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327 327 327 327 327 327 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION What is Ahmadiyyat and who founded it? The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded by the Promised Messiah as , Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian in 1889. It was foretold by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa that in the latter days when moral and spiritual values would be in decline among the Muslim, the Messiah and Mahdi would appear to revive Islam. He would present Islam in its original purity and beauty and would establish the superiority of Islam over all other faiths. It was also prophesied by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa that through the Promised Messiah as , Islam would spread to the western world also. Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian claimed that he was the Messiah and the Mahdi as had been prophesied by the Holy Prophet sa. Tell me more about Hadrat Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as was born on February 13,1835 at Qadian. He belonged to a noble family of Mughals. His father was the Chief of Qadian. He was born at a time when little thought was given to learning. There were no regular schools or colleges in smaller towns. His father was very eager for his education so he employed a tutor named Fazli Ilahi, from whom he learned to read the Holy Qur’an and a few Persian books. At the age of ten, he had another teacher named Fazl Ahmad who instructed him in Arabic grammar and a few other books. He read some books on medicine, logic and philosophy with another teacher named Gul Ali Shah. After the completing this initial education he was asked by his father to take up some Government job. In obedience to his father, he offered himself for a job in the Deputy Commissioner’s office at Sialkot but he soon found that was not the kind of work that suited his temperament. So he gave up his job and returned to Qadian. In Qadian, most of his time was devoted to the study of Holy Qur’an, the books of Hadith and religious literature. He loved retirement and seclusion from the world and found his joy in meditation and worship of Allah. Ahmadiyy Ahmadiyy Ahmadiyy Ahmadiyy Ahmadiyya a a a at — t — t — t — t — R R R R Re e e e evi vi vi vi viv v v v val of al of al of al of al of Islam Islam Islam Islam Islam Ahmadiyyat The Promised Messiah as 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