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− "God desires to found a community of the faithful to manifest His Glory and Power. He will make the Community grow and prosper, to establish the love of God, righteousness, purity, piety, peace and goodwill among men. This shall be a group of persons devoted to God. He shall strengthen them with His own spirit, and bless them and purify them. He shall multiply them exceedingly as He has promised. Thousands of truthful people shall join His ranks. He shall Himself look after them and shall make the Community grow, so much so that its numbers and progress shall amaze the world. The Community shall be a lighthouse so high as to illumine the four corners of the world. The members thereof shall serve as models of Islamic blessings. My true followers shall excel every other people. There − shall always rise among them, till the Judgement Day, personages who will be the Chosen Ones of God in every respect. So has the Almighty decreed. He Does as He Wills. " (Ahmadiyyat, The Renaissance of Islam, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, 1978, p 41 ± − ± ± − The formal initiation took place on March 23, 1889, at Ludhiana, India at the house of Hadrat Sufi Ahmad Jan. Hadrat Maulana Nuruddin ra ra ± ± − − ± − ± ± − − − was the first one who had at the hands of the Promised Messiah and Bai‘at Mahdi. Thus, in 1889 under Divine guidance, the Promised Messiah and as − Mahdi laid down the foundation of his community, which was later on as − given the name of Ahmadiyya Muslim (Community). In 1891, Jama'at ± − Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian claimed to be the Messiah whose ± ± − − ± coming was foretold by the Holy Prophet. sa The Holy Prophet had prophesied, as follows, the condition of Islam sa − at the time of advent of the Messiah and Mahdi : as − ÉÀmi ÜA ÆAj´»A Å¿ Ó´JÍ Ü Ë ÉÀmA ÜA ÂÝm A Å¿ Ó´JÍ Ü ( ( j å æ ä ì ê ê Ð æ å æ ä ê Ð æä ä ä å æ ì ê ê ä æ ê ä ê Ð æä ä Å¿ jq ÁÇ ÕBÀ¼§ ÔfÈ»A Å¿ LAja ÓÇ Ë Ñj¿B§ ÁÇfUBn¿ æ ä í ä æ å å Ø ä ä å Ð å æ ä ê Ñ ä ä ä ê ì Ñ ä ê ä æ å å ê ä ä 217