The Light 2018 07 July
Organ of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam of Lahore. Preaching the Islam taught by the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Islam a religion of peace, harmony, rationality, tolerance and respect
Organ of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam of Lahore. Preaching the Islam taught by the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Islam a religion of peace, harmony, rationality, tolerance and respect
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Light</strong><br />
International Organ of the Centre for the Worldwide<br />
Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam<br />
<strong>2018</strong><br />
April<br />
2016<br />
<strong>July</strong><br />
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Editors<br />
- Amir Aziz<br />
- Abd ul Muqtadir Gordon<br />
- Gowsia Saleem & - Prof. Shahab<br />
Shabbir<br />
- Kaleem Ahmed<br />
- Robbert Bipat M.D, PhD<br />
South Africa-Ebrahim Mohamed<br />
UK<br />
<strong>The</strong> USA<br />
- Shahid Aziz & - Mustaq Ali<br />
- Zainab Ahmad<br />
Contents<br />
<strong>The</strong> Call of the Messiah 2<br />
An Eid Khutba by Ebrahim Mohamed 3<br />
Islam - A Religion of Peace Arab News 8<br />
Purpose of Existence by Araf Rehman 8<br />
Education of Muslim Women by Phew<br />
Research Centre 11<br />
<strong>The</strong> Quranic Script Arab News 12<br />
Broadcasts (UK time)<br />
1. Skype Urdu lecture: Sunday 09:00<br />
2. Live on www.virtualmosque.co.uk<br />
‣ Friday Sermon 13:00<br />
‣ First Sunday of month lecture 15:00.<br />
3. Radio Virtual Mosque<br />
Our Websites<br />
1. International HQ<br />
2. Research and History<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> Woking Mosque and Mission<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> Berlin Mosque and Mission<br />
5. Quran search<br />
6. Blog<br />
Broadcasts from and about us<br />
‣ Audio of the Holy Quran<br />
‣ www.virtualmosque.co.uk<br />
‣ mixlr.com Radio Virtual Mosque<br />
‣ Eid ul Fitr khutba by Mr Nasir Ahmad<br />
‣ Friday khutba by Dr Zahid Aziz<br />
‣ Prejudice by Muslims (Urdu)<br />
‣ Are non-Muslims entitled to Zakat?<br />
Interesting external links<br />
‣ Hafizah Helps prove Einstein was Right.<br />
‣ Still Smiling After an Acid Attack - BBC.<br />
‣ Protecting Women in Pakistan.<br />
‣ In Pakistan, Girl box their Way out of Discrimination.<br />
‣ London More Islamic Than Much of the Islamic<br />
World!<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Light</strong>.<br />
I Shall Love All Mankind.
<strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />
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<strong>The</strong> Call of the<br />
Messiah<br />
by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam<br />
Ahmad<br />
<strong>The</strong> Promised Messiah and Mahdi<br />
(Editor’s note: Any quotations from the Quran<br />
are translated from the author’s explanations<br />
and are not literal translations of the verse<br />
quoted. This extract is from the English translation<br />
of a lecture he delivered in 1904 in Lahore,<br />
now in Pakistan, taken from the Lahore Ahmadiyya<br />
publication ‘Essence of Islam’.)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Purity of Sexual Relations in Islam<br />
Here I take occasion to express my views on<br />
another point of equal importance. Whatever<br />
the feeling of hatred<br />
which the<br />
Arya Samaj entertains<br />
towards<br />
Muslims and the<br />
principles of Islam,<br />
it should not make<br />
a total departure<br />
from the timehonoured<br />
custom<br />
of purdah, for such<br />
a course would be<br />
productive of immense evil and mischief,<br />
though it may appear to be attractive at the present<br />
moment. Every sensible person can easily<br />
understand that the majority of men and<br />
women in this age are walking only in obedience<br />
to their passions and desires and are so<br />
completely in their control that they do not care<br />
at all for the retribution of their deeds. Most<br />
young men cannot refrain from looking to lust<br />
after young and beautiful women if they get a<br />
chance to look at them at all. And so is also the<br />
case for most women. If in this state, when the<br />
hearts of both sexes are not free from corruption<br />
and evil and are unable to resist the temptations<br />
of flesh, a too free meeting of men and<br />
women is allowed, the result would be that the<br />
evil of adultery would poison the whole system<br />
of society, as is the case in many parts of Europe.<br />
But when these men actually grow pure in<br />
heart. When they are freed from the control of<br />
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bestial passions and sensual desires, when the<br />
spirit of devil is utterly expelled from among<br />
them, when the Divine majesty takes entire possession<br />
of their hearts and the awe of God controls<br />
their looks, in short when a pure transformation<br />
is effected in their lives and they don the<br />
garments of the fear of God, then, but not till<br />
then, they may do what they like, for they would<br />
be then as eunuchs made so by the Hand of God<br />
and their eyes would be shut against lustful<br />
looks and their hearts closed against evil ideas.<br />
But remember, my beloved countrymen, may<br />
God Himself inspire this idea into your hearts,<br />
that this is the most dangerous time for doing<br />
away with the custom of purdah, and if you do it<br />
you would sow the seed of poison in your people<br />
which would vitiate the whole society. This<br />
is a time when the custom of purdah ought to<br />
have been instituted even if it had never prevailed<br />
before, for this is the kaljug (the iron age).<br />
Evil rages in the<br />
world and the<br />
Evil rages in the world and<br />
the transgression of Divine<br />
commandments, corruption<br />
and drunkenness are at<br />
their highest.<br />
transgression of<br />
Divine commandments,<br />
corruption<br />
and drunkenness<br />
are at their highest.<br />
Atheism prevails<br />
in the hearts<br />
and the awe of Divine<br />
majesty and<br />
glory has utterly<br />
vanished away from them. Many things are uttered<br />
with the tongue with which the heart does<br />
not tally. Lectures are delivered which may<br />
claim great intellectual merits, but the hearts<br />
are dead and devoid of spirituality. It is not appropriate<br />
that at such a time the poor sheep<br />
should be let loose in forests where wolves<br />
abound.<br />
My friends, the plague is still threatening us<br />
and I have received information from on High<br />
that many of its onslaughts are in store for us.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are dangerous days and no one can say<br />
who would become its morsel by the next year<br />
and who remain alive, what house would be<br />
devastated and what saved. Arise then and repent,<br />
and please your Lord with good and virtuous<br />
deeds. Mind that though errors in belief<br />
would be punished in the life to come, and the<br />
fact of being a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian
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Reconcile yourselves with<br />
your Lord, for He is the most<br />
Merciful and if you ripen<br />
truly and forsake the ways<br />
of evil, He will forgive you<br />
all your sins.<br />
would be decided on the day of judgment, yet<br />
the person who, exceeds all limits in his transgressions,<br />
evils and injustice to others, will be<br />
punished even here, and he cannot flee from the<br />
wrath of heaven. Rise then and please your Master<br />
and be at peace with Him before the terrible<br />
day comes, the day of the raging of plague, of<br />
which the prophets of God have prophesied.<br />
Reconcile yourselves with your Lord, for He is<br />
the most Merciful and if you repent truly and<br />
forsake the ways of evil, He will forgive you all<br />
your sins. A single moment's repentance with a<br />
true and fearful heart cancels the evil deeds of<br />
seventy years. Do not say that your repentance<br />
is not accepted by God. No! you cannot be saved<br />
by your own deeds, it is the grace of God that<br />
takes you by the hand and not your own deeds.<br />
O Merciful and Gracious God, show mercy to us<br />
for we are Your servants and bow ourselves at<br />
Your threshold.<br />
Comment by the Editor - Zainab Ahmad:<br />
As part of his mission for the revival of the original<br />
spirit of Islam, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad<br />
wrote about the need for utmost modesty in<br />
gender relations. At that time the custom of purdah<br />
was prevalent in the Indian subcontinent,<br />
which meant that women were practically secluded<br />
from society. <strong>The</strong>y had a separate section<br />
within the home and they would not mingle<br />
with men, and rarely ventured out in society.<br />
Hazrat Mirza Sahib brought moderation to this<br />
restrictive practice, by encouraging women to<br />
leave their homes for exercise and other needs.<br />
He also urged men to lower their gaze as far as<br />
possible, so as to avoid staring at the opposite<br />
gender. He himself embodied this virtue and<br />
kept his eyes downcast for modesty.<br />
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Hazrat Mirza Sahib did not differentiate between<br />
men and women with regard to their<br />
spirituality and his soul-stirring teaching address<br />
both to raise their morality to the point<br />
where they would not be swayed by lower passions.<br />
As we reflect upon these words said over<br />
a hundred years ago, we find them to be sadly<br />
true in our times. Hazrat Mirza Sahib’s words<br />
call each of us to reflect on the role of modesty<br />
in our lives.<br />
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Only True Morality Can Bring<br />
Happiness and Peace on<br />
Earth<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sermon Eid ul Fitr <strong>2018</strong><br />
By Ebrahim Mohamed<br />
“O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for<br />
you, as it was prescribed for those before you,<br />
so that you may guard against evil.” (<strong>The</strong> Holy<br />
Quran, 2:183)<br />
All praise is due to Almighty Allah we praise<br />
Him, and we thank Him for this blessed day of<br />
Eid; a day of recurring joy that is celebrated at<br />
the end of the month of fasting. <strong>The</strong> lesson we<br />
derive from the noble acts of devotion for the<br />
sake of Almighty Allah in the month of Ramadan<br />
is that only once humankind has reached the<br />
stage where they are in complete control of<br />
their lower passions of lust, greed and anger<br />
will lasting happiness abide on earth. <strong>The</strong> wisdom<br />
of our Creator in prescribing an effective<br />
remedy for the diseases of evil that plague our<br />
beings and societies at large is therefore indeed<br />
a great sign of His Mercy for humankind. <strong>The</strong><br />
remedy is simple, fasting and the objective la<br />
‛alla-kum tattaqoon “so that you may guard<br />
against evil.” <strong>The</strong> abstention from food, though,<br />
is an effective, psychological discipline that<br />
makes man realise if in obedience to Almighty<br />
Allah he can stay away from what is otherwise<br />
lawful, how much more important is it for him<br />
to stay away from what is unlawful and evil in<br />
the sight of Allah. Fasting is thus a means to an<br />
end, and that is the conquering of the evil within
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and without to quicken the growth of moral and<br />
spiritual qualities latent<br />
in all of us. This is<br />
the difficult part not the<br />
staying without food.<br />
Anyone can stay without<br />
food; even young<br />
children do it these<br />
days. <strong>The</strong> staying without<br />
food part of the<br />
Ramadan ends today<br />
but not the ‘staying<br />
away from evil.’ It is imperative<br />
that we understand<br />
what la‛alla-kum<br />
tattaqoon, guarding<br />
O you who believe, be upright<br />
for Allah, bearers of<br />
witness with justice; and<br />
let not hatred of a people<br />
incite you not to act equitably.<br />
Be just; that is<br />
nearer to the observance<br />
of duty. And keep your<br />
duty to Allah. Surely Allah<br />
is Aware of what you do. -<br />
<strong>The</strong> Holy Quran 5:8<br />
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against evil, really<br />
entails. It is continuous<br />
hard work. We cannot<br />
change our natures, but<br />
we can mould and guide ourselves into becoming<br />
beings of high morality. ‘Guarding against<br />
evil’ means we constantly have to work on our<br />
weaknesses and to do this effectively we must<br />
first accept the fact that we have all been created<br />
weak and not perfect. We are all made up<br />
of basic raw qualities and traits that need to be<br />
refined. As Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad wrote,<br />
you cannot change the nature of a person, but<br />
you can teach him how to use his intrinsic nature<br />
for the moral good of humanity at large and<br />
not to harm anyone. Teach him how to conquer<br />
his lust and turn it into the moral qualities of<br />
love, compassion and empathy for humankind.<br />
Teach him how to turn his anger into bravery<br />
and rather become a defender of the weak and<br />
righteous and not a murderer of innocent people.<br />
Teach him how to turn his greed into insatiable<br />
quests for doing good to all of humanity<br />
instead of robbing and depriving them of their<br />
rightful property and rights. (Hazrat Mirza Sahib<br />
has written a masterpiece on this topic in<br />
his paper submitted at an interfaith conference<br />
in Lahore about a century ago, called <strong>The</strong> Philosophy<br />
of the Teachings of Islam, or just <strong>The</strong> Teachings<br />
of Islam. I recommend it highly if you are<br />
interested in this branch of knowledge.) So, the<br />
transformation of the self, which is the aim and<br />
object of the fast, is hard work, but essential for<br />
in the end it is the only hope we have of establishing<br />
lasting peace and ever-recurring happiness<br />
on earth. If you feel<br />
this might be farfetched,<br />
wishful thinking<br />
then let us ponder<br />
and reflect on the condition<br />
the world is in at<br />
present for a while. Imagine<br />
a world where<br />
dominant forces of<br />
good over evil are triumphant;<br />
a world of<br />
controlled greed, controlled<br />
anger, controlled<br />
lusts, everywhere.<br />
Imagine a world<br />
where freedom to worship<br />
Almighty God is a<br />
respected human right<br />
free of persecution.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n imagine a world of tolerance; a world devoid<br />
of backbiting; devoid of superstitions and<br />
suspicions; devoid of envy and hatred. Imagine<br />
a world free of anger and killings where human<br />
life is respected and where the striving for its<br />
preservation is zealously supported and applauded<br />
by every living soul on this earth and<br />
where even the slightest harm that might lead<br />
to its destruction are condemned in the loudest<br />
of voices with the contempt it deserves and duly<br />
punished with fitting punishments so as never<br />
to be repeated. Imagine a world free of lies, slander,<br />
corruption, defamations, and deliberate<br />
distortions of truth to malign others. Imagine a<br />
world free of ignorance in all its ugly shapes and<br />
forms that we come across daily, such as the bigotry,<br />
biases, prejudices, dogmatism, extremism,<br />
and fanaticism that creep up upon us all the<br />
time.<br />
Imagine a world where ‘free thinking’ and<br />
‘free expressions of thought’ that uplift society,<br />
not such that defame and abuse the dignity and<br />
rights of others, prevail. Imagine a world where<br />
the principles of justice throughout the world,<br />
especially in morally depraved countries under<br />
majority Muslim governance, are based on the<br />
noble dictum of the Holy Quran:<br />
“O you who believe, be upright for Allah,
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bearers of witness with justice; and let not hatred<br />
of a people incite you not to act equitably.<br />
Be just; that is nearer to the observance of duty.<br />
And keep your duty to Allah. Surely Allah is<br />
Aware of what you do.” -<strong>The</strong> Quran, 5:8<br />
<strong>The</strong>n imagine a world free of greedy, ruthless<br />
profiteering by a handful of ‘fat-cat’ corporates<br />
and spoilt oligarchies bloated with illgained<br />
wealth and opulence to the misery of the<br />
masses; perhaps then we might just be able to<br />
imagine a world free of all sorts of human<br />
abuses: human trafficking, homelessness, poverty,<br />
hunger and uncontrolled diseases and<br />
drug addiction. Like John Lennon, we can keep<br />
on imagining, and like Martin Luther King we<br />
can keep on dreaming of a world united in<br />
brotherly love, peace, justice and ultimately ample<br />
sustenance and happiness for all. But one<br />
thing is for certain such a ‘heaven on earth’ will<br />
not simply fall from the sky onto our laps as the<br />
disciples of Jesus pleaded for. Nay, it has to be<br />
earned. <strong>The</strong>refore, the Greatest of Physicians of<br />
the Universe, the Rabb-ul-‛Alameen our Lord,<br />
the Nourisher and Sustainer of all the worlds,<br />
has prescribed fasting as one of the means to<br />
achieving that end la‛alla-kum tattaqoon — “so<br />
that you may guard against evil.”<br />
Muslims these days, like the Jews did after<br />
Moses, tend to approach their faith more in a<br />
ritualistic manner. Often more emphasis is put<br />
on the external<br />
aspects such as<br />
the abstaining<br />
from food and<br />
drink and not<br />
enough focus<br />
is placed on<br />
the intended<br />
. . . the apparent disconnect between<br />
the teachings of the Holy<br />
Qur’an and the practice of Islam in<br />
the Muslim World, which is what the<br />
Holy Prophet prophetically refers to<br />
. . .<br />
moral development that feeds the spiritual<br />
seeds of our souls.<br />
With the advent of Islam and the revelation<br />
of the Holy Quran, the means to obtain control<br />
over our base desires and passions that ignite<br />
evil have been made accessible to all of us. <strong>The</strong><br />
prayer five times a day, the fast, the giving in<br />
charity, the pilgrimage are all devotions focused<br />
on generating humane, moral qualities within<br />
us. If it fails to do this, then there is a serious<br />
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problem with the manner these acts of devotions<br />
are performed. In fact, it would be a waste<br />
of time and effort. This, unfortunately, is the<br />
condition existent in most parts of the Muslim<br />
world today. Anyone can be taught to perform<br />
the prayer, to fast, to give zakaat and perform<br />
pilgrimage but when it comes to sacrificing<br />
over-blown egos to put into practice basic ordinances<br />
of the Holy Quran on issues of justice<br />
and exercising even basic human rights, Muslims,<br />
in general, fail miserably.<br />
During the time of the Prophet (s), the hypocrites<br />
used to pray, they used to fast etc., but<br />
they turned their backs on him (s) at the most<br />
crucial time in his career. Today it would seem<br />
that Muslims nations have turned their backs<br />
on the Holy Quran. <strong>The</strong>y recite it beautifully but<br />
are not prepared to implement its teachings in<br />
their daily lives. <strong>The</strong> ulema are devoid and incapable<br />
of providing guidance. Instead they engage<br />
in petty politics, fighting among themselves<br />
for status and positions of power over the<br />
vulnerable minds of weak followers unable to<br />
think for themselves and happy to be led like<br />
sheep to the house of mental, moral and spiritual<br />
slaughter. It is such behaviour that made<br />
the Nabi (saw) complain to Almighty Allah: “My<br />
Lord, surely my people treat this Quran as a forsaken<br />
thing” (25:30).<br />
<strong>The</strong> truth of this plea of the Holy Prophet<br />
(saw) has been proven<br />
true by recent studies<br />
done by a PhD Economist,<br />
Professor Hossein<br />
Askari. Askari made a<br />
study on how close to<br />
Quranic principles the<br />
economic, political and<br />
justice systems of 152 countries in the world<br />
are. According to Professor Askari, what motivated<br />
his study was the apparent disconnect between<br />
the teachings of the Holy Quran and the<br />
practice of Islam in the Muslim World, which is<br />
what the Holy Prophet prophetically refers to in<br />
verse quoted above. He says, and I quote: “(the)<br />
Indices provide a simple approach for Muslims<br />
to focus on the indisputable source of their religion—the<br />
Holy Quran—as opposed to pronouncements<br />
made by clerics, rulers, the media
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and extremists, who all have their selfish agendas.”<br />
He looked at four specific categories<br />
within which the overall successful governance<br />
of a country depends. <strong>The</strong>se are the Economy,<br />
Legal and Governance, Human and Political<br />
Rights, and International Affairs.<br />
So, I gather, he would have, for example,<br />
looked at whether a country provides freedom<br />
of religion within the framework of the Quranic<br />
injunction “<strong>The</strong>re is no compulsion in religion”<br />
and whether the justice system is based on a<br />
free and independent judiciary that upholds the<br />
principle of the Holy Quran that says:<br />
when they make a promise, and the patient in<br />
distress and affliction and in the time of conflict.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se are they who are truthful, and these are<br />
they who keep their duty.” (2:177)<br />
This verse is self-explanatory. Together<br />
with the other verses I have quoted on justice<br />
and freedom of religion, these form but a few<br />
that highlight the very high standard set by the<br />
Holy Quran with regard to all forms of human<br />
rights, justice, social welfare, etc. especially the<br />
spirit of selflessness i.e. ‘doing it for the sake of<br />
the muḥabba (love) of Allah’, free from insincere,<br />
empty ritualism.<br />
“Be upright for Allah, bearers of witness<br />
with justice; and let not hatred of a people incite<br />
you not to act equitably” - 5:8<br />
“O you who believe, be maintainers of justice,<br />
bearers of witness for Allah, even though it<br />
be against your own selves or (your) parents or<br />
near relatives — whether he be rich or poor, Allah<br />
has a better right over them both. So follow<br />
not (your) low desires, lest you deviate. And if<br />
you distort or turn away from (truth), surely Allah<br />
is ever aware of what you do.” - 4:135<br />
And a political system that is all-inclusive<br />
and consultative. And to address the social<br />
needs to alleviate the burdens of the poor and<br />
disadvantaged, there are numerous verses in<br />
the Holy Quran to this effect. <strong>The</strong> following one<br />
stands out as capturing the true spirit that is expected<br />
to accompany these noble acts of benevolence.<br />
“It is not righteousness that you turn your<br />
faces towards the East and the West, but<br />
righteous is the one who<br />
believes in Allah, and the Last<br />
Day, and the angels and the<br />
Book and the prophets, and<br />
gives away wealth out of love<br />
for Him to the near of kin and<br />
the orphans and the needy<br />
and the wayfarer and to those<br />
who ask and to set slaves free<br />
and keeps up prayer and pays<br />
the poor-rate; and the<br />
performers of their promise<br />
‘Be upright for Allah,<br />
bearers of witness<br />
with justice;<br />
and let not hatred<br />
of a people incite<br />
you not to act equitably’<br />
-5:8<br />
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Now, one would naturally expect that with<br />
such noble Quranic guidelines, Muslim governed<br />
countries would be amongst the topranking<br />
in the ‘Askari’ index scoresheet in the<br />
categories ‘Economy, Legal and Governance,<br />
Human and Political Rights, and International<br />
Affairs.’ However, it is with dismay that the opposite<br />
is true. Ranked at the top, based on an average<br />
score of all four categories, is New Zealand<br />
followed by the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland,<br />
followed by 39 other non-Muslim countries<br />
with Malaysia the first Muslim country in<br />
the rankings at 43 rd . <strong>The</strong> country with the highest<br />
Muslim population in the world, Indonesia<br />
is 74 th , and Saudi Arabia, the custodians of the<br />
Holy cities at 88 with Iran at 134 and Pakistan a<br />
low 137. I was particularly interested in the human<br />
rights stats as for me the Holy Quran lays<br />
much emphasis on human rights. First was Norway,<br />
second Sweden, third New Zealand, followed<br />
by several other non-Muslim countries.<br />
Indonesia was 92, Saudi Arabia 110 and Pakistan<br />
at an almost rock-bottom low of 142 out of<br />
152 countries. What is shocking is the fact that<br />
these are countries that claim<br />
religious allegiance to the<br />
Holy Quran, which is sheer<br />
hypocrisy.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se results come as no<br />
surprise, though, for it is a<br />
known fact that in most of<br />
these Muslim countries you<br />
do not have the freedom to<br />
even speak out against any injustices<br />
whether committed
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by the ruling authorities or the sacrosanct<br />
ulema without the fear of being jailed. In Pakistan,<br />
minority groups such as Ahmadis, for example,<br />
are declared non-Muslim by human<br />
agencies at the beck and call of bigots parading<br />
as clerics and, can you believe it, jailed for<br />
practising Islam. And let me remind you these<br />
are no longer the much dreaded, dark, medieval<br />
days of human history, this is the supposed enlightened<br />
21 st century.<br />
Islam is the natural religion of humanity, it<br />
does not belong to Muslims alone. Thus, the<br />
Holy Quran says:<br />
“So set thy face for religion, being upright,<br />
the nature made by Allah in which He has created<br />
men.” – 30:30<br />
It thus comes as no surprise that fairminded,<br />
rational people, although not of the<br />
Muslim community, would, perhaps unknowingly,<br />
adopt such sound, practical principles to<br />
be found only in the Holy Quran. It is time that<br />
we stop looking for ‘Islam<br />
in Practice’ in the East for<br />
that is where the sun of Islam<br />
has set and rather<br />
turn our attention to the<br />
West for that is where it<br />
will rise according to an<br />
interpretation of a prophecy<br />
of our noble Prophet<br />
Muhammad (s). All indications<br />
are that Islam is<br />
indeed on the rise in the<br />
West and it is very encouraging<br />
to see a host of<br />
enlightened folk emerging from among academics,<br />
religious scholars and ordinary folk,<br />
male and female, prepared to challenge the old<br />
order created by ulema still stuck in their narrow-minded,<br />
backward ideologies and practices.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is also an encouraging movement<br />
towards the adoption of the Holy Quran as the<br />
undisputed primary source and a slow but<br />
steady, overdue departure from the prominence<br />
given to the long-held practice of blind subservience<br />
to flawed, outdated interpretations of<br />
the clerical fraternity. <strong>The</strong> clarion call ‘Back to<br />
the Quran’ of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to<br />
O God, it is Your promise that<br />
You shall make Islam triumph<br />
in the world. It is Your promise<br />
that after falling into the<br />
greatest deviation and wrongdoing<br />
people will again turn<br />
to You. Fulfill this promise of<br />
Yours today and let the truth<br />
overcome falsehood and let<br />
Islam triumph over unbelief.<br />
I Shall Love All Mankind.<br />
the Muslims 100 years ago is slowly coming to<br />
fruition. In 1917 when his first English translation<br />
came out, Maulana Muhammad Ali urged<br />
that the Holy Quran must be taken to the West<br />
by the wishes of the Mujaddid Hazrat Mirza Sahib.<br />
It was the first properly bound and printed<br />
single volume English translation by a Muslim<br />
that reached the shores of Britain, Europe, Africa,<br />
the USA, and Egypt. It was this English<br />
translation that inspired the Nation of Islam in<br />
America and caused the likes of his namesake<br />
Muhammad Ali, the boxer, and many others<br />
turning to Islam. Give a man a copy of the Holy<br />
Quran and the Quran will do the work by itself,<br />
were the words of Maulana Muhammad Ali.<br />
How often do we not hear heart-warming tales<br />
of people who found faith simply by reading the<br />
Holy Quran? I would encourage everyone here<br />
to engage in this work. Start by buying one<br />
Quran and donating it to a friend, a stranger, an<br />
institution, or whatever, you decide. And who<br />
knows who might be touched by its inspirational<br />
teachings. I would like to conclude with<br />
the following prayer by Maulana Muhammad<br />
Ali for the triumph of Islam<br />
“O God, unbelief is dominant<br />
over the world. Love of<br />
worldly things and wealth<br />
has taken hold of human<br />
hearts. Human beings are being<br />
led astray by possession<br />
of physical power, material<br />
resources and outward<br />
adornments. But, O God, it is<br />
Your promise that You shall<br />
make Islam triumph in the<br />
world. It is Your promise that<br />
after falling into the greatest deviation and<br />
wrongdoing people will again turn to You. Fulfill<br />
this promise of Yours today and let the truth<br />
overcome falsehood and let Islam triumph over<br />
unbelief.<br />
— “O God, the armies of unbelief and misguidance<br />
are attacking with full force. Your<br />
strength in the past too has been manifested<br />
through weak human beings. Let it be manifest<br />
today through this small Jama‘at. We are weak,<br />
humble and sinners but we have a strong zeal to<br />
see Islam prevail over unbelief. Forgive us our
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faults, grant us protection, save us from stumbling,<br />
and be our helper and make this weak<br />
Jama‘at of Islam overcome the vast strength of<br />
unbelief. O God! make the Quran and Muhammad<br />
Rasul-ullah and Islam triumphant in the<br />
world, and wipe off the forces of unbelief and<br />
misguidance.” (Return to contents)<br />
Islam<br />
A Religion of Peace<br />
From Arab News<br />
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1283136/saudi-arabia<br />
Makkah: Spreading moderation in the Muslim<br />
world will be an enormous task that will<br />
present Islamic scholars with numerous challenges,<br />
Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed A-Talib,<br />
Imam and Preacher of the Grand Holy Mosque<br />
in Makkah, has said.<br />
He was addressing the 12th batch of guests<br />
of the Program of the Custodian of the Two Holy<br />
Mosques for Umrah and Hajj.<br />
Al-Talib stressed that the program seeks to<br />
build bridges of communication among Islamic<br />
scholars around the world to discuss thorny issues<br />
and challenges facing Islamic nations and<br />
to overcome obstacles to deploying the true Islamic<br />
religion.<br />
“A big task rests on our shoulders that is to<br />
identify and defend the true status of Islam,<br />
which is a religion of peace and teaches us love,<br />
peace, brotherhood, equality, humanity, a way<br />
of life, justice and tolerance,” he added.<br />
and sense the fraternal tie. We should never allow<br />
anyone to penetrate our rank to stoke division,<br />
suspicion or disintegration.”<br />
“Islam has been under fire for 1,439 years<br />
ago. However, its power increases with new<br />
people reverting to Islam every day,” Al-Talib<br />
said. He noted that the largest Muslim country<br />
today regarding population is Indonesia, which<br />
did not witness for 1,400 years any battle on its<br />
soil because people there reverted to Islam<br />
through trade and commercial dealings or by<br />
addressing the intellect.<br />
He reassured the Islamic scholars that Islam<br />
cannot be weakened and shall prevail.<br />
Dr Abdul Hamid Al-Ameen, Head of the<br />
Mercy Relief Society in Norway, emphasised the<br />
significant role played by Saudi Arabia under<br />
the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy<br />
Mosques King Salman in caring for Muslims and<br />
serving Islam. (Return to contents)<br />
Purpose of Existence<br />
By Mr Araf Rehman, LL. B<br />
Secretary<br />
Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam (T&T)<br />
“Say: If your fathers and your sons and your<br />
brethren and your wives and your kinsfolk and<br />
the wealth you have acquired, and trade whose<br />
dullness you fear, and dwellings you love, are<br />
dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and<br />
striving in His way, then wait till Allah brings His<br />
command to pass. And Allah guides not the<br />
transgressing people.” <strong>The</strong> Quran, 9:24<br />
Al-Talib emphasised the importance of unifying<br />
Muslim ranks to counter the impending<br />
dangers to avoid disintegration and fragmentation,<br />
and instead to embody the concept of Islamic<br />
fraternity, which is based on love and<br />
honour.<br />
“Our Islamic fraternity which gathers Muslims<br />
from the far west to the far east and makes<br />
us one secure nation, impels us to cooperate<br />
I Shall Love All Mankind.<br />
Let me firstly express my appreciation for<br />
another opportunity to address your jamaat in<br />
your lecture series for Ramadan <strong>2018</strong>. Permit<br />
me also to pay special recognition to Brother<br />
Faizool Hosein who is celebrating his 70th<br />
birthday today. May Allah continue to guide and<br />
protect you so that you can see many more<br />
happy birthdays in the years to come.<br />
I noticed that your theme for this year is titled<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> Holy Quran - Our Source of Guidance’.
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We know that the month of Ramadan is the<br />
month in which the Holy Quran was revealed. If<br />
we study the Holy Quran, we come to the inescapable<br />
conclusion that God has laid down for<br />
us a broad and sound philosophical position.<br />
Everything is placed in a proper perspective so<br />
that man might not be at a loss as to his origin,<br />
his place in the Universe and his ultimate journey.<br />
<strong>The</strong> verse that I recited at the beginning,<br />
9:24, presents itself to us as a wake-up call. <strong>The</strong><br />
ominous admonition is that if we are getting<br />
caught up in the pursuit of worldly gains and<br />
neglecting our Creator and his Messenger, then<br />
we will not be counted among the rightly<br />
guided. It is therefore imperative that we are<br />
always kept conscious of the purpose of our existence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Quran states in 31:20 that all things are<br />
made subservient to man as he is the best of creation.<br />
In today’s materialistic world great emphasis<br />
or focus is placed on acquiring material<br />
resources for happiness. Wealth is pursued not<br />
for itself but for the things that wealth brings;<br />
things such as gourmet food, first-class<br />
privileges, cars, houses, entertainment and the<br />
like.<br />
When human beings spend the majority of<br />
their time in acquiring and or enjoying wealth,<br />
they become diverted from other responsibilities<br />
such as their health or the welfare of their<br />
family, their friends, their community and even<br />
their spiritual development. Acquiring material<br />
resources for happiness is not bad. But it is our<br />
attitude towards wealth which determines<br />
whether we are selfless and care for others or<br />
selfish and care only about ourselves. God exhorts<br />
us not to let abundance bring us loss, especially<br />
loss of character and values; see<br />
18:103-105; chapters 102, 103 and 104. Progress<br />
and gain are usually associated with material<br />
advancement.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gospel of the New Testament preaches<br />
blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the<br />
earth, but its followers claim that the poor are<br />
lazy. <strong>The</strong> economic doctrine that rules the world<br />
I Shall Love All Mankind.<br />
is if you don't work you don't get. It has happened<br />
that persons who could no longer afford<br />
their mortgage, even though they may have already<br />
paid back the amount they borrowed,<br />
were kicked out of their homes. <strong>The</strong> message of<br />
the Quran is quite different, as it says in 51:19:<br />
“And in their prosperity, there is a due share for<br />
the pauper and the indigent”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> human being by nature is a seeker of<br />
betterment and benefit. Everyone desires to improve<br />
himself or herself and to better one's lot.<br />
We seek to be better educated, richer, healthier<br />
etc. <strong>The</strong> Quran does not stifle human nature and<br />
its development. It does not condemn human<br />
enjoyment of life. But it does state that in acquiring<br />
all these we should be careful that we<br />
do not belittle, look down upon or scorn others.<br />
What then is the path to achieving prosperity<br />
and all that goes with it? Is it through the<br />
acquisition of wealth alone? Or is it through<br />
faith and good deeds as well? Our Islam teaches<br />
us: Don’t step over others, step down to help<br />
others. Think of your progress and not how to<br />
bring about the downfall of others.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Quran educates us that six things destroy<br />
our moral and spiritual progress. When<br />
we amass a fortune in knowledge, health,<br />
wealth or other material or worldly possessions<br />
we must have faith, behave appropriately and<br />
exhort each other to truth and tolerance; see<br />
103:1-3. Our faith must not include these six<br />
types of behaviour: sakhar which means laughing<br />
at others, joking, ridiculing and mocking;<br />
lamaz which means finding fault with your own<br />
people; nabaz which is calling one another by<br />
nicknames, or by inappropriate names; zann<br />
which is suspicion; jas-sas which means spying<br />
and ightaab which is backbiting 49:11, 12. All of<br />
these not only hurt others but more importantly<br />
they destroy us by becoming a burning obsession<br />
enveloping us. When we laugh at other<br />
people or backbite others, we demonstrate the<br />
kind of ideas and thoughts we have in our<br />
minds. We laugh at others because we feel we<br />
are better than they; see 18:34.<br />
We cannot spend out everything that we acquire.<br />
If we do, then later on when we need resources<br />
for our ill health, retirement, home care
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etc. we will either have nothing, we may have<br />
too little, or we may become dependent on others<br />
for hand-outs or fundraising. But when we<br />
don’t spend our wealth, we may lose it to others<br />
legally or illegally; and furthermore we lose the<br />
opportunity to be kind to build our character as<br />
well as that of others. We eventually lose the<br />
trust and confidence of others, and they lose<br />
trust and confidence in us. Society today encourages<br />
entrepreneurs more than philanthropists.<br />
Philanthropy is left to the individual. It is<br />
an individual choice. Entrepreneurship is a social<br />
need as everyone aspires to have greater<br />
economic sufficiency<br />
and independence.<br />
But acquisitions<br />
of prosperity<br />
can become<br />
a costume for the<br />
emptiness of human<br />
personality. Strangely enough, millions of<br />
people are motivated to donate more time and<br />
money to support those who seek political<br />
power than to give charity.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n when such persons and parties gain<br />
political power, they impose greater economic<br />
and financial hardship on the entire population.<br />
<strong>The</strong> question can be asked: What effect the acquisition<br />
of material possessions has on our<br />
personality and character? Are they the idols<br />
that have replaced Allah in the Kaaba of the human<br />
heart? We can measure the largeness of<br />
wealth but not the largeness of the heart. We<br />
can assess and quantify personal economic<br />
growth but not personal spiritual growth. What<br />
the world needs, therefore, is a system of accounting<br />
for spiritual development. And so the<br />
Quran tells us: If you do good, you do good for<br />
your souls, and if you do evil, it is for them; see<br />
17:7. <strong>The</strong> stuff we buy and own offers only temporary<br />
happiness. Does acquiring these make<br />
us better persons? Or are we the same but just<br />
feel happier? By what standard do we measure<br />
or estimate happiness. Happiness in Islam is a<br />
natural flow of my good fortune to others. It<br />
makes me a new person created after the likeness<br />
of Allah. Happiness changes our true identity,<br />
for when Allah gives us more we raise not<br />
only our standard of living but our standard of<br />
giving.<br />
I Shall Love All Mankind.<br />
Our new and true identity is now shaped by<br />
our faith in Allah and living a life in which our<br />
behaviour is developed by His attributes.<br />
Money and wealth doesn't buy love or happiness.<br />
Acquiring wealth may free us from the<br />
anxieties of earning a livelihood. Yet we are not<br />
free from the cares which life brings. <strong>The</strong> enmity<br />
of others, their jealousy and malice, family<br />
calamities, health problems and the complications<br />
of social life are among the burdens we are<br />
required to bear. We find them, at times, growing<br />
painful and burdensome. Only those who<br />
possess the necessary largeness of heart can escape<br />
the resulting<br />
Our Islam enjoins upon us the use of our wealth<br />
and our possessions, our health, our knowledge<br />
and our strength for the benefit of a group of persons<br />
extending from our close relatives, to our near<br />
neighbours and even unto our far neighbours 4:36<br />
miseries. It is acquiring<br />
largeness of<br />
heart through our<br />
generosity which<br />
helps us to bear the<br />
difficulties and challenges<br />
with a cheerful spirit.<br />
Our Islam enjoins upon us the use of our<br />
wealth and our possessions, our health, our<br />
knowledge and our strength for the benefit of a<br />
group of persons extending from our close relatives,<br />
to our near neighbours and even unto our<br />
far neighbours; see 4:36. Our Islam teaches us<br />
to treasure our Relationships, not our Possessions.<br />
This is the wealth which enables us to act<br />
in such a manner as would remove any amount<br />
of difficulties from our way, and at the same<br />
time win the heart of the deadliest foes to turn<br />
them into our friends. Says the Quran: “Repel<br />
evil with what is best, when Lo! He (or she) between<br />
whom and you is enmity would be as if<br />
he (or she) were a warm friend!” (41:34).<br />
Let us all use this month as a turning point<br />
in our lives, and strive, through the self-disciplinary<br />
act of fasting, to equip ourselves with<br />
proper moral and spiritual values and thus develop<br />
our character. In this month of Ramadan,<br />
let us not reduce this universal religious institution<br />
of fasting into a mere ritual. Let us all<br />
pledge to live in harmony with the wonderful<br />
teachings of Islam. May Allah guide all of us<br />
along the path of character development in this<br />
blessed month, and may He help each one of us<br />
to continue with our spiritual striving. Without<br />
Allah’s Mercy, nothing is possible.
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Education of Muslim Women<br />
Limited by economic conditions, not<br />
religion<br />
By Conrad Hackett<br />
Conrad Hackett is a senior demographer and associate<br />
director of research at Pew Research Centre.<br />
and Dalia Fahmy<br />
Vegard Skirbekk. Hackett is a senior demographer<br />
and associate director of research at Pew<br />
Research Centre. McClendon is a former research<br />
associate at the Centre.)<br />
<strong>The</strong> analysis shows that a country’s wealth<br />
– not its laws or culture – is the most important<br />
factor in determining a woman’s educational<br />
fate, with women in oil-rich Gulf countries, especially,<br />
making some of the biggest educational<br />
leaps in recent decades.<br />
(From:<br />
www.pewresearch.org/facttank/<strong>2018</strong>/06/12/education-of-muslimwomen-is-limited-by-economic-conditionsnot-religion/)<br />
Muslim societies have sometimes faced criticism<br />
for failing to adequately educate women.<br />
Boko Haram’s kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria<br />
and the Taliban’s attack on Pakistani education<br />
activist Malala Yousafzai have contributed<br />
to this perception, raising the question of<br />
whether Islam itself hampers women’s education.<br />
But a new analysis of Pew Research Centre<br />
data on educational attainment and religion<br />
suggests that economics, not religion, is the key<br />
factor limiting the education of Muslim women.<br />
It’s true that, historically, Muslim women<br />
have received less schooling than females of<br />
other major religions (except Hindus); they also<br />
have lagged behind Muslim men in educational<br />
attainment, according to previous analysis by<br />
Pew Research Centre. More recently, however,<br />
Muslim women have been catching up — not<br />
only with Muslim men but also with other<br />
women around the world.<br />
As Muslim women move up the educational<br />
ladder, the role of religion as a predictor of academic<br />
attainment is diminishing, according to<br />
the new study, which analyzes the Centre’s education<br />
data and appears in the journal Population<br />
and Development Review. <strong>The</strong> findings<br />
challenge claims that there’s a culture clash between<br />
Muslim and Western societies over gender<br />
equality in education. (<strong>The</strong> study was authored<br />
by David McClendon, Conrad Hackett,<br />
Michaela Potanc okova , Marcin Stonawski and<br />
I Shall Love All Mankind.<br />
For example, young Muslim women (born<br />
between 1976 and 1985) in Saudi Arabia, which<br />
calls itself an Islamic state and enforces conservative<br />
gender laws, have an average of 11.5<br />
years of schooling, compared with 11.8 years<br />
for the country’s young men and just two years<br />
of education for older Muslim women (those<br />
born between 1935 and 1955). <strong>The</strong>se numbers<br />
indicate that Saudi Arabia has increased access<br />
to schooling for women and has come closer to<br />
closing the education gender gap. (<strong>The</strong> study<br />
measured only the education of Saudi citizens<br />
and not trends among the large population of<br />
noncitizen migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and<br />
other Gulf countries.) By comparison, the average<br />
duration of schooling for young U.S. men<br />
and women – across religious groups – is<br />
around 13 years.<br />
By contrast, in Mali – also a predominantly<br />
Muslim country, but one that is economically<br />
poor – young Muslim women have an average of<br />
only 1.4 years of schooling, compared with 2.7<br />
years for the country’s young men. And older<br />
Muslim women in Mali (those born between<br />
1935 and 1955) average half a year of schooling.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se figures show that Mali has seen only<br />
modest gains in the education of Muslim<br />
women. <strong>The</strong> same pattern has unfolded in sub-<br />
Saharan Africa overall, where young Muslim<br />
women average 2.5 years of school, up from 0.8<br />
years of school among the older generation.<br />
To test the extent to which Islam itself influences<br />
a woman’s educational attainment, the<br />
researchers examined factors in Muslim communities<br />
that might play a role, such as the degree<br />
of gender discrimination in a country’s<br />
family laws, the percentage of its population
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that is Muslim and the share of Muslims who reported<br />
religion is very important to them. <strong>The</strong><br />
study finds that none of these elements had a<br />
significant impact on the results. (Return_to<br />
content)<br />
Arabia’s Madani Script: From<br />
handwritten origins to the<br />
digital age<br />
From: www.arabnews.com<br />
JEDDAH: Ancient Arabic scripts are distinguished<br />
by their beauty and diversity, and the<br />
Makki and Madani scripts were the most prominent<br />
versions throughout history. <strong>The</strong> Madani<br />
script, in which the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the<br />
Prophet Muhammad’s correspondence with<br />
kings and presidents were written, is particularly<br />
notable.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many opinions concerning the origins<br />
of Arabic calligraphy. Some scholars suggest<br />
it goes back to Ismail, son of the Prophet<br />
Ibrahim. Others say it came from the Nabataeans<br />
in the 4th century BC.<br />
Prophet Muhammad urged people in Madinah<br />
to learn to write, and so Arabic calligraphy<br />
spread there only after his migration. <strong>The</strong> number<br />
of literate people in the Prophet’s era is said<br />
to have amounted to about 42 men.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Madinah area is rich in precious Islamic<br />
inscriptions engraved on the rocks of its mountains<br />
and valleys, and ancient caravan routes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> history of these inscriptions dates back to<br />
the Hijri first century, and they include Qur’anic<br />
verses, supplications, letters, poetry and news.<br />
King Abdul Aziz took an interest in preserving<br />
Arabic calligraphy, and his interest has been<br />
reinforced by the King Salman Centre for Restoration<br />
and Conservation of Historical Materials,<br />
part of King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre, which<br />
preserves and cares for ancient documents and<br />
manuscripts.<br />
Prince Faisal bin Salman, governor of Madinah<br />
region, launched an initiative to preserve<br />
the Madani script during the inauguration of an<br />
exhibition of Madinah manuscripts organized<br />
by King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre in 2016.<br />
Many international libraries have copies of<br />
the Holy Qur’an written in the Madani script, including<br />
the Paris National Library, the Leiden<br />
University Library in the Netherlands, the University<br />
Library of Birmingham in England, and<br />
the Berlin Library.<br />
Idham Mohammed Hanash, the dean of the<br />
Faculty of Arts and Islamic Architecture at the<br />
World Islamic Science and Education University<br />
in Jordan, said the Madani script has become<br />
the standard for the origin and originality of Arabic<br />
calligraphy.<br />
He pointed out that it is characterized by<br />
aesthetic qualities and technical characteristics<br />
and said its great historical importance and<br />
technical excellence mean there is a need to restore<br />
knowledge of the art of the script.<br />
Prince Faisal praised the King Fahd Complex<br />
for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an in Madinah<br />
for issuing 10 million copies of the book,<br />
achieving the highest production level for the<br />
first time in five months.<br />
<strong>The</strong> target production is 18 million copies<br />
during the first operational year, which ends after<br />
seven months.<br />
This came during a meeting with Tawfiq Al-<br />
Sudairy, the deputy minister of Islamic Affairs,<br />
Da’wah and Guidance, who briefed Prince Faisal<br />
on the achievements of the King Fahd Complex<br />
in the presence of Mohammed Salem Al-Awfi,<br />
secretary-general of the complex.<br />
Prince Faisal said that these achievements<br />
came in record time with national capacities to<br />
serve Islam and Muslims. (Return_to content)<br />
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