Lajna Ima’illah
-

Summer is giving way to autumn, cooler days bringing respite from months of hot sun, and a new school term has begun. Before winter comes around we pause for a weekend where white marquees await the sounds of Tilawat and Nazm, speeches and presentations, chatter and laughter as friends are reunited to learn and to…
-

Saira Iffat Bhatti, Slough The air shifts. Something stirs. A thousand steps quicken without a word, As though the earth itself knows that something sacred is near. They’ve come from motorways and meadows, Pushing buggies, carrying toddlers, Draped in cultures and colours. Hearts alight with one shared hope: to catch a glimpse. To hear the…
-
Dr Qurratul-Ain Anni Rehman, London (Dr Rehman is the National President of the Ahmadi Muslim women’s organisation here in the UK) As 2025 approaches, here in the UK there will be preparations for welcoming in the new year with fireworks and parties and reminiscing about 2024. However, for many people in the world 2024 will…
-
Fatiha Nadeem, Bradford Unity. Love. Service. Such emotions and sentiments arise when attending the Jalsa Salana UK. By the grace of Allah, I had the blessed opportunity to attend this year’s Jalsa a few days ago and will try to summarise my experience. My family and I began our journey on Thursday morning from my…
-
Dr Qurratul-Ain Rehman, London It is in our nature to look forward to the future and to wish and hope for something better for ourselves, our families and the world at the start of the New Year. There is also an element of self-reflection on our failings and achievements over the past year and we…
-
To celebrate Lajna Ima’illah’s Centenary, Lajna UK has created 19 different postcards to help Lajna members to immerse themselves in their history. These postcards are semi-fictional. Whilst they are based upon real events, locations and time periods, the letters themselves were written by current Lajna members. We handed out these postcards during Jalsa Salana UK…
-
Sameea and Danila Jonnud, Hampshire The sense of unity begins before we even reach the site, as while we’re driving, we see other cars around us with Ahmadi Muslim women also on their way to the Ijtema. The entrance requires scanning of our ID cards and a check of our bags after walking through the…

