Intro
Per Ahmadiyya sources, MGA left Qadian for Lahore on the morning of April 27, 1908. This was the first time that MGA left Qadian since November of 1905, that’s 30 months or so and allegedly for the health of his wife (Nusrat Jehan). MGA’s entourage included his wife (Nusrat Jehan) and a few of their children (we aren’t sure if all 5 were there in Lahore). Maulvi Amrohi and Noorudin were part of the caravan from Qadian to Lahore. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq met up with them later on.
Ahmadiyya sources allege that MGA and his entourage arrived in Batala on roughly the 28th of April-1908. They stayed at a roadside inn, Sarai Mai Ichra Devi, near the railway station. It took some time for the seats to be reserved and the entourage spent the next day and the day after in this inn at Batala. After a few days in Batala, MGA’s delegation departed for Lahore by the morning train and arrived at Lahore in the afternoon.
On April 30th (roughly) MGA and his entourage arrived in Lahore and decided to stay at Khawaja Kamaluddin house on Killianwali Road, adjacent to Islamia College Lahore. Bhai Ji narrates that MGA later moved to Dr. Syed Hussain Shah Sahib’s house, which was opposite Khawaja Sahib’s house, and a makeshift wooden bridge was prepared to join the rooftops of the two houses. Congregational prayers would be offered on the rooftop of Khawaja Sahib’s house.
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The data
They (MGA and his entourage) arrived in Batala on roughly the 28th of April, 1908
They stayed at a roadside inn, Sarai Mai Ichra Devi, near the railway station. It took some time for the seats to be reserved and the entourage spent the next day and the day after in this inn at Batala. After a few days in Batala, MGA’s delegation departed for Lahore by the morning train and arrived at Lahore in the afternoon. MGA decided to stay at Khawaja Kamaluddin Sahib’s house on Killianwali Road, adjacent to Islamia College Lahore. Bhai Ji narrates that MGA later moved to Dr Syed Hussain Shah Sahib’s house, which was opposite Khawaja Sahib’s house, and a makeshift wooden bridge was prepared to join the rooftops of the two houses. Congregational prayers would be offered on the rooftop of Khawaja Sahib’s house.
It is reported in Badr, 30th April 1908 (p. 6), that an Eid Milad-un-Nabi function was held at Ahmadiyya Buildings, Lahore, on 14th April. (This was close to the end of the life of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and a few days before he arrived in Lahore from Qadian.)
The function is not called Eid Milad-un-Nabi in this report but Bara Wafat.This was the term used by Muslims in India in those days, meaning “death on the 12th”, referring to the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad on this day, 12th Rabi-ul-awwal.
Below I translate the report, which is entitled Life of the Holy Prophet:
“A respected friend reports from Lahore that, on the previous day, a Tuesday, on the occasion of Bara Wafat, and for the benefit of the residents of Lahore, a grandly organised lecture was held at Ahmadiyya Buildings, where houses of our Khwaja [Kamal-ud-Din] sahib are located. The ground was very large and was decked with a marque and other necessities. It had been widely advertised in the city.
The poem in praise of the Holy Prophet written by Huzoor [presumably meaning the Promised Messiah] was read out by brothers Abdul Aziz, son of Mian Chiragh Din, and Ghulam Muhammad. Maulvi Sadr-ud-Din gave an explanation of the Surah Fatiha with great zeal and pure sincerity, and went over the events of the life of the Messenger of God, may peace and the blessing of Allah be upon him. Then brother Dr. Mirza Yaqub Baig spoke on the life of the Holy Prophet in a fine speech. The audience included Hindus, Muslims and members of the Brahmo Samaj. All the leading men of Lahore who could come were in attendance. The whole gathering listened patiently and attentively to the highly effective speeches of these young men, who were preaching using this new technique and method, and they went away expressing much praise.
This meeting was also reported in other newspapers and was generally much liked. Hence the newspaper Watan wrote:
“Just as there was great regret that there were no arrangements in Lahore for holding this great occasion of remembrance, there was equal pleasure that on 14th April, corresponding to 12th Rabi-ul-awwal 1326 A.H., on behalf of the Anjuman-i Ahmadiyya Lahore a magnificent meeting was organised by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, lawyer, High Court. Capable speakers delighted the audience by telling them about the life of the Holy Prophet and his excellent and praise-worthy qualities. It is hoped that in future many people in Lahore will organise events for such a sacred remembrance.”
The newspaper Sada-i-Hind expressed a similar opinion
Comment by Editor Badr: It is indeed essential that the general public should be fully informed about the life of the Holy Prophet. We cannot complain about non-Muslims when most Muslims themselves are utterly unaware of the life of their beloved master. When such ignorant people realise how much we owe to the Holy Prophet, they will themselves want to recite the Darood spontaneously. This is in fact the philosophy of Darood. But I do not consider it right to fix one particular day forever, like Bara Wafat, for this purpose.”
This idea was then taken up by other Muslims and led to the development of the Eid Milad-un-Nabi function. Note the report in the Muslim newspaper Watan quoted above which says:
“Just as there was great regret that there were no arrangements in Lahore for holding this great occasion of remembrance, there was equal pleasure that on 14th April, corresponding to 12th Rabi-ul-awwal 1326 A.H., on behalf of the Anjuman-i Ahmadiyya Lahore a magnificent meeting was organised by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, lawyer, High Court.”
May 17th, 1908
MGA was supposed to do a public speech. However, he was sick again. Later on, Ahmadiyya sources pretended like MGA gave a speech a few days later, however, that’s a lie.
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1908–April-May in Lahore
Qadiani literature mentions that Mirza Ghulam Qadiani had received Ilham about his death and he knew it before,he died on 26 May,1908. Whereas the circusmtances prove that he was absolutely unaware of his sudden death. Here are the events that happened before his sudden demise.
Mirza Gulam Qadiani, his wife, three sons with their wives, one daughter with husband, one unmarried daughter. Molvi Nuruddin with two wives and children, Pir Manzoor Muhammad, Mir Nasir Nawab popularly known as Nana Jan with wife. The number reached to 20 persons or so.
He arrived in Lahore on the last days of April and stayed there upto 26th of May. In fact his sudden death broke the tour otherwise they had no plans to return to Qadian soon.
Mirza along with family reached Batala to take a reserved Railway carriage for travel to Lahore so he waited for a day to get a reserved train coach.
Mirza and his family had spent time in Lahore in the joyful activities. Ahmadiyya literature mentions there was a horse carriege all time parked out side of the house for riding of Mirza and his family. His sons had horse riding. One of the followers presented a brand new car which took the family to the city center and tourists places in Lahore. Mirza used to ride a Range Rover Car for evening outings during his stay at Lahore. Mirza had outing in the evening of the night when he fell ill and died within few hours.
Wife Nusrat Jehan did shopping of expensive Fabric for family and particularly for daughter Mubaraka Begum who was married to Nawab Muhammad Ali but was not sent to husbands home by that time. Nawab sb was also included in the visiting party. Mubaraka narrates that once “Amman Jan” called a fabric vender downstair at home. His father Mirza told her of that and asked her to go and choose any of the fabric piece, he will buy it for her. Mubaraka says she had got married to Nawab Muhammad Ali and her departure to husbands house was near so she says she felt shyness and modesty of this offer of father.
Scans
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‘Holy Prophet Muhammad Day’ Marked In Lahore ONLY By Ahmadis In April 1908
I am repeating, with some revisions, an item I posted here in April 2008, on the centenary of the function that it refers to.
It is reported in Badr, 30th April 1908 (p. 6), that an Eid Milad-un-Nabi function was held at Ahmadiyya Buildings, Lahore, on 14th April. (This was close to the end of the life of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and a few days before he arrived in Lahore from Qadian.)
The function is not called Eid Milad-un-Nabi in this report but Bara Wafat. This was the term used by Muslims in India in those days, meaning “death on the 12th”, referring to the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad on this day, 12th Rabi-ul-awwal.
Below I translate the report, which is entitled Life of the Holy Prophet:
“A respected friend reports from Lahore that, on the previous day, a Tuesday, on the occasion of Bara Wafat, and for the benefit of the residents of Lahore, a grandly organised lecture was held at Ahmadiyya Buildings, where houses of our Khwaja [Kamal-ud-Din] sahib are located. The ground was very large and was decked with a marque and other necessities. It had been widely advertised in the city.
The poem in praise of the Holy Prophet written by Huzoor [presumably meaning the Promised Messiah] was read out by brothers Abdul Aziz, son of Mian Chiragh Din, and Ghulam Muhammad. Maulvi Sadr-ud-Din gave an explanation of the Surah Fatiha with great zeal and pure sincerity, and went over the events of the life of the Messenger of God, may peace and the blessing of Allah be upon him. Then brother Dr. Mirza Yaqub Baig spoke on the life of the Holy Prophet in a fine speech. The audience included Hindus, Muslims and members of the Brahmo Samaj. All the leading men of Lahore who could come were in attendance. The whole gathering listened patiently and attentively to the highly effective speeches of these young men, who were preaching using this new technique and method, and they went away expressing much praise.
This meeting was also reported in other newspapers and was generally much liked. Hence the newspaper Watan wrote:
“Just as there was great regret that there were no arrangements in Lahore for holding this great occasion of remembrance, there was equal pleasure that on 14th April, corresponding to 12th Rabi-ul-awwal 1326 A.H., on behalf of the Anjuman-i Ahmadiyya Lahore a magnificent meeting was organised by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, lawyer, High Court. Capable speakers delighted the audience by telling them about the life of the Holy Prophet and his excellent and praise-worthy qualities. It is hoped that in future many people in Lahore will organise events for such a sacred remembrance.”
The newspaper Sada-i-Hind expressed a similar opinion.
Comment by Editor Badr: It is indeed essential that the general public should be fully informed about the life of the Holy Prophet. We cannot complain about non-Muslims when most Muslims themselves are utterly unaware of the life of their beloved master. When such ignorant people realise how much we owe to the Holy Prophet, they will themselves want to recite the Darood spontaneously. This is in fact the philosophy of Darood. But I do not consider it right to fix one particular day forever, like Bara Wafat, for this purpose.”
This idea was then taken up by other Muslims and led to the development of the Eid Milad-un-Nabi function. Note the report in the Muslim newspaper Watan quoted above which says:
“Just as there was great regret that there were no arrangements in Lahore for holding this great occasion of remembrance, there was equal pleasure that on 14th April, corresponding to 12th Rabi-ul-awwal 1326 A.H., on behalf of the Anjuman-i Ahmadiyya Lahore a magnificent meeting was organised by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, lawyer, High Court.”
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Final Days of the Promised Messiah a.s. (alhakam.org)
Final Days of the Promised Messiah a.s.
There were certain health issues of Hazrat Amma Janra (Nusrat Jehan Begum Sahiba, wife of the Promised Messiahas) that required medical attention. The Promised Messiahas had been planning to travel to Lahore for this purpose, but the plans always got postponed.
Hazrat Bhai Abdur Rehman Qadianira, a close companion of the Promised Messiahas, was of the opinion that this postponement might have happened because Huzooras had been receiving revelations that indicated towards his demise happening soon. Hence, he might have thought it was better to remain in Qadian for that moment.
However, after the Fajr prayer on 27 April 1908, the Promised Messiahas, along with his family and a delegation of his companions, decided to travel to Lahore. Preparations started immediately; bags were packed and horse-carriages arranged. Accompanying Hazrat Ahmadas and his immediate family were Muhammad Ahsan Amrohi Sahib, Hazrat Maulana Nuruddin Sahibra and some house maids and servants. Huzooras called Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiqra later to join him in Lahore.
Hazrat Bhai Abdur Rahman Qadianira was among the many that had walked along Huzoor’sas carriages to the outskirts of Qadian to bid farewell, but he was instructed to join the convoy at the last minute, so he did.
Presented below are his recollections of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’sas stay in Lahore, which happened to be Huzoor’sas final days in this world. The following words are a summary of his recollections:
Having arrived at Batala, Huzooras stayed at a roadside inn, Sarai Mai Ichra Devi, near the railway station. It took some time for the seats to be reserved and the entourage spent the next day and the day after in this inn at Batala.
However, on the third day, Huzoor’sas delegation departed for Lahore by the morning train and arrived at Lahore in the afternoon. Huzooras decided to stay at Khawaja Kamaluddin Sahib’s house on Killianwali Road, adjacent to Islamia College Lahore.
Bhai Ji narrates that Huzooras later moved to Dr Syed Hussain Shah Sahib’s house, which was opposite Khawaja Sahib’s house, and a makeshift wooden bridge was prepared to join the rooftops of the two houses. Congregational prayers would be offered on the rooftop of Khawaja Sahib’s house.
The news of Huzoor’sas arrival and stay in Lahore had spread to all parts of the city and people from all ranks of society would visit Huzooras frequently. Huzoor’s schedule was extremely hectic as he would not refuse to meet anyone who came to see him.
The opponents of the Jamaat could not bear this attraction of the public towards the Promised Messiahas, so they set up a station opposite Huzoor’sas residence and started distracting people. These mullahs would hurl abuse and shout vulgarity all day, but the Promised Messiahas told his companions to stay quiet and not respond in any way.
Those coming visit the Promised Messiahas, which included scholars, thinkers, scientists and members of the public, continued to visit him and remained undeterred by the abusive tactics of the opponents. The lists of visitors on a daily basis were quite long and to cater for his guests, the Promised Messiahas had to temporarily set up a langar (free food facilities) in Lahore.
One of these visitors was Shahzada Muhammad Ibrahim of Kabul – a member of the royal family of Kabul and a chief. He had great reverence for the Promised Messiahas and listened to Huzoor’sas words with great regard. He suggested that a formal session be held where the Promised Messiahas may address the audience and get his message across to a larger number of people.
The suggestion was taken on board and the dignitaries of Lahore were invited to have dinner with and listen to the teachings of the Promised Messiahas. The date was set for 17 May, but Huzooras suffered an attack of dysentery the night before and it appeared that he might not be able to attend the event.
The following morning, however, he received a revelation from Allah saying, “I am standing with my messenger”. This revelation gave the Promised Messiahas the strength to attend the event and address the audience for around two and a half hours.
In his address, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas made it clear that he had, for many decades, been receiving revelations from Allah the Almighty and that he had been appointed by Allah to rid the world of its miserable state. Huzooras made it clear that it was in this context that he claimed the title of prophethood.
Apart from this speech, the Promised Messiahas delivered many other speeches during his stay in Lahore and in the last few days of his life. One such speech was the one that carried the famous notion: “Let Jesus die for the life of Islam depends on it.”
No moment of these days went vacant. The Promised Messiahas was fully occupied in propagating the message of the true Islam; through writings, through word of mouth and through meetings that he held with various people during that stay.
Clement Lindley Wragge – the famous meteorologist – met Huzooras during these last days of Huzoor’sas life and asked questions on a variety of topics. The answers he got led him to accepting Islam Ahmadiyyat later.
It was during these days that the Promised Messiahas penned his very last work titled Paigham-e-Sulh (A Message of Peace). Hazrat Ahmadas had just finished this great work on the evening before his demise (25 May 1908).
Having finished writing Paigham-e-Sulh and handing it over to the scribe, the Promised Messiahas went out for an evening stroll in the fresh air. The horse carriage was, as usual, ready and waiting.
Huzooras asked Bhai Ji to tell the syce that Huzooras only had money enough for an hour’s ride, so he should take the carriage around to be back in time. The Promised Messiahas had no life-threatening illness, but felt fatigued with the hectic routine of constantly speaking and writing.
As he arrived back from the stroll, he fell ill with dysentery. He felt very weak and frail to a point that it became more and more difficult for him to speak.
During the night, his weakness worsened. All he would communicate during the night and the early hours of the following morning was his desire to say his Salat, as did his holy master, Hazrat Muhammadsa in his final hours.
In the morning of 26 May 1908, at around 10 o’clock, his blessed and content soul left his physical body and departed back to Allah the Almighty – the Creator of all the worlds.
انا للہ و انا اليه راجعون
Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we all return.
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Links and Related Essays
‘Holy Prophet Muhammad Day’ marked in Lahore ONLY by Ahmadis in April 1908
Final Days of the Promised Messiah a.s. (alhakam.org)
http://www.irshad.org/exposed/death.php
http://exahmadi.blogspot.com/2013/12/death-of-mirza-ghulam-qadiani-according.html
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