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ii follow him; an orator of such phenomenal quality that his speeches would make his audience stay put for hours on end, come rain or shine, deep into the late hours of the evenings while words flowed from his tongue like honey dripping into their ears to reach the depths of their soul to fill them with knowledge and invigorate their faith; the ocean of Divine and secular knowledge; the Voice Articulate of the age; without doubt the greatest genius of the 20 th century; a man of phenomenal intelligence and memory; an epitome of the qualities of leadership; the one whose versatility cannot be comprehended— Hadrat Mirz a Bash i rudd i n Ma h m u d Ahmad ra (1889-1965), Mu s li h Mau‘ u d (the Promised Reformer) was the eldest son and the second successor (Khal i fa) of the Promised Messiah as. He took charge of the Ahmadiyya Jam a ‘at at the young age of 25 when the Jam a ‘at was still in its infancy and nourished it to its maturity for more than 50 years with his spiritual guidance, prayers, tears, toil and blood. Not only did he fortify the foundations of the community laid down by the Promised Messiah as , but expanded the structure of the Jam a ‘at by initiating various schemes, organizations, and programs taking his inspiration from the Promised Messiah as and under the Divine guidance. His foremost concern, to which he devoted all his life, was to accomplish the mission of the Promised Messiah—the daunting task of spreading the message of true Islam in its pristine