Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page ix
viii BAr a h i n-e-a h madiyya After his demise in 1908, the institution of khil a fat (succes- sorship) was established to succeed him, in fulfilment of the prophecies made in the Holy Quran and by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aba is the Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah as and the present head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.