Intro
Ahmadi’s are guilty of being fanatical and thus erasing the writings of MGA and his team. We have found documented proof of backdating, specifically in terms of MGA’s announcement, they are all bogus and tampered with, this was how Ahmadiyya edited the failed prophecies of MGA. In 1885, MGA wrote this specific announcement, we are unsure where it was published from or how many people saw it. We are also unable to produce the original. As you can see, this announcement was written in 1885, however, it was purposely backdated by MGA’s team of editors and thus made to seem like it was 1888. Ahmadiyya editors then went on to claim that this prophecy of MGA’s came true and gave it a start date of 1888 and rudely claim that the death of MGA’s niece fulfilled this prophecy (see Tadhkirah, page 164).
The announcement via Tadhkirah
“”””I received a revelation concerning Mirza Imam-ud-Din and Nizam-ud-Din, that:
Within thirty-one months they would encounter a great misfortune.
I understood this to mean that a man or a woman from among their close relatives would die which would cause great sorrow and division among them. This would happen within thirty-one months from today which is Sawan 23, 1942 [Bikrami], August 5, 1885. Written on August 5, 1885.”””” [Announcement of March 20, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 144](see the 2009, online edition of Tadhkirah, page 164).
The quote I am making not one, but six predictions:
I will be alive at the time of the wedding of Muhammadi Begum;
Mirza Baig will also be alive at the time of the wedding of his daughter;
Mirza Baig will die within three years of the date of the wedding;
The Groom will also die within two and half years of the date of the wedding;
Muhammadi Begum will remain alive until she becomes my wife;
Despite disagreement of all her relatives, she will finally marry me.” (Aaina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam Dar Roohani Khazain, P. 325/57�)
Other quotes from Aina-a-Kamalat-e-Islam in terms of Mirza Ahmad Baig and Muhammadi Begum
“”””The Omnipotent and Omniscient God has asked me that I should seek the hand of the elder daughter of this man (Ahmad Beg); should tell him that good conduct and courtesy to be shown to him would depend on this (i.e. his acceptance of the marriage proposal) ; her marriage with me would be a source of blessing and a sign of mercy for her father; and that he would have his share in all those blessings and mercies which have been laid down in the leaflet dated 20 February 1886 but if he declines to marry her, then the girl would meet an extremely tragic end. The other person to whom she would be married would die within two and a half years after the day of wedding,’ and so would die the father of the girl within three years, and her household would be afflicted with discord and poverty and adversity, and during the intervening period the girl would encounter several events of unpleasant and grievous nature.””””[3](Ai’na-i-Kamalat-i-Islam, pa 286. It has also been reproduced by Qasim Ali Ahmadi in Tabligh-i-Risalat, Vol. 1, pp. I I 1–18.)
(A) Allah observed that my cousins and near relatives were committed to ruinous courses…and that they denied the existence of God and were wicked people…. Allah saw that they incited people to vice and forbade good…and did not refrain from speaking ill of the Holy Prophet, peace and the blessings of Allah be upon him, but persisted in it…. While they were in this condition Allah chose me for the revival of His faith…and provided me handsomely with inspiration and verbal revelation and communications and visions… whereupon they rebelled and mockingly demanded Signs and said: ‘We have no knowledge of any God Who speaks to anyone…so let him produce a Sign if he is truthful…’ In this way they advanced daily in their error and their arrogance till they decided to propagate their evil thoughts and to mislead the ignorant ones with their delusions. They have published a document in which they have abused the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and have abused the Word of Allah and have denied the existence of God, hallowed be His name. Along with this they have demanded Signs in support of my truthfulness and have demanded proof of the existence of God Almighty. They have published this document widely in all quarters and have thus helped all the non-Muslims of India against Islam and have transgressed greatly, the equal of which has not been heard of even about the Pharaohs…. When this document of theirs, which was prepared by the biggest of them in evil as well as in age, reached me…I found it full of phrases whereby the heavens might be rent asunder…. Thereupon, I bolted my doors and supplicated
my Lord, the Bountiful, prostrating myself before Him and…saying: My Lord, my Lord, help Your servant and humiliate Your enemies. Respond to me O Lord, respond to me. How long will they mock You and Your Messenger, how long will they call Your Book false and will abuse Your Messenger? I beseech You of Your mercy, O Hayy [the Ever-Living], Qayyum [the Self Subsisting], Mo‘in [the Helper].
Then Allah had mercy on me in consequence of my weeping, my sighing, and my tears and He called me and said:
[Arabic] I have observed their disobedience and their transgression, I shall soon afflict them with various types of misfortunes and shall wipe them out from under the heavens. You will soon see how I shall deal with them and I have power to do all that I might will. I shall make their women widows, and their children orphans, and their houses ruins, so that they might taste that which they have said and they have earned. But I shall not destroy them suddenly at one swoop, but stage by stage, so that they might have a chance of turning back and repenting. My curse will descend upon them and upon their homes and upon their little ones and their big ones and their women and their men and their guests who will enter their doors. All of them will be accursed except those who believe and act righteously and cut off their relations with them and keep off from their gatherings. Those will be the recipients of My mercy.
This is the substance of what my Lord has revealed to me. So I conveyed the messages of my Lord to them, but they felt no fear and did not affirm the truth. Instead, they increased in their rebellion and denial, and went on mocking like the enemies of the faith. Then my Lord
addressed me and said:
We shall show them Signs which will cause them to weep and shall send down upon them strange afflictions and extraordinary diseases and shall make their lives a misery and shall pile up afflictions upon them and no one will be able to help them.
Thus did Allah the Almighty deal with them, breaking their backs with the weight of sorrows and debts and privations and sent down upon them all kinds of trials and tribulations and opened for them the doors of death and destruction so that they might turn back and should give up their indifference, but their hearts were hardened and they did not understand nor did they wake up nor did they fear. When the time of the display of the Sign drew near, it so happened in those days that one of their near relations of the name of Ahmad Baig desired to take possession of the
land of his sister whose husband had disappeared many years before. [A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, pp. 566–570, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, pp. 566–570](See also the 2009 online edition of Tadhkirah, page 198-201).
“””These people wrote a letter to me in which they reviled the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and denied the existence of God and demanded proofs of my truth and of the existence of God. They published this letter and supported the non-Muslims of India and exhibited extreme wickedness.””” (A’ina-i-Kamalat-i-Islam, p. 568).
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“””””When the scurrilous book came to my hands I read therein such a grossly abusive language against the Most High God and His Holy Prophet as would lacerate the hearts of the believers and rip open and rend the Muslims’ minds. The profane words, it appeared to me, would tear asunder the very heavens. So I shut myself in a room and prostrated before the Great God of the heavens and the earth and prayed most humbly: O my Lord, O my Lord, help Your servant and disgrace Your enemy. Respond to me, O Lord respond to me. How long will they mock you and your Messenger? I beseech you of your mercy, O Ever Living, Self Subsisting Helper!””” (A’inah Kamalat Islam, p.569).
“””We have seen their wickedness and transgression, because of which a grievous punishment shall come upon their heads. Their women, We shall make them widows, and orphan their children. Their places of residence We shall destroy and demolish, so that they may bear the fruit of their deeds. But We shall not strike them with a single blow, but slowly that they may turn to the truth and become repentant.””” (page 569-570).
______________________________________________________________________________________________ “””Tell him to establish a relationship with you by giving his elder daughter in marriage to you and thus to obtain light from your light. Tell him that you would agree to the transfer of the land as he has requested and show him other favors in the event of this marriage taking place. Tell him that this would be a covenant between you and that if he accepts it he will find you the best acceptor on your side and that if he does not accept it and his daughter is married to someone else that marriage would not prove a blessing either for his daughter or for himself. Tell him that if he persists in carrying out any different design he will become subject to a series of misfortunes, the last of which would be his death within three years of the marriage of his daughter to someone else. Warn him that his death is near and will occur at a time when he does not expect it. The husband of his daughter will also die within two years and a half. This is a divine decree.””” (A’ina-i-Kamalat-i-Islam, p. 572)
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“””I have been informed of matters which had never entered my mind nor did I know anything about them. At such a time God directed me through revelation that I should seek the hand of his elder daughter in marriage and should tell him that he should first establish this relationship with me and should thereby seek light from my light. I was also directed to tell him that I had been commanded to let him have the land which he had asked for and even some more and to show
benevolence towards him in many ways, provided he would agree to the marriage of his elder daughter to me. This would be a covenant between us and if he agreed to it he would find me a good party to it; but if he did not agree to it I was to warn him that I had been informed by God that her marriage to anyone else would not prove blessed for the person she marries nor for her father. If he did not comply with my request he would be afflicted with misfortunes culminating in his death. He would die within three years of the marriage [of his daughter]. Indeed, his death might occur earlier at a time when he is unaware. So also the husband of that girl would die within two and a half years of the marriage. This is a divine decree and you can act as you might
choose, I have warned you….Then, I wrote to him under divine direction and as indicated by my Gracious God…‘I am writing this letter to you under divine direction and not of my own accord, so make this letter secure in your box for this is from one true and faithful and God knows that I am entirely truthful in this matter and the promise I have made has been made by God’s direction and not on my own. It is Allah Who has made me speak under His revelation.’””” [A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, pp. 572–574](See also the 2009 online edition of Tadhkirah, page 202). _______________________________________________________________________________________________
“”””[Arabic] We shall kill her husband (also) as we have destroyed her father and will return her to you. This is the truth from your Lord, then be not of those who doubt. We shall delay it only for a fixed period. Say: Wait till the end of the term and I am with you among those who wait. When the promise of God is fulfilled [it will be said]: Is this what you called false or were you
blind?””” [A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, p. 576, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, p. 576](See also the 2009 online edition of Tadhkirah, page 289). _____________________________________________________________________________________________
“”””As a token of the Almighty’s favor to this humble person, Allah has ordained that, should Mirza Ahmad Baig refuse to wed his elder daughter to me, he will be considered Allah’s enemy and a disbeliever (Kafir). Additionally, as a punishment for his disbelief, Mirza Baig will die within three years of this refusal and any other man who marries Muhammadi Begum will die within two and half years of the date of his wedding. Muhammadi Begum is destined — by thealmighty Allah — to ultimately become my wife.””” (Tableeg-e-Resalat, Vol. 1 , P. 61 ).
The quotes
“”””I received a revelation concerning Mirza Imam-ud-Din and Nizam-ud-Din, that:
Within thirty-one months they would encounter a great misfortune.
I understood this to mean that a man or a woman from among their close relatives would die which would cause great sorrow and division among them. This would happen within thirty-one months from today which is Sawan 23, 1942 [Bikrami], August 5, 1885. Written on August 5, 1885.”””” [Announcement of March 20, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 144](see the 2009, online edition of Tadhkirah, page 164).
“”””This man’s [Mirza Ahmad Baig Hoshiarpuri’s] sister had been married to a cousin of mine whose name was Ghulam Husain. He disappeared twenty-five years ago and has not been heard of since. His land was recorded in the government records in the name of this man’s sister, the reversion of which belongs to us. In the recent settlement of land, which is in District Gurdaspur, the said Mirza Ahmad Baig desired—with the consent of his sister—to have the
land, which was valued at four or five thousand rupees, recorded in the name of his son Muhammad Baig as a gift from Ahmad Baig’s sister and a deed of gift was executed by the sister. As this deed could not be effective without our consent, the said Ahmad Baig turned to us with great humility and meekness and begged us to attest the deed of gift. I was inclined to make this attestation and then the thought passed through my mind that, as it had been my custom to supplicate by way of istikharah on all important matters, I should do the same on this occasion. This was the reply I returned to Mirza Ahmad Baig. Thereafter, on account of his continued persistence I supplicated in the form of istikharah. What an istikharah it was! It seemed that the time of begging Allah for a heavenly Sign had come, which God Almighty had displayed in this way. The All-Powerful, the All-Wise God directed me to ask for the hand of the elder daughter of Ahmad Baig in marriage and to tell them that all kindness and courtesy to be extended to them would be conditional upon this marriage and that this marriage would be a source of blessing and a Sign of mercy for them and that thereby they would become participants in all the blessings and mercies set out in the Announcement of February 20, 1886, but if they declined this offer, the girl would suffer great distress. In such case, the person whom she marries would die within two and a half years of the date of the marriage and her father would die within three years of that date. The death is decreed within three years of the marriage. It is not, however, necessary that he would not suffer some misfortune before the expiry of that term. Some of the visions indeed indicated earlier afflictions, [And Allah knows best]. And [I was also told that] the family would be afflicted with differences and privations and
misfortunes and that this daughter would encounter many disgraceful and sorrowful events during the intervening period.
In those days, when I repeatedly sought detail and particularization, I was told that God had determined that after removing every obstacle He would in the end bring about the marriage of the elder daughter of Ahmad Baig with me and would thereby bring the faithless back to faith
and the erring back to guidance. The Arabic revelation in this context is:
Meaning that [Arabic] They have rejected Our Signs and they had already been mocking. To frustrate the activities of all those who are interfering in this matter, Allah will be your Helper. God will ultimately bring her back to you. There is none who can change the words of Allah. Your Lord is the Powerful One, and whatever He determines to do, takes place. You are with Me and I am with you. Soon you will be granted a praiseworthy station, meaning that though the foolish and ignorant ones will say all sorts of disagreeable things out of their evil and suspicious minds, and will utter worthless words, but in the end, observing the support of God, they will feel ashamed. And when the truth is established everyone will give expression to praise. [Announcement of July 10, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, pp. 157–159](See Also, the 2009, online version of Tadhkirah, pages 201-204). _______________________________________________________________________________________________
“””Mirza Imam-ud-Din and Nizam-ud-Din, as well as all the Arya living here and Lekhram Peshawari and hundreds of other people know it well that I had made a prophecy about him [Mirza Ahmad Baig of Hoshiarpur] in general terms, namely that someone named Ahmad Baig from among our relatives is about to die.””””[Announcement July 10, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, pp. 159–160](See Also, the 2009, online version of Tadhkirah, page 188).
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The July 15, 1888 Announcement “””[Arabic] I saw this woman [the mother-in-law of Ahmad Baig of Hoshiarpur, who was the grandmother of Muhammadi Begum and mother of Mirza Imam-ud-Din] and noticed the marks of weeping on her face and said to her: ‘O Woman repent, repent, for misfortune is pursuing your progeny and affliction is about to descend upon you. He [Mirza Ahmad Baig] will die and will be survived by several dogs.””” {Announcement of July 15, 1888 a sequel to the Announcement of July 10, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 162](See Also, the 2009, online version of Tadhkirah, page 188).
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On further consideration the following meaning has been brought to my mind about the revelation:
[Arabic]…Allah will suffice you…
God will send down His Signs of wrath upon all those members of our collaterals and brotherhood who, on account of their faithlessness and support of innovations, would seek to obstruct the fulfilment of the prophecy. God will fight them and will afflict them with diverse types of chastisement and will send down misfortunes upon them of which they have no concept at present and there will not be one of them who will escape such chastisement for their opposition proceeds from their faithlessness and not from any other source. [Announcement of July 15, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, pp. 160–161] (See Also, the 2009, online version of Tadhkirah, page 206). ______________________________________________________________________________________________ “”I stood in no need of seeking this match. Allah the Almighty had provided for all my needs. He had bestowed children upon me, among them a son who will be the lamp of the faith. He has also promised another son within a short time whose name will be Mahmud Ahmad and who will prove a person of high resolve in his undertakings.””””[Announcement of July 15, 1888, Tatimma Ishtiharat, July 10, 1888, Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, pp. 161–162]. (See Also, the 2009, online version of Tadhkirah, page 207). _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Intro
Dear readers, as we all know, Ahmadi women are not allowed to vote in the Ahmadiyya Jamaat, they are only allowed to vote for women in their “women’s only auxillory” aka Lajna. However, in the mid-1950’s, the Ahmadiyya Khalifa reserved one seat for women in terms of electing the next Khalifa. The Khalifa carefully picked from his wives and installed the Laja President. Thus, we are not sure how this played out in 1965, 1982 or 2003, since the voting is all private.
The quote from Zafrullah Khan, see pages 333-334
“”””Having in mind the crisis with which the Movement had been confronted on the demise of Khalifatul Masih I, he had already established an Electoral College for the election of a Khalifa, when the sacred office should become vacant by the Khalifa’s death. The college was composed of the following, subject to the essential qualification that every elector must be
a member of the Movement and should be a supporter of the Khilafat:
(I) The surviving sons of the Promised Messiah.
(2) The President of the Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya.
(3) All Secretaries of the Sadar Anjuman.
(4) The Director General and the Directors of Tahrik Jadeed.
(5) The President of WaqfJadeed.
(6) The Principal of the Talimul Islam College.
(7) The Headmaster of the Talimul Islam High School.
(8) The President of the Theological Seminary.
(9) The President of Ansarullah.
(10) The President of Khuddamul Ahmadiyya. (II) Representative of Lajna Imaullah.
(12) Missionaries who had worked abroad for a minimum period of three years.
(13) Missionaries who had worked within Pakistan or India for a minimum period of five years.
(14) Amirs of circles in Pakistan.
(15) Members of the Movement who had joined the Movement in the lifetime of the Founder of the Movement. The total membership of the college is approximately one hundred and fifty.”””””
1860–1869 Batalvi studied Hadith, logic and grammar from Molvi Syed Nazeer Husain (1805-1901). The same Maulvi that read MGA’s nikkah in 1884.
1869
After his mother died, and MGA completed his punishment, MGA returned to Qadian from Sialkot. MGA abruptly visits Batala and almost has a debate with Batalvi, however, MGA comments that he agrees with everything Batalvi is saying (see BA4, pages 399-400). Batalvi had finished his studies on islam and as now an imam-proper. This entire scenario happened in a mosque in Batala (see Dard, page 54).
1882
MGA mentions batalvi in BA3, on page 7 of the online english edition. They seem to be very good friends. MGA claims that Batalvi works as a secretary of the Anjuman-i-Hamdardi Islamia, Lahore. Which is most likely the Anjuman Himayat-i Islam. Maybe out of respect, MGA wrote it the way he did.
1887
The magazine became quite popular and was recognized by notable scholars and Government Officials. When Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Governor of the Punjab from 1882-1887, left the area in April 1887, he gave Muhammad Hussain, a certificate testifying to his ability and learning. Muhammad Hussain proudly records this fact (See ‘ Isha‘atus Sunnah’ Vol. 20, No. 3).
1888
MGA mentions Batalvi on page 20 of “The Green Announcement”. They seem to still be friends up to this point. MGA even refers to him an “eminent person”, we are not sure what the Urdu word is here for “eminent person”.
1907 MGA and his team publish a dream of MGA wherein it seems that Batalvi will convert to Ahmadiyya. It seems that MGA was still hoping that Batalvi would eventually accept MGA as the Messiah (See 2009 Online edition of Tadhkirah, pages 949-950).
In 1887, Sial was born to Chaudhry Nizam Din in Jora Kalan, a small town in the Kasur district of Punjab. In 1899, Sial and his father (Chaudhry Nizam Din) gave their Bay’ah, the oath of allegiance; to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and in 1900, the family migrated to Qadian.
Sial responded to the call of his Master Ahmad, claiming to be the promised Messiah,
“Practical corroboration is essential with verbal promise. Therefore, it is necessary that you devote your life in the way of Allah. This is the true Islam and this is the purpose for which I have been sent….Do not worship spiritual guides but become a guide yourself!”[4]
At the age of 20 he wrote a letter to his Master, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, accepting the call to devote his life to Islam.[5] In 1913, sending a missionary to England was beyond the means of the small community in Qadian. Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad procured five hundred Rupees from the Majlis e Ansar ullah. Mir Nasir Nawwab (father in law of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad) personally donated one hundred and five Rupees. Additionally, poor Ahmadisindividually collected a few Rupees. A total of seven hundred and eighty Rupees were collected and donated to the first Ahmadi Muslim Missionary of the Jama’at.[6]
Missionary Work?
Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad Sial arrived in London in July 1913, just a year before the start of World War I. As soon as he arrived in Great Britain and started the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK and started preaching the message of Islam to the people of Britain. The first spot he chose to preach at was Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park by distributing leaflets, fliers, engaging in conversations with residents and holding interviews with the press. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK celebrated 100 years centenary since Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad Sial arrived in the UK in summer of 2013.[7]
With the young Muslim community in London growing to immigration and a number of British Converts their became an increasing need for a Mosque where Muslims could gather and pray in congregation. In 1914, the second Ahmadiyya Khalifa, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, instructed Fateh Muhammad Sial to purchase a property where a mosque could be built for the Muslim community. In August 1920, Fateh Muhammad Sial acquired a one-acre site at Southfields which became active mission house and his main base of operation,but within the space of a few years the Mission House was no longer sufficient and plans for a construction of a mosque on the site were finalised. The Fazl Mosque (also known as the London Mosque) in London was inaugurated on October 23, 1926. It was the first purpose built mosque in London and become a magnet for many Muslim intellectuals like Allama Iqbal, Jinnah, King Faisal, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan and many others.[8]
MGA says in this announcement “”””I specifically publish this announcement for my community so that they should await the outcome of the announcement of 21 November 1898, published as a prayer-duel with respect to Sheikh Muhammad Husain of Batala, the editor of Isha’at-us-Sunnah as well as two of his associates. The period for this prayer-duel is set to expire on 15 January 1900.””””
