Welcome to Ahmadiyyat, The True Islam — Page 351
− Jami‘a Ahmadiyya − ± Jami‘a Ahmadiyya is that great religious training institution − ± where the devotees are trained to serve as and Murabbis − Missionaries. Today, the students of the are Jami‘a Ahmadiyya − ± performing great service in the cause of Islam and Ahmadiyyat in − ± the fields of education, religious training and preaching all over the world. The background and the brief history of establishment of this great institution is as follows: Death of two prominent scholars of the , Hadrat Jama'at − ± ± Maulana ‘Abdul Karim Sialkoti and Hadrat Hafiz Burhanuddin , ra ra − − − ± ± ± − ± − − made the Promised Messiah and Mahdi realize that there should as − be a system whereby there are always scholars ready to bear the scholarly responsibilities of the and to fill the vacuum Jama'at − created with the demise of older scholars. Accordingly, in 1905 at the occasion of the Annual Gathering, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi made a very touching speech and stated his plan about the as − necessity of an institution for producing religious scholars: "The existing Ta‘limul Islam High School does not fulfil − − Jama'at's specific requirement of producing religious scholars. − Thus, there is need for establishing another institute where we could give religious education and prepare such scholars who have full knowledge about Islam and Ahmadiyyat. Besides being − ± knowledgeable about Islam and Ahmadiyyat they must be excellent − ± writers and speakers. They should be taught English and Sanskrit languages. They should be given education about other religions and be taught some science. The Promised Messiah and Mahdi as − further stated that the youth of the should offer themselves Jama'at − for the service of the religion so that after giving proper education they could be put to service. At this time, he also stated that at present there is a lot of need of correction and improvement in the Jama'at members' moral training. The Promised Messiah an − 351