The True Succession

Founding of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement

by Dr. Zahid Aziz

Table of Contents:

  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad said
  • Hazrat Maulana Nur-ud-Din declared
  • 1. Introduction:
    • Photograph of the Founder-Members of AAIIL
    • Photograph of Maulana Muhammad Ali
    • Photograph of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din
  • 2. Fulfilling the Aims of the Founder of the Movement:
    • Spreading Knowledge of Islam in the West
    • Translations of the Holy Quran
    • Book ‘The Religion of Islam’
    • “Sunrise from the West” Prophecy
  • 3. Services during the Life of Founder of the Movement:
    • Maulana Muhammad Ali joins Movement
    • Promised Messiah’s [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] First assessments of the Maulana [Muhammad Ali]
    • The Magazine Review of Religions
    • The Plague Incident
    • High estimation of Maulana’s [Muhammad Ali] Knowledge and Sacrifice
    • Appointed Secretary of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya
    • Gives pen to Maulana [Muhammad Ali] in Dream
    • Directs the Maulana [Muhammad Ali] to write Book on Islam
    • The Maulana [Muhammad Ali] to be with Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] in After-life
    • Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din
    • Services during the 1904 Court Case Hearings
    • Revelation Husn-i Bayan
    • Last Month of Life of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
    • Lecture Paigham Sulh (‘Message of Peace’)
  • 4. Services during Time of Hazrat Maulana Nur-ud-Din:
    • English Translation of the Holy Quran
    • Starts work on Translation
    • Calcutta Convention of Religions
    • Debate at Rampur
    • Religious Convention at Allahabad
    • Devotion to cause even at Wife’s Death
    • Lectures in Bangalore
    • Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din goes to England
  • 5. Events of the Split:
    • Death of Promised Messiah [Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian] and Baiat of Maulana Nur-ud-Din
    • Mischief-making Questions about Anjuman versus Khalifa [Caliph]
    • Maulana Nur-ud-Din’s 1912 Visit to Lahore — Exonerates Lahore Members
    • Defends Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din in Khutbas [Sermons]
    • The Scandal of calling Muslims as Kafir [non-Muslims] and the establishment of the Ansarullah Party
    • Maulana Muhammad Ali writes Tracts to clarify Beliefs
    • Maulana Nur-ud-Din’s Death and subsequent Events
    • Maulana Muhammad Ali’s emigration from Qadian
  • 6. Founding of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore:
    • Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya
    • Fate of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya in Qadiani Jamaat
    • Khilafat [Caliphate]
  • 7. Retraction of Beliefs by the Qadiani Jamaat:
    • Who is ‘Ahmad’ in Jesus’s Prophecy given in the Quran?
    • The Final Retraction on this Prophecy
    • Declaring other Muslims as Kafir [non-Muslims] and its Reversal
    • Retraction by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, 3rd Khalifa
    • Definition of ‘Muslim’ submitted to National Assembly
    • Belief in Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as Prophet
    • Meaning of Al-Akhira in the Quran, 2:4
    • Conclusion
  • 8. Summary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About this Book