Fazle Umar
Ta’limul Islam high school Till 1897 there were two primary schools for boys in Qadian: one privately run Arya School and the other Government School. Teaching staff of both schools consisted of prejudiced Hindus who let no occasion go to lecture against Islam and criticize the Promised Messiah [as] and his mission. Ahmadi students were obliged to attend these schools and hear their blasphemous chattering. When this matter was brought to the notice of the Promised Messiah [as], he was much grieved. He sought help from Allah by prayers and supplication and after consultation with his companions, announced to the Community that it had become imperative to start its own school. The Promised Messiah [as] named the proposed primary school Ta‘limul Islam School which was inaugurated on the 1 January, 1898, in two rooms of the guest house. Within a span of three years the school was upgraded to the level of high school, and moved to some other suitable spacious place. Ta’limul Islam High School was still in its infancy when Maulvi Muhammad Ali and party who were responsible for the management of the School, left Qadian in 1914. The school being no longer housed in its dilapidated building its custodians might well boast of having constructed a magnificent edifice of which the Community might well feel proud. It was indeed a grand and imposing building set in a picturesque background, rich in environs, constructed at a tremendous cost that spoke volumes for the generosity, and benevolence of the members of the Community. The Lahore group had attracted the notice of the Community for their untiring energy and selfless devotion with which they had been managing the whole show. Being supported and encouraged in their plans they began to attach too much importance to themselves and their schemes. Hence, in the minds of the Lahore Group the fate of the Community was doomed when the Community elected Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib
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