Tadhkirah — Page 1126
1126 Mu s le h -e-Mau ‘u d (Promised Son) because he was born in accordance with the prophecy made by the Promised Messiah as in 1886 concerning the birth of a righteous son who would be endowed with unique abilities and attributes. Khalifatul Masih III — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III, Ha fi z Mirz a N as ir Ahmad rht was the grandson of the Promised Messiah as and his third successor. Before being elected as Khalifah, he served in many key positions in the Jam a ‘at. Khalifatul Masih IV — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV, Mirz a Ta hir Ahmad rht , was the fourth successor of the Promised Messiah as. He was the grandson of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as. Khalifatul Masih V — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V, Mirz a Masroor Ahmad aba , is the fifth successor of the Promised Messiah as and the current Im a m of Jam a ‘at-e- Ahmadiyyah. He is the great grandson of the Promised Messiah as. Khilafat —The institution of successorship in Islam. Lailatul-Qadr —Generally understood to mean a blessed night during the last ten days of the Islamic month of Rama da n. It also denotes another time period, when the spread of darkness demands that a light should descend from heaven. Then God Almighty sends down to earth His angels of light and R uh ul-Qudus [Spirit of Holiness] in a manner that befits the dignity of angels. Mahd i —A shorter version for al-Im a m al-Mahd i. (see above). Maul ana or Maulav i — A Muslim religious cleric. Mubahalah —Prayer duel.