تاریخ احمدیت (جلد 20)

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جلد ۲۰ 690 تاریخ احمدیت teaching but also to practise it in our own lives۔So that when in the next century, people join the Jamaat in hosts, as foretold by the Promised Messiah, we and our children may be able to act as their guides and teachers in the Islamic faith and tradition۔It is for this reason that I placed before you the Ahmadiyya Centenary Jubilee Plan in my lecture on the last day of 1973 Annual Jalsa of Ahmadiyya Movement held at Rabwah۔And in my Friday Sermon on February 8, 1974, referring to the proposed plan, I told you that the real thing is that this plan may find approval in the sight of Allah, the Almighty۔For this purpose I called upon the members of the Jamaat to pray earnestly to bless this plan۔I also put forth a special programme of prayers and worship to be followed by all Ahmadies for their spiritual betterment۔1۔In the last week of every month a day should be fixed by the members of the local Jamaat in which all the members should keep fast۔2۔Every member should daily offer two Rakaahs of Nafal (non-obligatory) prayers۔These Nawafil should be offered after Zohar prayer or during the night, after the Isha prayer till the Fajar prayer۔3۔Every Ahmadi should recite Sura Faiha seven times a day۔4۔Every Ahmadi should glorify Allah and invoke His blessings on the Holy Prophet of Islam by reciting the following prayer thirty-three times a day۔سبحان الله و بحمده سبحان الله العظيم - اللهم صل على محمد و آل daxs Glory be to Allah and His is the prasie! Glory be to Allah the great۔O Allah bless Muhammad and his progeny۔5۔Every Ahmadi should ask forgiveness for his sins and shortcomings from Allah the Almighty be repeating the following prayer thirty-three times a day: استغفر الله ربى من كل ذنب و اتوب اليه I ask forgiveness from Allah my Lord for all sins and