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Glossary xvii second successor of the Promised Messiah as. He is also called Mu s le h -e-Mau ‘u d (Promised Son) because he was born in accordance with the prophecy made by the Promised Messiah as in 1886 concerning the birth of a righ- teous son who would be endowed with unique abilities and attributes. Khalifatul Masih III — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III, Ha fi z Mirz a N as ir Ahmad rta (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 Jama'at. Khalifatul Masih IV — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV, Mirz a Ta hir Ahmad rta (1928–2003), was the fourth successor of the Promised Messiah as. He was the grandson of the Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as. Khalifatul Masih V — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V, Mirz a Masroor Ahmad aba , is the fifth successor of the Promised Messiah as and the current Imam of Jam a ‘at-e-Ahmadiyyah. He is the great grandson of the Promised Messiah as. Khilafat —The institution of successorship in Islam. Khudd a m-ul-Ahmadiyyah —An organisation of Ahmad i s between the ages of fifteen and forty years. Kufr —A term in Arabic that literally means ‘disbelief ’. Lajnah Im a ’ill a h —An organisation of Ahmad i women above the age of fifteen years.