Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad ( Urdu مرزا طا ہر احمد DMG Mīrzā Ṭāhir Aḥmad ; * December 18, 1928 in Qadian , India ; † April 19, 2003 in London ) was elected fourth caliphate ul-Massih in Pakistan in 1982 .
Life
Mirza Tahir Ahmad was the son of the second caliphate ul-Massih Mirza Bashir ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad and his wife Syeda Maryam Begum and a grandson of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the founder of the Ahmadiyya . As caliph he followed his half-brother Mirza Nasir Ahmad .
education
1944 Mirza Tahir Ahmad managed for now its school graduate ( Matric ) at the Taleem-ul-Islam High School. His mother died during the final exam days. He then completed his high school diploma ( FSc ) at Gouvernement College in Lahore. From 1949 to 1953 he attended the Jamia (theological training center of the Ahmadiyya) and was trained as a missionary. He accompanied his father on his trip to England and then studied at SOAS and returned to Rabwah in 1957 .
Caliphate
On June 10, 1982 he was elected Khalifat ul-Massih IV in the Mubarak Mosque in Rabwah. Because of the persecution of the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan, he moved from Rabwah to London in April 1984.
The Waqf-e-Nau program he initiated prepares the offspring for service in the Jamaat and is intended to secure the future of the community. Under his leadership, the international Islamic television station ( MTA ) was installed, which broadcasts on a non-commercial basis 24 hours a day in different languages to all parts of the world. Mirza Tahir Ahmad claimed that through this television station the revelation that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian received from Allah came true: "I will carry your message to the end of the world."
Mirza Tahir Ahmad held question and answer sessions with professors, intellectuals, theologians and ordinary citizens. He has authored numerous books, such as Klaam-e-Tahir (poetry in Urdu ), "Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth" and "Murder in the Name of Allah" and a new translation of the Koran in Urdu. He also dealt with homeopathy . It is said that he healed many chronically ill people through his homeopathic treatment. Based on his lessons on MTA on homeopathy, some Ahmadi Muslims wrote a book about it.
Visits abroad
On September 10, 1982, he inaugurated the Basharat mosque in Pedro Abad (Cordoba). It was the first mosque to be built in Spain since the Moors were driven out 800 years ago. He laid the foundation stone for the first Ahmadiyya mosque in Australia on September 30, 1983. He sent the first missions to South America. Hundreds of new mosques have been set up in Africa and around the world. On his many mission trips he visited numerous countries such as Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and West Africa. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Ahmadiyya in 1989, he announced the 100 mosque project for Germany at Jalsa Salana Germany.
death
After his death he was laid out in the Fazl Mosque in London. Tens of thousands of believers said goodbye to him there. The government of Great Britain opened its embassies despite Easter Monday. On April 23, 2003, his body was transferred to Islamabad (Tilford). The car parade was escorted by 16 motorcycles and a helicopter from the English police and broadcast live on the MTA . At the funeral prayer in Islamabad, which was led by his successor Mirza Masrur Ahmad , the police estimate that around 25-30,000 people were present.
Mubahala
Even under Mirza Tahir Ahmad , the AMJ continued to confront its opponents using the Mubahala as a means. On June 12, 1988, he announced a mubahala against Mohammed Zia ul-Haq , the former president of Pakistan, according to the Ahmadiyya . Zia-ul-Haq, who swore to eradicate the "Ahmadiyyat cancerous tumor," died on August 17, 1988 in an unexplained crash of his military machine. This event is said to be “proof” of the AMJ's claim to truth.
Articles and lectures
- Message for the centenary (100 years of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat 1889–1989)
- Rationality - Revelation - Knowledge - Eternal Truth. Lecture given on June 4, 1987 in the auditorium of the University of Zurich
- Political peace. Answer to the crisis of politics. (German in: Weißes Minarett , September / November 1998)
- Revival of religion. (German in: White Minaret , 2000/2001)
Works
- 1989: Murder in the Name of Allah . Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-0-7188-2779-3
- 1992: The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order . Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-1-882494-00-2
- 1992: Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues . Islam International Publications, ISBN 1-85372-888-8
- 1994: Christianity - a Journey from Facts to Fiction . Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-1-85372-551-7
- 1996: Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship . Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-1-85372-567-8
- 1998: Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth . Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-1-85372-640-8
- 1999: Homeopathy (in Urdu ). Islam International Publications, ISBN 978-1-85372-668-2
Remarks
- ↑ Waqf-e-Nau, literally: "Program of the New Sacrifice"
- ↑ Islamabad is a plot of land in Tilford ( Surrey ) that was bought by the AMJ, on which the Jalsa Salana UK took place until 2004.
literature
- Iain Adamson: A man of God . Verlag der Islam, ISBN 978-3-932244-01-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Mirza Tahir Ahmad in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography ( Memento from April 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (German)
- Biography (English)
- Obituary of the Ahmadiyya Germany
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Ross Valentine: Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice . Columbia University Press, 2008, p. 145
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahmad, Mirza Tahir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 4. Khalifat ul-Massih (spiritual head) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qadian |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 2003 |
| Place of death | London |