A Gift for the Queen — Page 79
79 Maul a n a or Maulav i —A Muslim religious cleric. The Promised Messiah —This term refers to the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian. He claimed that he had been sent by Allah in accordance with the prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa about the coming of al-Imam al-Mahdi (the Guided Leader) and Messiah. Ra’ i s —A term in Urdu language referring to the Chief, having authority over a certain area. S u rah —A term in Arabic referring to a chapter of the Holy Quran.