Majestic Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page 41
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 41 ] Khalifatul Masih II — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II (1889– 1965), Mirz a Bashir-ud-Din Ma h m u d Ahmad ra. He is also called Mu s le h -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 righteous 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 and a grandson of the Promised Messiah as , the Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Mahd i —‘The Guided One’. This is the title given by the Holy Prophet sa to the awaited Reformer of Latter Days. Maula vi, Mullah or Maul ana —A Muslim religious cleric. Promised Messiah— The Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian, India, who made his claim in fulfilment of the prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa regarding the coming of a Mahd i and Messiah from among the Muslims. Sahib —A term of respect, similar to the diversity of English terms like mister or sir. Ulema —A class of Muslim scholars.