Love of God
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*Huzoor is the term Ahmadi Muslims use to refer to His Holiness, the fifth Caliph/Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community* Saleha Bakhtiar, London My short story begins with my 14-year-old-self receiving a phone call from an organiser of a Waqfe Nau event. (Waqf-e-Nau scheme in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is for the parents to dedicate
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Saira Rashid, London In the midst of our everyday problems in life, we often have the tendency to forget our true purpose in this world. It is a weakness that I, for sure, experience quite often when surrounded by the vast amplitude of societal tribulations. The first and foremost priority for which we are created
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Munazzah Chou, Farnham The institution of Khilafat is a divine system of guidance granted by Allah to a community of believers for their spiritual development. This Divine bounty has been described as the ‘rope of Allah,’ like a guidewire that keeps the intrepid seeker of God on track. Khilafat promotes moral reformation, knowledge and above
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Fezia Haq, London The beauty of Khilafat (Caliphate) is that one doesn’t have to be in close proximity to the Khalifa (Caliph) to reap its blessings. We can gain closeness to our Khalifa through correspondence, and these same blessings cross borders to reach us as a result. Although God Almighty has blessed me with being
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park Even though I consider myself quite introverted, I often give the impression that I am a confident person. Public speaking doesn’t really terrify me, and I can feel quite excited to meet new people. I’ve been told that as a child I was quite shy – I personally have no real
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Ayesha Naseem, Blackburn In 2005, I attended the Jalsa Salana, (Annual Convention) of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian, India – the town where the Ahmadiyya Community was founded by the Promised Messiah, His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (on whom be peace). It was the same year when the current worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
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Arfa Yassir, Swindon Love, and its pursuit, drives the world. The love of life, family, wealth, luxury, happiness, power, influence, authority, fame and so on. Being able to love and sacrifice something for a greater good is the hallmark of humankind and reminds us that our creation is indeed meaningful. Love flows through the fabric
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A poem by Yusra Dahri, Tilford.
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Iffat Mirza, Raynes Park There are many ways to love and to be loved. They’re not all easy. In fact, few of them are. To love is natural, and yet we are still figuring out, very much so, how to express our love, how to balance our love for others and the love one should
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This year the Jalsa Salana of our Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the annual convention, held in Hadeeqatul Mahdi – the Garden of the Mahdi – in the rolling hills of Hampshire was a unique event to say the least. After 18 months of a pandemic, the likelihood of an event which usually hosts nearly 40,000 attendees
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