Truth About the Split

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Truth About the Split — Page 396

396 APPENDIX II ARABIC AND URDU NAMES AND TERMS USED IN THE TRUTH Ahli Bai‘at , or members of a family, a term specially used for the family (wife and children) of a Prophet. ‘Aqba, Oath of , or Oath of Allegiance taken at Mecca by the earliest Muslim converts from Medina, so called after the spot where it took place. Amir , or head—title assumed by Maulawi Muhammad Ali after secession from Qadian. Anjuman , or Association. See also Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. Ansar , or helpers—term used for the early Muslim converts of Medina. Ansarullah, or helpers of God, an association founded by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra the Second, in the lifetime of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra the First. Athim , or sinner—an epithet used by Maulawi Muhammad Ali for Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra.