From the Editor... “ T he depth of feeling in his dark black eyes, and the winning expression of a face otherwise attractive, gained the confidence and love of strangers, even at first sight. His features often unbended into a smile full of grace and condescension. He was, says an admiring follower, the handsomest and bravest, the brightest-faced and most generous of men.” If these were the words in description of the Holy Prophet saw of Islam by Sir William Muir, a biographer who was not too favourable towards him, then what might be the testimony of this beautiful being by his believers When asked about his character, his wife Hadhrat Aisha ra commented: “His character was the Qur’an.” There could not be a greater praise than this that describes what a perfect being he was, one who lived every part of his life entirely according to the teachings brought to him by Allah Almighty. Yet, while we live in awe at his most humble and devoted nature, the current world chooses to ignite fires in our hearts by picking holes in his perfect character, through derogatory films, cartoons and statements made against him, with the attempt of inciting hatred and anger. What they fail to apprehend, however, is that no attempt to tarnish the Prophet of Islam saw , will ever be successful, as Allah has promised: “Oh Messenger convey to the people what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord; and if thou do it not, thou hast not conveyed His message at all. And Allah will protect thee from men. Surely, Allah guides not the disbelieving people.” (The Holy Qur’an, Ch.5: V.68) These pearls of wisdom we find beautifully placed in an orderly manner in a treasure book found carefully placed at the most elevated station in every Muslim household. Held most sacred to our hearts, the Holy Qur’an is that book, which contains the revelations sent down to the Holy Prophet saw by Allah Almighty for the whole of mankind, as it shines guidance on every single aspect of our daily lives. We must consider it our duty as Waqf-e-Nau to unravel this book of treasures through research and hold the key to complete understanding of the teachings contained in it, with the help of commentaries that are readily available to read and from our beloved Hudhur aba ’s explanations in his Friday Sermons, in order to successfully remove misconceptions from the minds of the betrayed society by opening their hearts and minds to the perfectly guided religion of Islam that was founded by the perfect human being, our beloved Prophet Muhammad saw . Munazza Khan MARYAM Meet the Team... EDITOR Munazza Khan MANAGER Zanubia Ahmad ASSISTANT MANAGER Dure Jamal Mala EDITORIAL BOARD Hibba-Tul Mussawir Hina Rehman Maleeha Mansur Meliha Hayat Ramsha Hassan Salma Manahil Tahir COVER DESIGN PAGE LAYOUT Soumbal Qureshi ARABIC TYPING PRINTED BY Raqeem Press, Tilford UK CORRECTIONS: Please note the following corrections: 1) Issue 2 - The Promised Messiah as , A Brief Introduction: Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as did not claim to be the Promised Messiah in 1882. He did receive revelations from Allah in that year, but he did not make this claim public until early 1890. 2) Issue 3 - Editorial: the date of the Friday Sermon by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV rah mentioned was 3rd April 1987, not 1986. Please send us your feedback, suggestions and articles. Email us at: waqfenaumagazine@gmail.com