The Devotion of Life — Page 154
154 The Syllabus for the First Year was: Translation of the Holy Quran, ‘ Balughul Maram’ , Arabic Magazines printed by Anjuman Hamayat-e-Islam , ‘ Miftahul Adab’ , ‘ Baldiatal Saraf’ , and ‘ Darusul Nahviya’. Besides these subjects, Indian herbal medicine and English was also taught. For the Second Year the Syllabus was: ‘ Shamail Tirmadhi’, ‘Mala Badamna’, ‘Ujala Nafeya’, ‘Usul-e Shashi’, ‘Durusul Nahviya ’ (all Four Volumes), ‘ Ajroomia’, ‘Qadoori’, ‘Saraji’, Arithmetics, Urdu, ‘ Gohar Manzoom Farsi’ , Indian herbal Medicine, ‘ Takeeful Hikmat’, ‘Qanoocha’, ‘Sharah Rubaiyati Yousaf’, English (the Second Year middle course). (Tarikh-e Ahmadiyyat; Vol. 3, pp. 426-428) Hadrat Musleh Ma’ud ra describes the building of the Madrassah in these words, “There was only one building. There were no benches, no chairs or desks. There were no tables. There was only matting and that was not from ‘Upalgin’ mills, but ordinary mats that are sold by the low-caste. Those mats were so small in width that an average sized person sitting on it had half his body off the mat. The prayer mat used to be the seat for the teacher. ” (Al-Fazl; 22 December 1925) This was the beginning of the grand Madrassah Ahmadiyya that later on produced, by the Grace of Allah the Almighty and the spiritual guidance of the Imam of