The Great Reformer

A period of about twenty-three years had elapsed from the publication of the fourth volume of Barahin Ahmadiyya before Hazrat Mirza turned his attention to writing the fifth volume of the book in early 1905. In this interim period of approximately twenty-three years, he had written about eighty other books. He gave a dual title to his new venture…

In the July 27, 1905 issue of the newspaper Badr, Mufti Muhammad Sadiq narrated a conversation with Hazrat Mirza which reveals the heartfelt concern Hazrat Mirza had for the service of Islam. This was the same concern that Hazrat Mirza wanted to imbue in the hearts of his disciples. Mufti Sadiq narrated: “Day before yesterday, I mentioned (to Hazrat Mirza) about a friend that his chances of being…

Illness of Maulvi Abdul Karim One of Hazrat Mirza’s dearest disciples, Maulvi Abdul Karim of Sialkot suffered from diabetes and this ailment was progressively debilitat- ing him. His eyesight was also failing. He was a lover of the Holy Quran. Once he told me: “Because my eyesight is failing, I am trying to memorize as much of the Quran as possible.” On his last visit to Sialkot, Maulvi Abdul Karim hadfallen seriously ill. He survived the illness that time, but in August of 1905, he developed a carbuncle (a painful, localized, pus-producing infection of the skin) on his back, right between the shoulders. Perchance, Dr. Mirza Yaqub…

It is a well-known fact that members of the Shiite sect of Muslims curse and malign certain Islamic personalities (including the first three Caliphs of Islam). One day, a Shia (member of the Shiite sect) took issue with a disciple of Hazrat Mirza, and while arguing that Hazrat Mirza had called himself superior to Hazrat Imam Husain [Imam Hussain], he cursed Hazrat Mirza profusely. Angered by these remarks, Hazrat Mirza’s disciple…

Departure from Qadian Hazrat Mirza’s wife was from Delhi, and she had long wished to visit her native city, but for one reason or another, the trip did not materialize. Once when she was planning to go, Maulvi Abdul Karim fell ill and the plan had to be abandoned.  A new impetus to the visit was given when her brother Dr. Mir Muhammad Ismail was posted to the Civil Hospital, Delhi. Hazrat Mirza’s wife therefore determined to visit her brother in Delhi and readied herself to travel there in the company of her father, Mir Nasir Nawab. Hazrat Mirza…

Maulvi Abdul Qadir had especially traveled to Delhi from Ludhiana to invite Hazrat Mirza to visit the Ludhiana chapter of the Ahmadiyya Organization and Hazrat Mirza had accepted the invitation. Hazrat Mirza, along with his family and disciples, departed from Delhi by train around 8:30 P.M. on November 4, 1905. A few disciples joined the traveling party at Sirhind when the train…