE ON THE SUBJECT OF' 11 1S'-AM IN AMERIOA 11 WH!CH

ACCORDIN G TO A DISPATCH APPEARING IN 11 THE KNOWLEDGEif 1 A NEW, INF'Of<MATIVE AND

ATTRACTIVE PERIODICAL PUBl..ISHED JYTHE LONDON MISSION, i1WASVERY INTERESTING

AND INSTRUCTIVEn•

NETHERLANDS:.

HAZRAT AMIRUL MUMININ KHALIF'ATUL MASJH HAS BEEN VERY PLEASED TO DECIDE

THAT AN AHMADIYYA MOSQUE BE ESTABLISHED IN THE INTERNATIONALLY F'AMOUS TOWN

Of' THE HAGUE• THE HAZRAT DESI RES THAT WHILE THS MALE MEMBERS Or THE MOVEMENT

SHOULD C.ON'FRJ.BU-'rS FOR TH'.E NEW MOSQUE tN WASHINGTONt LADIES Or THE MOVEMENT

SHOULD BE RESPONS!BLE F'OR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF' THE HOLLAND MOSQUE • . THE PLANS

ARE PROGRESSING s.-.TISrACTOfllLYANO THE LAJNA IMA ULLAH MEMBERS ARE CONTRIB­

UTING ENTHUSlf,STICALLY f'OR THIS HOUSE Or W<1FlSHIP IN EUROPE. WEAPPEALTOOUR

SISTERS IN AMERICA TO STANO UP TO THEIR TRADITIONS AND PROVE TO THE SISTERS

IN MISSIONS ALL OVER THE WO RLD THAT THEY WILL . NOT REMAIN BEHIND ANY OTHER

LAJNA IN CONTRIBUTING THEIR SH AR E, THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS HEAVIER AS A SIGN

or GRATITUDErORTHE DECISION OF' THE HAZRAT TO PR OVIDE HIE hMEl11Cf.N MISSION

WITH A BEAUTlrUL MOSQUE IN WASHINGTON.

SPA! N:

OUR UNTIRING MISSIONARY IN MADRID, MR.,KARAM ILAHI ZAF'AR, HADA WONDER-

F'UL OPPORTUNITY TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE OF' I SLAM WHE:N

TO SPEAK ON THE NATIONAL RADIO SYSTEM IN BARCELONA 1

TO BROADCAST F'OR ABOUT 4.5 MI NUTES 0

RECENTLY HE WAS INVITED

MR. ZAF'AR WAS FORTUNATE

SWITZERLAND:

OUR MISSIONARY, s.NASIR AHMAD 1 IS PUBLISHING HIS MONTHLY PERIODICAL IN

GE RMAN, "DER ISLAMn, REGULARLY• THE PLANS TO PUBLISH A GERMAN TRANSLATION

Or THE HOLY QURAN ARE UNDE R WAY. SOME NEW MEMBERS HAVE STRENGTHENED OUfl

ZURICH MISSION BY ACCEPTING !SLAM RECENTLY•

F I N A N C I A L R E P 0 R T

IN THE F'IRST ISSUE OF' THE "GAZETTE", WE MADE A F'INANCIAL REPORT COVERING

THE F'IRST EIGHT MONTHS OF' THE rlSCAL YEAR (MAY TO DECEMBER). F'OLLOWING IS A

REPORT F'OR THE RSMAINING F'OUR MONTHS, COMPLETING THE F'ISCAL YEAR ENDING ON

APRIL JOTH.

INCOME:

MONTHLY DUES: AME R ICAN MISSION

H.Q. (1/2 OF THE DUES IS KEPT BY

THE MISSIONS FOR LOCAL USE. 1/4 GOES IN THE CENTRAL rUND AND

1/4 IN THE BUDGET Of THE AMERICAN

MISSION).

-- - -- -~----~-------------- ~ 530.52 AID rROM CENTER 1

RABWAH, PAKISTAN-------~ 1872.90 I ( lO)

EXPENDITURE:

ALLOWANCES TO MISSIONARIES F'OR 4 MONTHS(!) KHALIL AHMAD Nl\StR ANO

rAMILY, (2) GHULAM YASIN,(3)SHUKAR

ILAHI ,(4)ABDUL QADIR----$ 1560.00 OfF'ICE RENT-------------

STATIONERY--------------

CONVEYANCE(CENTER& CI R CLES)

MAIL (CENTER ) $ 32,06} (CIRCLES) 60.00~

OrFJO£ FURNJTUR£ REPAJRG-

338.43

II. I 8 219.00

142.06 I 9..-00

IN c OME: (CONTINUED)

(TOTAL. INCOME)

E X PE N 0 I T UR E : _(CONT I NU ED)

LITERATURE AND GAZETTE (THIS DOES

NOT INCLUDE THE PUBLICATION OF OUR

SOOK, "THE /.1HM,\ D I YYA MOVEMENTrl J" ------------·------------ $ 95 •. 00

MISCELLANEOUS ------·---

(TOTAL EXPENDITURE)

68~75

$ 2453 ~ 42

THE MUSLI M SUNRISE (STATEMENTS OF' ACCOUNTS ON A PRIL JO, 1950)

INCO ME FOR APR! L 19_50:

CLEVELAND MISSION ---·---~

SH, NAZE.ER E:LAH I -~--------

1ND1 AN A POLl S MISSION --M-­MISCE:LLANEOUS ------------

$ 30 450 10.00 30 . .,00 4,50

$ 75.00

E X PE NS E S T i LL A P R I L 50 ~ !950

PRINTING OF' tlRST. QUA RTER~$ PR INTING OF SEC OND u ENVELOPES(soTM MAG AZ!NEs)­

MAILING CHA RGES----------

176081 180~41 35 ;, .57 35.,50

(TOTAL) $~28.29 PREVIOUS DEBIT 317 ~ 46

__ L __

GFI A ND TO T AL ~ 745 ~ 75 TOTAi.. OF' DONATI ONS Tl LL ,\ PR IL 143,.66

NET DE B IT STILL TO SE PAID$ 602,09

OTHER OUTSTAND I NG DONATIONS BEF'ORE APRIL 1950 INCLUDE DAYTON 60.00

JAZAKU~ULLA TO ALL WHO UNDERDTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THIS ONLY

MAG A ZINE OF' !SLAM IN THE STATES RUNNING,

TASLIGH DAY

roR THE f'IRST TIME IN THE HISTORY Of' /\MERIO:\N MISSIONS, A TABLIGH (PROP•

AGAT j ON) DAY WAS ()El.EBRATED ON NAT I ONAL SCALC.:., THE AllNOUNCEME"NT WAS MADE BY

THE CENTRAL SECRETARY f"OR TASLIGH IN THE LAST issue: Of' THE nGAZSTTE ii , f'IXING

APRIL 9TH AS THE TABLIGH DAY,~ MOST OFTHEMISSIONS PL A NNED THEI R ACTIVITIES

AHEAD Of" TIMEe MEMBERS IN NEW YORK AND S ~a L OUIS DID A GOOD JO G OF DISTRIB­

UTING LlTERATURE t. ND THEY MET WITH B OTH INT £'. RESTAND OPPOSITION FROM THE PEO­

PLS-. THIS SPECIAL DAY HAS HELPED IN MAKING MM~Y NEW CONTACTS AND OPENING NEW

WAYS rOR TAOLlGH 0 WE HOPE THAT THE RE SP ECTIVE OFFICERS WILL ORGANIZE MORE

OF THESE DAYS ANO MAKE IMPROVED PLANS FOR CONVEYING THE MESSAGEOf" ISLAM TO

THE PEOPLE..,

AMERICAN AH ·MADIYYA MISSIONS GREET

T H E P R I M E M I N I S T E R 0 F P A l< I S T A N

ON THE RECENT VISIROFHONJR1\SLE MR,LIA QU A T ALI t<HAN 1 f' A KIST,\M 1 S PRIME

MINISTER,TO THE UNITED STATES,THE AMERICAN AHMADIES FELT GREAT PLEASURE IN

EXTENDINGHIMTHEIR HEARTIEST WELCOME ANO BEST WISHES. THE MISSIONS WERE RE•

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Pt'IC$!:NTE_06Y U-ISSIONARl£S AT THE RECEPTIONS ARRANGEO IN THE PfUME 1.!INISTER'S

HONOR IN WASHINGTON ANO NEW YORK• MANY MISSIONS $ENT HIM rELIOITATJONS BY

TtLEGRA~ ON HIS WAY TO THE we:ST OOASTa

THE AMERlOAN AHMADI ES F'EEt. THAT 81NC£THE CENTER OF' THE AHMAQIYYA MOVE•

&.t.ENT JS NOW IN PAKISTAN, IT HAS A PLACE IN THEIR HEARTS SHARED BY NO OTHER

F'ORE'IGN ¢0UNTRYI DUETOTHESE SPIRITUAL TIES WITH PAKISTAN,THEIR EXPRESSION

OF' RES-PECT F"OR HER PRIME MMO:GT&R K&S CERTAINLY A VERY DEEP MEANING• THE

PRIME MI NI STER HAS VERY GRACI OU SLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE SENT I MENTS EXPRESSED BY

AMERICAN AHMAOIES IN HIS LETTERTO BROTHER NURtJL ISLAM OF' OIHCAGO,ANO THANK•

EO HIM F'OR EXTENDING A WELCOME ON BEHALF' OF' AMERICAN AHMADIES9

N E W S C H E M E I 9 5 0

Al.MOST .HALF" THE YEAR HAS PASSED f'ROM THE PERlOD Of' 1950 NEW SCHEME PAY•

MtNTS• JT IS REGRETTABLE THAT THIS YEAR THE MISSIONS HAVE NOT MADE AS GOOD

A flESPONSE AS IN THE LAST YEAR TOWARD THE NEW SCHEME PLEDGES• A TRUE BELi £V­

ER NEVER STEPS BACK IN HJS UNDERTAKINGS F"OR THE SPREAD OF' ISLAM•

THE F'IRST LIST o,.- 19,50 NEW SOHEME PAYMENTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HA:ZRAT

KHALIF"f\TUL MASIH 2ND ON JUNE 30THt WE f'ULLY HOPE THAT THOSE AHMADIES WHO

WANT TO BE AMONO THOSE f'ORTUNATE ONEt WHOSE NAMES WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE

HAZRAT FOR SPECIAL PRAYERS WILi. TRY THEIR BEST TO PAY THEIR PLEDGES BEf"ORE

JUNE 30TH• IN THJS CONNE:CTION, THE EXAMPLE or THE DAYTON MISSION rs WORTHY

or CREDIT. THEY HAVE ALREADY PA I 0 ABOUT 80% OF' THEIR PLEDGES. ST I LL MORE

RtMARKASLE JS TH£ EXAMPLE Of' INOIANAPOLIS MISSION WHOHAVE PAID THEIR PLEDGES

ALMOST 100%. MAY ALLAH Bl,ESS THEM ABUNDANTLY AND ENABLE ALL o; vs TO Dts­

OHARG£ OUR OBLIGATIONS IN THE atsr WAY. AMEN.

N E W L 1 T E R A T U R E

A P.H::W SUPPLY Of" THE f'')LLOWI NG BO')KS WHICH HAVE BEEN IN DEMAND LATELY HAS

JUST BEEN RECE I VED.,MEMBERS ARE URGED TO SEND THEIR REQUESTS BEF'ORE THE PRES"'

ENT SUPPLY IS EXHAUSTED,

(I) THE HOLY QURAN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION ANO COMMENTARv.voL .. lWITH

AN &NfRODUCTION BY HAZRAT AMIRUL MUMININ KHALIF'ATUL MASIH 2ND ~:~ 16.50

-------------------------~-------------~-----~----------• T

(2) THE ARAB I 0 PR1 MER ----.----------------------...-..---·------·---- .as (3) THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF' ISLAMIC SOCIETY------...... ,.. ... _...... 1.00

(4) NEW WORLD ORDER ----------------------------------------~ t.oo

(5) WHE ne: DI 0 JESUS DI e:? ........ ---------·----------------------• 1.00

THE MEMBERS MAY ALSO BE PLEASED TO NOTE THAT TWO NEW BOOKS HAVE BEEN RE•

CtNTLY PUBLISHED, ONE Of' THEMt UTHE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAMttt THE BOOK

OF THE YEAR PRESCRIBEDf'ORSPECfAL STUDY BY OUR SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION,HAS

BEEN PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN i'llf8BfON Af"TER ITS TRANSLATION WAS REV I SEO BV HOH1

SIR MUHAMMAD ZAF'RULLAH KHAN. THE LONDON MISSION HAS PUBLISHE~AN ATTRAOTIV~

VOLUME. 9 1NTROOUCTION TO THE STUDY Of' ISLAMft• THIS BOOK SHOULD BE A MUST IN

THE: LIBRARY OF' EVERY M£M8t:R. IN f"ACT lT SHOULD BE INTRODUCED T~ THEIR NON•

MUSLIM F'Rt ENOS f"OR A GOOD UNOE RS TANDI NG OF' I SLAM• 446 PAG,£S 1 J>RI CE $J_.,OQ

/

A N N 0 U N C E M E N T S

EDUC AT ION:

WHILE THE LIGHT OF' ISL/<M IS PENETRATING DE:EPER INTO THE DARKNESS Of . THE

VIES1' 1 IT IS Sf.COMING INCl1EASINGLY NECESSARY FOR THE F'OLLOWE!IS TO TEACH AND

LEARN JUST AS ~AUCH A30UT THEIR RELIGl •'1N AS IS POSSIBLE, ONE OF' TH!". REQUIRE­

MENTS OF OUR RELIGION IS THAT WE INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE.

AT OUR LAST CuNVENT I ON WE ADOPTED SOME RESOLUTIONS AN D PLEDGfS WHICH WERE

CONSIDERED THE MINIMUM AMOUNTOrEDUCATlvNWE SHOULD HAVE. fHOSE r-lESOLUTIONS

WERE AS F'OLLOWS:

DURING THE YEAR 1 EVERY MEMOER GH JU LD

( l ) MEM ORIZE THE K~LIMA (LA-ILAHA-ILLALLAHO-MUHAMMADUR RASUL.ULLA)

(2) LEARN ANO SAY THE PRAYER REGULARLY,

(J) MEMOi'llZF.: THE INITl,'..Tl ) N F')RM, ,

(4) ST.UDY THE [) ''OK OF' THE Y<: ... R, "THE AHMADIYYA M'1 VEMENTnWRITTEN BY THE

KHALIFATUL MASIH,

(5) LE~RN TO RE~D THE PRIMER (YASSARNAL QURAN) AND THF HOLY QURAN.

(6) MEMBE ~1 S . WH •) HAVE LEARl~ED .:.ND COMPLt: TED READING THE HOLY QURAN SHALL

START TO LEARN THE URDU LANGUAGE TO ENABLE THEM TO READ THE WRIT-

1 NGS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH (rEACE BE ON HIM).

(7) ALL MEMBERS SHALL TRY TO SET A GOOD ?ERSONAL EXAMPLE~

AS THE RESULT OF oun PLAN TO SEND ONE AMERICAN AHMADI TO HEADQUARTERS

EACH YEAR TO BE TRAINED F'OR MlSSiONARY WORK,BROTHER R.:.SHID AHMAD IS NOW IN

RABWAH 1 OUR NEW CENTER, STUDYING. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HERE JAZAKUMULLA TO

THOSE MI SS IONS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR EDU CATI ONl1L F'UND AND F'OR THOSE WHO

AREN 1 T, YOU ARE URGED TO MAKE A SAQRlflCE IN THIS~~K-•

FOR THOSE WHO HAD WANTED TO BUY ONE or THE TRANSLATED QURANS AND WERE

UNABLE TO DO BO BECAUSE OF' THE LIMITED SU P PLY, WE HAVE GOOD NEWS~ YOU MAY

NOW OBTAIN A BOOK "THE INTR ODUCTION TO THE HOLY QURANn WRITTEN BY HAZRAT

KHALIFATUL MASIH 2ND 1 OUR B ELOVED MASTER• THIS BOOK MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRIT­

ING l"O BRO .. KHALIL AHMAD NASIR, OUR MISSIONARY - IN-CHAfWE• IT CONT/1INS VERY

VALUABLE INF'ORMAT I ON AND WI LL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE HOLY QURAN WHEN YOU

START READING IT. THE PRICE IS$ J.oo

BY ALLAH' s HEL P , THE aooK"THE AHMAD I YYA MOVEME"1T 11 Is ALSO AVAILABLE Now.

THIS BOOK SHOULD SE SECURED BY EVE RY AHMADI.

THE LOCAL SECRETARIES AflE URGED TO CHECK THESE REGULATIONS CLOSELY ANO

SEND THEIR REPORTS REGULARLY 1

(SIGNED) AHMAD SHAHEED

THE C0-0PERATI VE COMMITTEE:

CENTRAL SECRETARY fOR EDUCATION

141 MARYLAND AVENUE,

DUQUESNE 1 PENNSYLVANIA.

THE AHMAOIYYA CO-OPERATIVE COMMITTEEWAS ONEOF' THE NEW DEPARTMENTS CRE­

ATED AT OUR SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION HELD IN PITTSGUr.GH IN SEPTEMBER, 1949.

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF' THIS DEPARTMENT IS TO INSTITUTE WAYS AND MEANS

OF' HELPING OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO WORK IN UNITY ANO TO COOPERATE WITH

ONE .. ANOTHER TO BETTER THEIR CONDITION SPIRITUALLY, SOOIALLYANO rlNANOIALLv.

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