Muhammad the Liberator of Women — Page 17
M U H A M M A D S A W — T H E L I B E R A T O R O F W O M E N 17 Mahr— A type of dowry which a groom pays to his wife and which becomes her legal property. Muhammad saw — Proper name of the Holy Prophet saw of Islam. The Promised Messiah— This term refers to the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of 5adian. He claimed that he had been sent by Allah in accordance with the prophecies of the Holy Prophet saw about the coming of al-Imam al-Mahd i (the Guided Leader) and Messiah. Q adi — A judge who rules in accordance with the principles of Islamic law. S u rah— A term in Arabic referring to a chapter of the Holy 5uran.