fazle umar

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Fazle Umar

Illness and demise The health of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II [ra] entered upon a prolonged process of slow but progressive decline and the end came on 8 November 1965. His demise shook the Movement to its foundations. Every member of the Movement was overwhelmed with grief, the depth and intensity of which were beyond measure. The shock was bewildering and baffling. It seemed that the vacuum thus created would be hard, if not impossible, to fill. Everyone, however, realised that the Divine Will was supreme and no human being was immortal. The members of the Community converged in large numbers upon Rabwah for the purpose of seeking comfort and consolation from each other’s company and to pay their tribute of love and devotion to the sacred memory of the holy one who had guided the destinies of the Movement for more than half a century and had given freely of his love, sympathy and support to everyone without discrimination. T he election of Ha dhrat K halifatul M asih I I I [ra] The President of the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, in conformity with the constitution of the Electoral College, convened a meeting of the College on 8 November for the purpose of electing the new Khalifa. The interval between the demise of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II [ra] and the meeting of the Electoral College was spent by everyone in humble and earnest supplication to the Divine, that the members of the Electoral College may be rightly guided in their choice of the Successor to Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II [ra]. The College met in a deeply prayerful mood and Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad sahib, eldest son of the departed Khalifatul Masih, who had been Principal of the Ta’limul Islam College for 21 years, was elected Khalifatul Masih III by an overwhelm-

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Illness and demise

19min
pages 386-408

Services and contributions in the international arena

34min
pages 365-385

The Auxiliary Organisations

8min
pages 351-356

Waqfe Jadeed (The New Dedication

7min
pages 346-350

Writings of Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra

10min
pages 357-364

The Electoral College

1min
page 345

The Fazle Umar

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page 344

Trip to Europe for medical treatment

3min
pages 341-343

Attempt on the life of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II [ra

4min
pages 338-340

Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood’s [ra] services for the Holy Qur’an

49min
pages 269-300

Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] and the system of Wasiyyat

8min
pages 322-327

The forward march of Ahmadiyyat

3min
pages 319-321

Efforts of Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] to promote education

24min
pages 301-318

The state of Jammu and Kashmir

11min
pages 328-334

The disturbances of 1953

4min
pages 335-337

Qadian after partition

6min
pages 265-268

Rabwah

8min
pages 259-264

Partition

11min
pages 252-258

Ta’limul Islam high school

6min
pages 248-251

The Promised Son

7min
pages 243-247

Consolidation of the Movement

18min
pages 232-242

Tehrike Jadeed (the New Scheme

4min
pages 214-216

Family Life

21min
pages 217-229

Independence of India

19min
pages 159-171

Khilafat of Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad [ra

14min
pages 150-158

Trip to Europe

14min
pages 174-182

The Kashmir issue

17min
pages 186-213

Holy Prophet’s [saw] Day and Religious Founders Day

3min
pages 183-185

The Shuddhi Movement

2min
pages 172-173

Efforts to support and strengthen the institution of Khilafat

52min
pages 116-149

Establishment of Khilafat in the Ahmadiyya Movement

6min
pages 111-115

Historic pledge of Hadhrat Sahibzada Mirza Mahmud Ahmad

3min
pages 104-110

Circle of contacts

6min
pages 81-85

The death and burial of the Promised Messiah [as

11min
pages 96-103

Childhood interests, games and pastimes

18min
pages 69-80

Ever–growing faith in the Promised Messiah [as

3min
pages 94-95

Belief in the truth of his father and its consequences

13min
pages 86-93

Education

22min
pages 47-60

Public speaking and writing

12min
pages 61-68

Early childhood and parental training

40min
pages 23-46
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