The True Islamic Concept of Jihad

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page xiii

A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ xiii ] Muhammad sa , the Holy Prophet of Islam. Ahmad i Muslims refer to each successor of the Promised Messiah as as Khalifatul Masih. Khalifatul Masih II — Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II, Mirz a Bashir-ud-Din Ma h m u d Ahmad ra. He is also called Mu s leh-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 righ- teous 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 of the Promised Messiah as. He was a grandson of the Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as. Khilafat— The institution of successorship in Islam. Mahd i — ‘The guided one’. This is the title given by the Holy Prophet sa to the awaited Reformer of Latter Days. Maula vi and Mullah— A Muslim religious cleric. Nab i — Nab i means a Prophet. 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