The Devotion of Life — Page 159
159 Establishment of Jami’a Ahmadiyya (Arabic College) Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra felt from the very beginning of his Khilafat that it was essential that the Madrassah should be elevated to the level of Arabic College to produce Missionaries to fulfil the worldwide commitments of the Jama’at. For this purpose, Huzur ra appointed a Committee in 1919 that presented its recommendations to Huzur ra and after making appropriate amendments, Huzur ra ordered that those recommendations be implemented. Therefore, a new era of Madrassah Ahmadiyya commenced. Later on, in 1924, Huzur ra instructed the Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya to take appropriate practical steps to elevate the Madrassah to College level. In 1928, it was decided to set up a permanent Institution by the name of Jami’a Ahmadiyya in which the Final Year class of the Madrassah Ahmadiyya that used to sit the Maulvi Fazal Examination, was extended to a two year programme. Accordingly, Level One provided a two-year course for Maulvi Fazal Examinations and Level Two, (that is, Years Three and Four), provided instruction for Missionaries. A brief introduction of the Missionaries’ Class is that it was started by the orders of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra in 1921. Missionaries for the Jama’at were trained in these classes. The only teacher for this class was Hafiz Roshan Ali Sahib ra. Some of the famous students of that class include Maulana Jalaluddin Shams Sahib ra , Maulana Zahoor Hussain Sahib ra , Hadrat Sahibzada Mirza Sharif Ahmad ra and Maulana Abul Ata Jalandhri Sahib ra. These were the students who replaced the older generation. Hadrat Musleh Maud ra remarked: