Muhammad Ali (Ahmadiyya)

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Maulana Muhammad Ali (* 1874 in Punjab , British India ; † October 13, 1951 ) was the Emir of the Ahmadiyya Andschuman Ischat-i-Islam Lahore (AAIIL) from April 1914 to October 1951.

biography

He joined the Ahmadiyya movement in 1897 and consecrated his life for service for that movement in 1900.

In 1902 Maulana Muhammad Ali became the editor of the Review of Religions, one of the first Islamic journals in English. When Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the "Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam" (an organization to lead the Ahmadiyya movement) in 1905, he named Maulana Muhammad Ali as the secretary of his Executive Council (Amla).

In March 1914, when Hakim Nuur ud-Din , Caliphate ul-Massih I died, Mirza Bashir ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad , the son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, succeeded him. The election of the 25-year-old caused disagreements with Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya over the interpretation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's will. The dispute also revolved around different interpretations of verse 33:40 of the Koran , which describes Mohammed as the "seal of the prophets". The position of Sadr (Chairman) Anjuman Ahmadiyya and the Caliphate were in dispute. Maulana Muhammad Ali, among others , believed that Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya should lead the movement, while Mirza Bashir ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad believed that the caliph was the leader and the chairman of the Executive Council (Amla). Further disputes revolved around the position of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as the Promised Messiah and Mahdi .

This unresolved conflict led the section of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya with Maulana Muhammad Ali and other senior members of the Ahmadiyya movement to relocate from Qadian to Lahore. They became known under the name Ahmadiyya Andschuman Ischat-i-Islam Lahore ("Lahore-Ahmadiyya movement for the spread of Islam") or in short as the "Lahoris".

Maulana Muhammad Ali has directed this organization since it was founded in 1914, organizing its worldwide missionary activities and publishing a large amount of literature in English and Urdu . He translated the Quran with commentary in both English and Urdu. His English-language publications included The Religion of Islam , Muhammad the Prophet , A Manual of Hadith , The New World Order, and Living Thoughts of the Prophet Mohammed .

Works

  • History and Doctrines of the Babi Movement . 1933
  • The Religion of Islam . 1936, ISBN 978-0-913321-23-2
  • The Holy Quran: Arabic text with English translation and Commentary . 1st edition 1917, current edition 2002, ISBN 978-0-913321-01-0
  • Bayan-ul-Quran: Urdu translation with extensive commentary .
  • A Manual of Hadith .
  • Muhammad the Prophet , ISBN 978-0-913321-07-2
  • True Conception of the Ahmadiyya Movement , US edition with revisions 1996, ISBN 978-0-913321-28-7 , originally published as chapter 4 in the book Tahrik Ahmadiyya (Urdu) Dec. 1931, published in English in The Ahmadiyya Movement 1966 . (PDF)
  • The Split in the Ahmadiyya Movement . New edition 1994, ISBN 978-0-913321-26-3

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Islamic title / respectful address to a scholar, something like "our Lord / Master"


personal data
SURNAME Ali, Muhammad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Emir of the Ahmadiyya
DATE OF BIRTH 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Punjab , British India
DATE OF DEATH after October 13, 1951