Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 212
212 AHMADIYY AT Khawaja Kamalud-din Sahib it fell into decline and its publi- cation was stopped a few years back. With the exceptions just mentioned, the Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya as a whole, quite properly, confined its attention to administrative matters and thus in practice illustrated the scope of the purposes for which it had been established. It did not concern itself with the primary purpose of the advent of the Promised Messiah, which was to establish the supremacy of Islam through the true exposition of Islamic values and their illustration in practice. That was left primarily and mainly to the spiritual Head of the Movement, that is to say, the Khalifatul Masih. That was as it should have been, if only for the reason that an Association, by the very nature of its composition, is ill-fitted and ill-equipped for the discharge of spiritual and moral responsibilities. How well those responsibilities were discharged by the Khalifatul Masih I has become part of the history of the Movement. The greater part of his time was devoted to the exposition and illustration of the vast treasure of spiritual verities comprehended in the Holy Quran and illumined by the example of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. In other words, he proved himself a true S':1ccessor of the Promised Messiah in every respect. As a contrast with the preoccupations and activities of the Sadar Anjuman, the life and activities of Sahibzada Mirza Bashirud-Din Mahmud Ahmad Sahib, even during those early years, held out the promise that he would progressively continue to furnish proof of the truth of the various aspects of the prophecy of the Promised Messiah, set out in the an- nouncement of 20 February 1886. At this stage we shall confine ourselves to mentioning only one instance from his early life. In March 1906, when he had just completed seven- teen years of his life, he started the publication of a quarterly magazine, which a year later became a monthly, that was named Tashheezul Azhan (Stimulator of Intellects) by the Promised Messiah, and was devoted to the exposition of spiritual values.