Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 21
21 kind of signal that a new age of spiritual work has begun. 3. A clock on the top will tell the hours of the day to help the people. The clock would also show that this is a time when the doors of heaven are open. Now you can see how the White Minaret stands for time and light and how it also announces the coming of the Promised Messiah as told by the Holy Prophet. On the first of July, 1900, the Promised Messiah asked the people to give money to help build the minaret. He said that the names of those who gave the money would be put on the Minaret. After the Eid on Friday in the year 1903, the first brick of the Minaret was brought to the Promised Messiah as he sat in the Mosque. He placed the brick on his thigh and prayed for a long time with his followers. Then the brick was pu t in place by an Ahamdi mason (a mason is someone who works with bricks) named Fazal Din. Now the work of building the White Minaret had begun. At first some government officials tried to stop the building of the Minaret but this difficulty was overcome. Then there was not enough money to finish the work. Finally, with the help of Almighty Allah, the Minaret was completed in 1916. QUESTIONS: 1. What is the Arabic name and the meaning of the word Minaret? 2. What two thigs are on top of the Minaret? 3. Qadian is east of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. What is the Hadit h or saying of the Holy Prophet about the White Minaret?