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329 329 329 329 329 329 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION ♦ Hadrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad rh was the Third Khalifa. ♦ Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rh was the Fourth Khalifa. ♦ Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aa is the Fifth Khalifa and the present Head of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at. Tell me more about Hadrat Maulana Hakeem Nooruddin ra , Khalifatul Masih I ? Hadrat Maulana Nooruddin ra was born in 1841 at Bhera (Pakistan). His father’s name was Ghulam Rasul and mother’s name was Noor Bakht. His lineage can be traced back to Hadrat ‘Umar Bin Khattaab. He was Hafiz Qur’an, a great scholar of the Holy Qur’an, Arabic and Persian. At the age of 25, he travelled to Mecca and Medina where for a few years he studied Hadith and other theological subjects. He was a highly qualified physician and was personal physician to the Maharaja of Kashmir for a number of years. He had great love for the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , the Holy Qur’an and the Promised Messiah as. H was the first person to take Bai`at on March 23, 1889, at the hands of the Promised Messiah as. His exceptional services in the cause of Islam is clear from what the Promised Messiah as said about him:, “How nice it would be if everyone from my followers were to become Nooruddin”. Following the demise of the Promised Messiah as , he was elected as the first Khalifa (Successor) to the Promised Messiah as by all the members of the Community. As the first Successor to the Promised Messiah as , he established unity of the Jama`at and stability of the system of Khilafat. He passed away on March 13, 1914, on a Friday. Tell me more about Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra , Khalifatul Masih II. He was the second Khalifa and the illustrious Promised Son of the Promised Messiah as. He was born on January 12, 1889 at Qadian in accordance with a prophecy of the Promised Messiah as about Muslih Mau`ood or the Promised Reformer. On the demise of Hadrat Maulana Nooruddin, he was elected as the second Khalifah to the Promised Messiah as on March 14, 1914. During his Khilafat, he made significant plans to organize and unite the Jama`at and to spread the message of Islam throughout the world. He etablished auxiliary organisations of different age groups and announced a new scheme, Tahik- e Jadid , under which, a number of Ahmadiyya Missions outside India were established. 9. 4 9. 4 9. 4 9. 4 9. 4 G G G G G E N E R A L E N E R A L E N E R A L E N E R A L E N E R A L R R R R R E L I G I O U S E L I G I O U S E L I G I O U S E L I G I O U S E L I G I O U S K K K K K N O W L E D G E N O W L E D G E N O W L E D G E N O W L E D G E N O W L E D G E — A — A — A — A — A H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y YA A A A AT T T T T Hadrat Maulana Nooruddin ra Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad ra