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Qadian, India (Permanent Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association). The Aqsa Mosque in Qadian, India. The Aqsa Mosque. The Aqsa Mosque was built in 1876 by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Murtaza, the father of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the Promised. Messiahas). . On April 11, 1900, Hazrat Ahmadas delivered the divinely inspired sermon (Khutba Ilhamia) in this blessed mosque. The entire sermon was revealed to him by Almighty Allah as he spoke. . Extensions of the mosque took place in 1900, 1910 and 1938. . A lofty minaret was built in 1903 in the mosque's courtyard, known as Minarat-ul-Masih. On January 7, 1938, for the first time Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin. Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IIra, used a loudspeaker to deliver his Friday sermon in the Aqsa Mosque. . Minarat-ul-Masih. Minarat-ul-Masih. Qadian, India. The Holy Prophet Muhammadsa prophesied that the Promised Messiahas would be raised near a white minaret, east of. Damascus. This prophecy was fulfilled with the advent of the Promised Messiahas from Qadian, India, a city situated exactly east of Damascus. Hazrat Ahmadas decided to give the fulfillment of this prophecy concrete shape. On March 13, 1903, he laid the foundation stone of Minarat-ul-Masih, with three objectives in mind: (1) The muezzin should call out the Azan from it five times every day and thus it may be loudly proclaimed throughout the world that there is only one God and that He alone is worthy of worship, (2) Bright lamps shall be fixed on the top of the Minaret to dispel darkness and enlighten the world. People should know that it is the age of heavenly light and spiritual advancement, and (3) A clock shall be fitted on the top to strike the hours of the day for the benefit of the people. It shall indicate that the present is the time when the doors of heaven are open and that there is no need of any Holy war with the sword. (Life of Ahmad, p. 570). Ahmadiyya Muslim Association USA: 1994 Souveni 40 40