Blessings of Khilafat — Page 190
190 Khal i i i i fatul-Mas ih ih ih ih II— Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II, Mirza Bashir- ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra (1889–1965), was the second successor of the Promised Messiah as. He is also called Mu s le h -e-Mau‘ u d because he was born in accordance with the prophecy made by the Promised Messiah as in 1886 concerning the birth of a righteous son who would be endowed with unique abilities and attributes. Khal i i i i fatul-Mas ih ih ih ih III— Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III, Ha fiz Mirz a N a sir Ahmad rh (1909–1982), was the grandson of the Promised Messiah as and his third successor. Before being elected as Khalifah , he served in many key positions in the Jam a ‘at. Khal i i i i fatul-Mas ih ih ih ih IV— Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV, Mirza Tahir Ahmad rh (1928–2003), was the fourth successor of the Promised Messiah as. He was the grandson of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as. Khal i i i i fatul-Mas ih ih ih ih V— Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V, Mirza Masroor Ahmad aa , is the fifth successor of the Promised Messiah as and the current Imam of Jam a ‘at-e-Ahmadiyya. He is the great grandson of the Promised Messiah as. Khil a a a a fat— The institution of successorship in Islam. See also Khal i i i i fah. Khulaf a a a a ’— Plural of Khal i i i i fah. See also Khal i i i i fah.