تاریخ احمدیت (جلد 23) — Page 181
تاریخ احمدیت۔جلد 23 181 غیر مبائعین کے ترجمان "THE LIGHT" کا تبصرہ سال 1965ء غیر مبائعین کے انگریزی ترجمان "THE LIGHT" نے ۱۶ نومبر ۱۹۶۵ء کے شمارہ میں لکھا:۔"A Great Nation-Builder The death of Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement (Rabwah) rang the curtain down on a most eventful career, packed with a multitude of far-reaching enterprises۔A man of versatile genius and dynamic personality, there was hardly any sphere of contemporary thought and life during the past half century, from religious scholarship to missionary organisation, even political leadership, on which the deceased did not leave a deep imprint۔A whole network of Islamic missions and mosques scattered over the whole world, the deep penetration of Islamic preaching in Africa transplanting the long-entrenched Christian missions are a standing monument to the deceased's imaginative planning, organisational capacity and unflagging drive۔There has hardly been a leader of men in recent times who commanded such deep devotion from his followers, not only when alive, but even after death, when 60,000 people rushed from all parts of the country to pay their last homage to their departed leader۔In the story of the Ahmadiyya Movement the Mirza Sahib's name will go down as a great Nation Builder, who built up a well-knit community in the race of heavy odds, making it a force to be counted with۔We offer the bereaved family our deep condolences in this great loss۔"