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268 268 268 268 268 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION Under the great leadership of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra , the Ahmadiyya community progressed byleaps and bounds. His 52-year long period of Khilafat was full of unusually great achievements and lanmarks that demon- strated Divine help. From the very first day of his Khilafat, he started taking all necessary steps to organize and unite the community. Soon the crisis was over and stability prevailed. Then, the young Khalifa began making elaborate plans for the spread of Islam throughout the world. Some highlights of his achievements are given below: ♦ On April 12, 1914, the first Majlis-e-Shoora of his Khilafat took place, to formulate a worldwide Tabligh Plan. On December, 1915, the com- mentary of the first part of the Holy Qur’an was published. ♦ On January 1, 1919, various Departments (Nazaarats) were set up to streamline the working of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. On April 15, 1922, the Majlis Shoora was established for the first time, as a perma- nent advisory body to the Khalifa. ♦ On September 23, 1924, he attended the Wembley Conference in En- gland, where his article ‘Ahmadiyyat - The True Islam’ was read out. On May 20, 1928, he inaugurated Jaami`ah Ahmadiyya , an elite institu- tion for training and producing qualified Muslim missionaries. ♦ On December, 1930, his elder brother, Hadrat Mirza Sultan Ahmad ra took Bai`at at his hands and became the fourth Ahmadi son of the Prom- ised Messiah as. Thus, the part of the prophecy regarding Muslih Mau`ood, He will convert three into four was fulfilled. ♦ On July 25, 1931, he was elected president of the All-India Kashmir Committee, and strived hard for the rights of the Kashmiri people. Later on, in June 1948, he sent a battalion of Ahmadi volunteers called Furqaan Force to fight along with the Pakistan Army for liberating Kashmir. ♦ He wrote a large number of books, including ten volumes of the Tafseer- e-Kabeer , the detailed commentary of the Holy Qur’an. In addition, some of his main achievements are summarized below: Many new Ahmadiyya missions were opened in a number of foreign coun- tries such as: Ceylon and Mauritius (1915), U. S. A (1920), West African countries (1921), Indonesia (1925) and Palestine (1928). The Fadl Mosque, London was founded on October 19, 1924 by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II himself. His Khilafat (March 14, 1914 to November 8, 1965) Establishment of Foreign Ahmadiyya Missions P P P P P ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED M M M M M ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH ESSIAH AS AS AS AS AS A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S — K — K — K — K — K HALIF HALIF HALIF HALIF HALIFA A A A AT U L T U L T U L T U L T U L M M M M M A S I H A S I H A S I H A S I H A S I H II II II II II 7. 4 7. 4 7. 4 7. 4 7. 4