The Blessed Model of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Caricatures — Page xvii
Ka‘bah--House of Allah in Mecca. Khal fah ™ --Caliph is derived from the Arabic word Kha1 fah, ™ ¿ ¿ which herein means the successor. is the plural of Khulafa’ − Khal fah. ™ Ahmad Muslims refer to each successor of the ™ ¿ ± ¿ Promised Messiah as Khal fatul Mas h. as ™ ™ ¿ ¿ ± Khal fatul Mas h II ™ ™ --Hadrat Khal fatul Mas h II, Mirza ™ ™ ¿ ¿ ± ± ± ¿ ¿ ± − Bash r-ud-D n Mahmud Ahmad , was the second successor ™ ™ ra ¿ ¿ ± − ± of the Promised Messiah. He is also called Musleh-e- as ± ± Mau‘ud (Promised Son) because he was born in accordance − with the prophecy made by the Promised Messiah in 1886 as concerning the birth of a righteous son who would be endowed with unique abilities and attributes. Khal fatul Mas h IV ™ ™ --Hadrat Khal fatul Mas h IV, Mirza ™ ™ ¿ ¿ ± ± ± ¿ ¿ ± − Tahir Ahmad (1928-2003), was the fourth successor of the rh ± − ± Promised Messiah. He was the grandson of the Founder of as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam ± − ± ± − − Ahmad, the Promised Messiah. as ± Khal fatul Mas h V ™ ™ --Hadrat Khal fatul Mas h V, Mirza ™ ™ ¿ ¿ ± ± ± ¿ ¿ ± − Masroor Ahmad , is the fifth successor of the Promised aba ± Messiah and the current Imam of Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya. as − ± He is the great grandson of the Promised Messiah. as xvi