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279 279 279 279 279 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION Previously, in May 1988, Huzur started a Magzine in Arabic named Al- Taqwaa. In 1994, about two years after the MTA (Muslim Television Ahmadiyya) was establised , a series of question-answer sessions in Arabic were started on MTA in which Huzur himself with a group of Arab Ahmadi scholars participated. The popularity of both the Magzine, Al-Taqwaa and the MTA program, Liqaa ma`al `Arab has been growing in the Arab world as witnessed by a number of Arab scholars. On July 15, 1994, a program series named, T arjamatul Qur’an Classes (Classes of Translation of the Holy Qur’an) began on MTA, in which Huzur completed 305 hours of classes that continued up to February 24, 1999. This simple but highly authentic and comprehensive urdu translation of the Holy Qur’an was later published in the year 2000. On October 19, 1999, Huzur rh laid the foundation stone of the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, Surrey, UK, which will be the largest Mosque of Western Europe. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rh was the first Khalifa to visit the largest Islamic country, Indonesia. During his visit (June 19 - July 11, 2000), Huzur laid down the foundation stone of a mosque and a secondary school. Huzur met the President of Indonesia and the Chairman of the National Assembly. He gave an inspiring lecture on the topic, ‘To Find Again Prophetic Vision of Religion’, in the Gadja Mada University. This was followed by a Question- Answer session attended by a large number of the students, professors, doctors and other intellectuals. No doubt, this visit of Huzur was a source of great blessings and spiritual inspiration for all the members of Ahmadiyya Jama`at in Indonesia. In the year 2000, based on a dream, Huzur rh paid special attention to the problems of unemployment and arrangement of marriages of young children. Later on February 21, 2003, a few weeks before his demise, Huzur announced establishment of Maryam Shadi (Marriage) Fund to provide financial help to needy parents for the marriages of their daughters. 7. 6 7. 6 7. 6 7. 6 7. 6 P P P P P ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED ROMISED M M M M M E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H AS AS AS AS AS A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S — K — K — K — K — K H A L I F H A L I F H A L I F H A L I F H A L I FA A A A AT U L T U L T U L T U L T U L M M M M M A S I H A S I H A S I H A S I H A S I H IV IV IV IV IV Tarjamatul Qur’an Class on MTA (July 15, 1994) Foundation Stone of Baitul Futuh Mosque, UK (Oct. 19, 1999) Historic Visit to Indonesia (June - July, 2000) Liqaa ma`al `Arab - Meeting with Arabs, (1994) Maryam Shadi (Marriage) Fund February 21, 2003