Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Muslims of India — Page 47
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 47 ] Muhammad sa , the Holy Prophet of Islam. Ahmad i Muslims refer to each successor of the Promised Messiah as as Khalifatul Masih. Khalifatul Masih II — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II, Mirz a Bashir-ud-Din Ma h m u d Ahmad ra. He is also called Mu s leh-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 righ- teous 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 of the Promised Messiah as. He was a grandson of the Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as. Khilafat— The institution of successorship in Islam. Khuddam— The auxilary of Ahmadis between the ages of 15 and 40 years. Mahd i — ‘The guided one’. This is the title given by the Holy Prophet sa to the awaited Reformer of Latter Days. Mas i h-e-Mau‘ u d —See the ‘Promised Messiah. ’ Maula vi and Mull a h— A Muslim religious cleric. Muj a hid i n-e-Islam— Literally meaning ‘strivers in the cause of Islam. ’