In his Friday
Sermon of March 23, 2012 Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir
Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius paid glowing tributes to the staggering
literary contributions and special spiritual achievements of the Promised
Massih Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian. The sermon succinctly
summarises the extraordinary efforts of the Promised Massih (as) to defend and
espouse the cause of Sahih Al Islam by wielding the pen as the sword of Allah.
Read
the Extracts from the Sermon:
“… Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the
Promised Messiah and Mahdi was born to a noble family in Qadian , India
He was also known for his honesty,
friendliness and resolve. Over time by the grace of Allah his knowledge and
understanding of religion and its application to society deepened. Being a
Muslim it was his firm belief that all religions were true at origin and he
always sought to uphold the dignity of religion and to demonstrate its
relevance to everyone. His earnest defence of religion was ultimately blessed
when he started to receive direct revelation from Allah – a blessing that he
received for the rest of his life.
His mission was to revitalise the
truth that all religions held within them and to revive the teachings of Islam.
It was through this that he would bring mankind together and establish
everlasting peace. In 1889, under Divine Guidance, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
(upon him be peace) founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a community which
had grown in stature and strength and conveyed the message of Islam to the ends
of the earth.
But today, after having reached its
peak, it (this community/Jamaat) has lost its credence and essence as true all
because of some rebels (creators of chaos) found therein who have trampled the
teachings of Islam under their feet. But Allah remained true to His promise which
He made to His Messiah and He sent another Messiah to hold fast the torch of
True Islam which Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) came to revive
in his era.
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him
be peace) had established himself as a respected writer, and had written over
80 books. One of his greatest scholarly works was “The Philosophy of the
Teachings of Islam”,
prepared as a paper and read out at the Conference of Great Religions in 1896.
He also wrote a fascinating
treatise in 1899 entitled “Jesus in India ”,
a book that uncovered remarkable evidence of Jesus (upon him be peace) journey
to India
In the long history of mankind
before today, by the grace of Allah no one has ever wielded his pen so
forcefully, so powerfully and so relentlessly in the defence of his faith as
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) – the great spiritual son of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him
be peace) unlocked fathomless treasures of knowledge so freely, so generously
and so abundantly. He fulfilled a famous saying of the Holy Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him) that the Mahdi would distribute wealth freely.
Millions of words flowed from his
pen, his writing occupy thousands of pages bound in over eighty bulky volumes.
This does not include hundreds of posters, leaflets and handbills issued by him
to nail the lie or to challenge the enemies of Islam. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
(upon him be peace) pen produced wonders, and exercised a fascination and
hypnotised the reader in a way that no writer could have claimed such skills in
his era. His cold logic, his power of reasoning, his marshalling of arguments,
his method of induction and deduction, his dynamism in style and expression
left his friends and foes dumbfounded and speechless. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
(upon him be peace) love for Allah (Glory be to Him), and his devotion to the
Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his complete immersion in the Holy Quran
were simply matchless and unparalleled. His love for Islam prompted the
unceasing flow of powerful writings that set leaders of diverse faiths on the
defensive.
Allah (Glory be to Him) had blessed
him with two special gifts: the gift of knowledge and the gift of the power to
communicate that knowledge. The miracle of the pen, whether in Urdu or Arabic,
with which he was divinely blessed, remains unchallenged for all times. Little
wonder that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) was able to
demonstrate the mastery on both these languages in a manner no one have ever
excelled. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) was endowed with the
special gift of the understanding of the Holy Quran. He asserted, and
established this assertion with the force of a giant, that the Holy Quran is an
infinite source of knowledge – infinite in its meanings and infinite in its nature
and properties. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) brought a new
glory and a new lustre to the Holy Quran discovering numerous excellences and
graces that had lain hidden for centuries.
He was the first authority to indicate that Surah Al-Fatiha is a synopsis of the Holy Quran and in a way prologue to the Holy Book, the rest of the Holy Book being an explanation of this single but major Surah. He explained how the meanings of various parts and the verses of the Quran have relevance to the present day needs. When Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) announced his mission for reforming the society, he was attacked for his alleged lack of knowledge and learning. He was described as a Munshi (clerk) and a half-educated scholar. It was stated that he has no knowledge of Arabic and therefore did not have the necessary qualifications to pronounce judgement on matters of higher learning. A wall of prejudice was raised against him.
He was the first authority to indicate that Surah Al-Fatiha is a synopsis of the Holy Quran and in a way prologue to the Holy Book, the rest of the Holy Book being an explanation of this single but major Surah. He explained how the meanings of various parts and the verses of the Quran have relevance to the present day needs. When Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) announced his mission for reforming the society, he was attacked for his alleged lack of knowledge and learning. He was described as a Munshi (clerk) and a half-educated scholar. It was stated that he has no knowledge of Arabic and therefore did not have the necessary qualifications to pronounce judgement on matters of higher learning. A wall of prejudice was raised against him.
When this hue and cry spread far
and wide, God granted him a special knowledge of the Arabic language and
endowed him with the knowledge of forty thousand roots of Arabic in a single
night. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) was granted this
miraculous competence in Arabic and was commanded to write books in Arabic. His
first attempt in Arabic prose was a chapter that he appended to his outstanding
book, Ayna-Kamaalat-Islam. This chapter contained an open challenge to
anyone who could find faults in his God-given gift of Arabic. Then it was
alleged that Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) had secretly
employed an Arab who did his writings in Arabic.
To silence this allegation, Hazrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace) was commanded by God to deliver a sermon
in Arabic on the forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha which was to occur in a couple of days
(11 April 1900). In obedience to the divine command, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
(upon him be peace) delivered a lengthy sermon in Arabic, which was recorded
instantly by a team including Hazrat Maulvi Nuruddin, who later was elected the
first caliph after the demise of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace).
The sermon (later published under the title of Khutba Ilhaamiyah – the
Revealed Sermon, is couched in Arabic of highest order and bewildered the Arabs
and non-Arabs alike. The writing of these books was not the only occupation of
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (upon him be peace). He issued thousands of leaflets,
handbills and tracts and wrote letters and made speeches and granted interviews
to hundreds of thousands of seekers of truth.
According to one estimate, in seven
years after the acceptance of the first Bai’at, he received ninety thousand
letters to which he had to reply himself. The writing of forty or fifty letters
a day is not an easy job for a man who is required to make speeches, hold
debates and write books. And then he had to play host to all those who visited
him, for Islam, inculcating cordial hospitality towards all guests…."