Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 211
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 211 school building itself, of the Masjid Nur, of Nur Hospital, etc. , must be particularly appreciated. It is true that all these and other projects were initiated with the approval and under the auspices of the Khalifatul Masih, and were carried through with funds provided by the Community, who were motivated by their devotion to the Khalifatul Masih, yet as the projects emanated from the Anjuman, its share of the credit must be duly acknowledged. Maulvi Muhammad Ali Sahib M. A. had settled down in Qadian during the lifetime of the Promised Messiah. When the publication of the Reviews of Religions was decided upon he was appointed its editor and he established a very high reputation for it within a short time. Later, during the first Khilafat he embarked upon a much more ambitious project, namely, the compilation of an English translation of the Holy Quran with explanatory notes. He continuously sought the advice of Khalifatul Masih I on difficult points of exegesis. This work was not completed till some years after the death of Khalifatul Masih I, and when it was published it was discovered that on several points Maulvi Muhammad Ali Sahib had depar. ted from the clearly expressed views of the Promised Messiah and Khalifatul Masih I. The translation was, on the whole, a work of high scholarship and achieved great popularity. Khawaja Kamalud-din Sahib had, during the time of Khalifatul Masih I, adopted a programme oflectures in Urdu at various places throughout the country. These lectures, in which he carefully refrained from any mention of the Pro- mised Messiah, but which were based entirely upon his exposition of Islamic values, also proved very popular and he began to be considered an outstanding scholar of Islam. In 1912 he moved over to England and started publication of a monthly magazine which was devoted to the promotion of the interests of Islam and the Muslims, and became eventually known as the Islamic Review. It enjoyed great popularity during the greater part of the period during which it con- tinued to be published. Several years after the death of