Was Hazrat Musleh-eMaud impressed by Hitler and Mussolini? Critically analysing the allegation
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A European new convert’s exemplary devotion to Khilafat (1926)
Activities of Lajna Imaillah at Jalsa Salana UK 2026: A brief overview
Four-day tarbiyat and tabligh tour across Finland
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THE WEEKLY
www.alhakam.org AL HAKAM | Friday 14 August 2026 | Issue CDXXXIX Ahmadiyya Archive & Research Centre (ARC), 22 Deer Park Road, London, SW19 3TL, UK info@alhakam.org | ISSN 2754-7396
How to gain wisdom: The significance of age 40 We reach spiritual maturity around the age of 40, as the Holy Quran says, “when he attains his full maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years.” (Surah al-Ahqaf, Ch.46: V.16) However, why does this not coincide with when we reach physical maturity and cognitive maturity? By the time we reach our 30s, we have peaked and our physical decline has begun. Our favourite athletes, in any sport requiring explosive strength, are considered seniors in their 30s. By 40, most have retired. This is not just for elite athletes; we all experience and feel physical decline in our 30s. Additionally, we also reach cognitive maturity much earlier. By the time we reach 40, we have peaked and our cognitive decline has begun. For example, in chess, the average peak ELO age for grandmasters is 30. Elite chess players are seen as seniors in their 30s, and by 40 they are well past their prime. Again, this is not just for elite grandmasters; we all experience cognitive decline by our 30s. For example, our information processing speed is at its highest around ages 18 to 19, then it starts to decline. Our short-term memory improves until about age 25 and begins to decline around age 35. Our ability to remember faces peaks around age 30, then gradually decreases. Our short-term memory starts to weaken around age 35. Before 40, we begin our decline in just about all aspects of “fluid intelligence,” which is our brain’s raw processing power and its ability to adapt to unfamiliar Continued on page 3
Hadith-e-Rasul – Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammadsa
Kindness towards a polytheist mother
ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ٌ َ ْ ْ َ َْ َ ﻗﺎﻟﺖ ﻗ ِﺪ َﻣﺖ أ ِ ّ�� َوﻫ َﻰ ُﻣ� ِ�ﻛﺔ �ِ� ﻋ ْﻬ ِﺪ،ﻋ ْﻦ أ� َ�ﺎء َّ ّ َ َّ ُ َ ْ ْ �ﻗُ َﺮ اﻟﻨ ِ� ّ� ﺻﻠﻰ ا��� �ﻠﻴﻪ ِإذ َ�ﺎﻫﺪوا،�ْ ِ�ِﺶ َو ُﻣﺪﺗ ٍ ّ َ َّ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ّ ���اﻟﻨ ِ� ّ� ﺻﻠﻰ ا ﻓﺎﺳﺘﻔﺘﻴﺖ،وﺳﻠﻢ �� أﺑِﻴﻬﺎ ٌ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ّ ُ َّ ُ ْ ُ َ ّ اﻏﺒﺔ ِ �ﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻓﻘﻠﺖ ِإن أ ِ�� ﻗ ِﺪﻣﺖ وﻫ َﻰ ر ُ َََ َُ َ َ َ ��أﻓﺄ ِﺻﻠ َﻬﺎ� ﻗﺎل� ﻧ َﻌ ْﻢ ِﺻ�ِ� أ ّﻣ ِﻚ Hazrat Asma (ra) narrated: “My mother, who was a polytheist, came to me accompanied by her father during the truce agreed between the Quraysh and the Prophet (sa). I sought the Prophet’s (sa) ruling and said, ‘My mother has come of her own accord. Should I maintain ties with her?’ The Prophetsa replied, ‘Yes. Show kindness to your mother.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-adab, Bab silati l-mar’ati ummaha wa laha zawj, Hadith 5979)
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words
It is God Almighty Who is truly worthy of praise If a person reflects closely and deeply, they will find that truly, it is Allah Almighty alone to whom all praise and quality belongs, and no human being or any other creation, in the true sense, is really worthy of praise and admiration. If an individual observes, pure of any vested motives, it shall become clearly evident to them that any individual who is declared worthy of praise can only be deserving if at some point in time, when nothing of existence or matter was to be found, they created those things. Another reason could be that in an era when nothing existed and when there was no knowledge of the means and elements that are required to bring a thing into existence, preserve it, safeguard its health and maintain its life, someone furnished all these necessary means. Or perhaps at a time, when this creation could have been