Voice of British Muslim Women

*Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community*

Maaham Ahmad, Wimbledon South

As we go through life’s trials and tribulations, scrambling to find the answer to our problems, we often wish we had someone to push us in the right direction. However, for myself, and I’m sure so many of the Ahmadi Muslims around the world, Khilafat has proven to be the guidance we have needed at the exact moment we have searched for it.

Whenever I have found myself faltering, it always seems like our beloved Khalifa always has the words I need to hear at that very moment, cementing my belief that my personal connection with Khilafat is all I need to guide me to the path that Allah has made best for me.

Throughout my life as I have met more and more people from different communities and walks of life, my faith in Khilafat has grown even stronger. It is truly evident that there is no other community that has the blessing of being united under one worldwide leader who prays for us and guides us in so many ways. The unity and love we find under the umbrella of Khilafat is unlike anything found in the world.

His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, (may Allah be his Helper) the fifth and current Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, has said:

“Before sleeping at night there is no country of the world that I do not visit in my imagination and no Ahmadi for whom I do not pray whilst sleeping and whilst awake. I am not doing any favour because this is my duty and may Allah enable me to ever increase in assuming my responsibilities. The only reason I have said this is to make it clear that there can be no comparison between Khilafat and other worldly or secular leaders.”

This deep relationship of love and obedience between the Khalifa and his followers is something so extraordinary that it can only be attributed as a blessing from God Almighty.

As a born Ahmadi, this blessed relationship was something I almost took for granted had it not been for a few incidents in my life in which I would realize that the gift of Khilafat was the most precious thing God had blessed me with.

I distinctly recall attending the Jalsa Salana in Toronto one year in my late teens and eagerly awaiting Huzoor’s address to the ladies. At that point in my life, I, like many others my age, struggled deeply with questions about myself and my faith and I did not know who to turn to for the answers. It was in this address that I found all the answers I needed in the words of the Khalifa himself. As he guided us about remaining confident in our faith and not giving into any inferiority complexes pushed onto us by worldly people and ideas, my heart filled with contentment as I finally heard exactly what I needed to realize that truly, all I need to succeed in this world and in the eyes of Allah with peace and confidence, was to obey the words of my beloved Khalifa, a Man of God. After that address, which I felt was delivered solely to bring comfort to me and answer my questions, I felt so light and thankful to Allah for blessing me with the gift of Khilafat. To this day, as I move through the various stages of life, those words still ring in my ears whenever I catch myself faltering or questioning my purpose in life, and I pray that we can all continue to hold fast to this rope of Allah and continue to bask in the blessed light of guidance that is Khilafat.