Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 15
WE are most fortunate in having with us today Hazrat Sahibzada. Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad Sahib, grandson of Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, the Promised Messiah, and his Third Successor, and thus, the Head of the Ahmadiyya Movement, may. Allah be pleased to support him and strengthen him with His mighty help. He has undertaken this journey from Pakistan to the. United Kingdom for the purpose of participation in this International Conference which he will presently address. . Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad Sahib was elected to his exalted office in November 1965 on the death of his revered father, the late Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad Sahib, the Second Successor of the Promised Messiah. . He combines in his person the best of the East and the. West. At an early age, under the direction of his revered father, he committed the whole of the Holy Quran to memory and, is on that account, designated Hafiz. His academic qualifications include High Proficiency in Oriental Learning, graduation in philosophy and economics from Government College Lahore, an affiliate of the Punjab University, and an Honours degree from Balliol. College, Oxford. I venture to submit that it would be difficult to discover another individual in contemporary society who combines in his person these high achievements. . After the completion of his courses of study at home and abroad, he served for a number of years as Principal of the Theological Academy at the headquarters of the Movement, and later, for a much longer period, as Principal of the Talimul Islam College which, under his wise and devoted guidance, became one of the principal educational institutions of the country. . He also served for some years simultaneously as President of the Central Association of the Movement. . Thus, by 1965, at the age of 56, he occupied so distinguished a position on the basis of his qualifications, experience, service and his multi-faceted and gracious personality, that his almost unanimous election to the exalted office of Khalifatul Masih, occasioned no surprise to anyone. 16