Khilafat Centenary Souvenir 1908-2008 — Page 104
K h i 1 a f a t C e n t e n a r y, ,·. . · ·. Say: To Allah belong the East and the West. He guides whom He pleases to the right path. The Holy Qur'an: Al-Baqarah 2: 143 For as the lightening comes out of the east, and shines even unto the west; so shall · also the coming of the Son of man be. The Bible: Matthew 24:27 I shall take your message to the corners of the earth Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, was born in the East. His birthplace, Qadian, is a remote village in India where he was born in 1835. Under Divine inspiration, he initiated the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama 'at in 1889. His mission to spread Islam was of universal magnitude. He repeatedly received God's reassuring revelations that his message shall reach all the people of the world: "I shall take your message to the corners of the earth," and: "A Warner came into the world, and the world did not accept him, but God will accept him and will demonstrate his truth with powerful onslaughts. "