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A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 59 ] also called Mu s le h -e-Mau‘ u d (the Promised Reformer) because he was born in accordance with the prophecy made by the Promised Messiah as in 1886 regarding the birth of a righteous son who would be endowed with special abilities, attributes, and powers. Khalifatul Masih IV — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV, Mirz a Ta hir Ahmad rta (1928–2003) was the fourth successor and a grandson of the Promised Messiah as , the Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Khilafat— The institution of successorship in Isl a m. Mahd i — ‘The Guided One’. This is the title given by the Holy Prophet sa to the awaited Reformer of Latter Days. Maula vi, Mullah or Maul ana — A Mu s l i m r e l i g i o u s cleric. Mi‘r a j —The Spiritual journey of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa of Islam. Promised Messiah— The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian, India, who made his claim in fulfilment of the prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa regarding the coming of a Mahd i and Messiah from among the Muslims. Sahib —A term of respect, similar to the diversity of English terms like mister or sir.