Khalifatul-Masih III - Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad — Page 26
Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih III rta 26 lillaahe wa innaa illaihi raajioon. On Monday, 8 November 1965, after Isha’a prayers Allah the Almighty placed him upon the lofty station of Khilafat by the means of the Electoral Board formed by Hazrat Musleh Mauood ra. He was then 56 years old. The election was held in Masjid Mubarak, Rabwah, with Mirza Aziz Ahmad, Nazire-A’ala presiding over the election. Another faith-inspiring incident which took place is reflective of Divine assistance. A companion of his, Professor Mehboob Alam Khalid narrates that at the time of the election of the new Khalifah, Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad rta was much stricken with grief. Some of his brothers, including Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad and others, who were closer to him in age, accompanied him to Masjid Mubarak after the performance of Salat and sat down with bowed heads behind a pillar in darkness. He says that he did not remember the exact proceedings or how the name was put forward but remembers that Huzoor rta was sitting with his head bowed low when the announcement of him being elected was made and others held him and took him to the front. 15 Hazrat Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan ra was a companion of the Promised Messiah as. He was also the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan and had served as the Secretary General of the United Nations as well as the President of the International Court of Justice