Al Hakam - 08 June 2018

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100 Years Ago... The Month of Ramadan

A unique article written by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IIra

The Promised Messiahas on Ramadan Part IV

Syedna Masroor All Pakistan Hard Ball Cricket Tournament

Huzoor'sas fiqh-related verdicts on issues of Ramadan

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Organized by MKA Muqami Rabwah from 28 April to 1 May

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The Big Iftar The National Tabligh Department organised the Big Iftar on Wednesday 23 May 2018 at the Baitul Futuh Mosque, London.

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Hazrat Aishara narrated [that she once asked]: “O Messenger of Allah, what do you think I should say in my supplication, if I come upon Lailatul-Qadr?” The Holy Prophetsa said: “Say: ‘Allahumma innaka Afuwwun tuhibbul-afwa, fa‘fu anni’ (O Allah, You are Forgiving and love forgiveness, so forgive me).’” (Sunan Ibn Majah, Kitab Al-Dua)

ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ َ ‫َع ْن‬ ‫ أنها قالت يا رسول الل ِه أرأيت ِإن وافقت ليلة القد ِر ما أدعو‬،‫عائِشة‬ ُ ُ َ َ ّ ّ َ َُ َ َ َّ ُ ْ َ ْ ْ " ‫ين الل ُه ّم ِإنك عف ّو ت ِح ّب ال َعف َو فاعف ع ِني‬ ِ ‫قال " تقول‬ (‫ كتاب الدعاء‬، ‫)سنن ابن ماجة‬

Rescued from Fire

he last one-third of the month of T Ramadan is known, in light of the tradition of the Holy Prophet , to be sa

that part of Ramadan that guarantees redemption from hellfire. How is this guarantee to be understood? Hazrat Khalifatul Masih Vaa, in his Friday Sermon on 27 August 2010, drew our attention to the fact that this salvation is only guaranteed if the heightened standards of virtue, piety and worship that most of us endeavour to attain during the last ten days of Ramadan are maintained all year round. This Friday Sermon was delivered by Huzooraa a few days before the start of the last one-third of Ramadan in 2010, and so Huzooraa reminded us that it must not be forgotten that Allah has categorically told us that He has created us for the primary purpose of worshipping Him. Continued on page 3

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas, In His Own Words

Lailatul-Qadr - Night of Destiny ٰ ۡ َ ۡ َ ۤ َّ َۡۡ َ َ ِ‫ِانا انزلن ُہ فِ ۡی ل ۡیل ِۃ القدر‬

[Surely, We sent it (i.e. the Quran) down in the Night of Destiny (Surah al-Qadr, 97:2)] Although this Lailatul-Qadr [Night of Destiny] is commonly interpreted as a blessed night, there are references in the Holy Quran which also indicate that the gloomy condition of the world is like a Lailatul-Qadr on account of its hidden qualities, and truthfulness, steadfastness, devotion, and worship during this period of darkness have tremendous value in the estimation of God. And it was that very dark condition that— having reached its ultimate point during the advent of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be

on him, demanded the descent of the Glorious Light. In view of the dark condition of the time, and as a mercy for those afflicted with darkness, there was an upsurge of the attribute of rahmaniyyat and heavenly blessings addressed themselves to the earth. Thus, this dark condition became a blessing for the world, and because of it, the world received a magnificent mercy in that the perfect man, Sayyidur-Rusul [the Chief of the Messengers]—the like of whom has never been born, nor ever will be—came for the guidance of the world and brought the Radiant Book, the like of which no eye has ever seen. Thus, it was a grand manifestation of God’s perfect rahmaniyyat that He sent down, at the time of gloom and darkness, the Magnificent Light that is called

the Furqan [the Discrimination, i.e. Holy Quran], which distinguishes between truth and falsehood and which demonstrably established truth and uprooted falsehood. It descended upon the earth when the earth had died a spiritual death and great corruption had spread over land and sea. Thus, through its descent, it accomplished that which Almighty Allah has Himself indicated in the words:

َ َ ّٰ َ َ ۤ َ ‫ِا ۡعل ُموۡا ا ّن الل َہ یُ ۡح ِی الۡا ۡرض بَ ۡع َد َموۡ ِت َہا‬

[Know that Allah is now quickening the earth after its death. (Surah al-Hadid, 57:18)] (Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 4, pp. 187-188)


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