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A Q u a r t e r l y M a g a z i n e

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The Ahmadiyya Movement The Ahmadiyya Movement was founded by Hazrat Abroad, the

Promised-Messiah and Mahdi and the expected Messenger of all nations, in the spirit and power of all the earlier prophets, he came to serve and re-interpret the final and eternal teaching laid down by God in the Holy Quran. The Movement therefore represents-the T rue and Real I s lam and seeks to uplift humanity and to establish peace throughout the world. Hazrat Ahmad died in 1908, and the present Head of the Movememis:his second successor, Hazrat Mirza Bashirud-Din Mahmud Abroad under whose directions the M o v e - ment has established Missions in many parts of the world, the following being the addresses of some of them: T H E L O N D O N HAFIZ A. G. NASIR H. A. MOSQUE;

63 Melrose Road, Southfields,

London. S. W. 18, -England.

T H E A H M A D I Y Y A M O V E M E N T IN ISLA~I Sufi M. R. Bengalee, M./~, ,

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B. W. Africa. T H E AHMADI YYA MOVEMENT.

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Nada Ku, Kohe (Japan) M O H A M M A D S H A R I F MALIK,

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Rome (Italy): M A L I K A ZIZ A H M A D KHAN,:

Petodje/ Oedik. -Gang I, NO. 27,

Batavia C . (Java): Dr. M O H A M M A D DIN,

Lomina Street, 49, BelgTade.

M. RAMZAN ALl . H. A. l.a G,,munidad

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M. M O H A M M A D IBRA H IM Nasir., B.A.

Magyarovszagi T H E AHMADIYYA Isziam Mission, M O V E M E N T , " " - • VII . Arena-ut, 7.111 2

Mount K a r m a l , - Budepast, i Hungary Haifa (Palestine). T H E i~HMADIYYA

H. A. K. AYAZ KHAN. M O V E M E N T . B.A. LLB. . Gold Coast, West Africa.

Boernerowo K/XVarszawy, P . O . Box 39, No. 18. Telefoniczna Street Salt Pond.-

\Varsaw (Poland.) N. A. G H A F O O R SOOFI, Esq., " "

C/o H. M. H. Esmail. P. O. BOX 551,

China Buildings, Hongkong (China).

T H E AH MA D IY Y A M O V E M E N T .

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The T a j M a h a l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

A Smal l C h a p t e r f ro m t h e H o l y Q u r a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. :

The. S a y i n g s of T h e . M a s t e r P [ o p l i e t ~ , , I u h a n m l a d . . . . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E x c e r p t s f r o m the W r i t i n g s of H a z r a t M i r z a G h u l a m : A h m a d . . . . . . 5

• 7 T r u s t in G o d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . " : . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . .

B y S i s t e r S a l c h a ( M r s . lne= C l u f f ) • " . . . . . i 8

T h e F a r e w e l l S e r m o n of t l ie H o l y P r 0 p h e t . , ! . ; . . . . . - . - . . . . . : - - r - -

9 F a c t s a n d F o r c e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - "5 . . . . .

H a j j O r the P i l g i ' i m a g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 B y S u f i 3I~ R . B e n y a l e e

T h e K h i l a f a t l ub i l e e C e l eb r a t i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - ~: 1 7

T h e A n i m a d i y y a M o v e m e n t E n c i r c l e s t l ie G l o b e . . . ' . : . . ! . . . . - - . . : - . . 19

• B y N i n a S t a u f f e r ' . . . . .

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D i s e a s e s T r a n s m i t t e d bv P o r k . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : . . . . , . . . . . . . . 25

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"Tile Indian s tyle of ar~:liitecture reaclied its g rea te s t p e r i o d il.f devcl, q lment durhlg the .M-sl@u tetHlre" ~Jf India-tln/: ler tlle .M. .qul l )y taas ty . : ex tendi t ig f r . m : 1526 t - 171)T &. I). Th i s eptbeh marks a very sp lendid a g e iJf orieiltal Cultttre7 when fhe elements ,,f tile ci,.-ilizatlt,u 1)f Pers ia were b rough t by s:irile conquerors , f r , m th~.~ Ni~rth and platlte~l amid new racial atld econumic t~onditions du r ing a t ime of cot]lparative-l~ea~ze

--[tll( | pr.sllew'ity. U'nder t h i ~ i n f l t l ence and insl)iratlt~ll. i)f hi~gh and [or tl~di a g e pro- g ress ive ideals, there a r . s e a s ta te of cu l tu re p r e v i , u s l v Imaftahled in' India and nt,t sur l )assed there I)y the pe-IMe of suhsequet t t t imes. " . " " " - "

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"'The tinest and mos t extt-tlsive examl)les of tli~- ~-\rchitecture t~f the .Xl..~letu peri.d in India a re found in a.nd ah~mt Delhi a n d - i n the c i ty i J f ' : \ g r a and its vich'l[ty. T h e world f amous Ta j -".X|ahal at ~-\gra. lmilt by the M ~gul etnl)t~ror: S h a h Jehml dm:in~ the middle ,~i the 17th cen tu ry as tht- Mat tsoleunl 0f h i s favori.te wife is .without d.qmht tile best kn,,wu and tile m. . , t a d m i r e d bu i l d i n~ ~[,f tha t (~poell.[:~ ~

' " 'The Ta j .Mahal conlt)hles e lements . f beaut~ ~ of s t r l i c t u r e cemlposit~6n and" settiu". l lui l t wi thhl at~d wi th6ut ,d tile 1,urest w h i t e , f ' . | a ip~ut r m a r b l e , itiL'iid p r o f u s e l i Wiih jasper , la tf i . - lazuli at |d ~Jtht.r- 6emi-l~re~:ious stones., it is placed in the mids t o f a garden luxu r i an t with r i c h h c o l , r e d JhaA'ers a n d fol iage i n t e r sec t ed -by foun ta in s and ,.rater. ways. Vt'itli h lvi t in~ e x t e r i o r p~)t~t;lls and loggias . W i t h all impress ive and mvstica,t i n t e r i . r , wi th its mas s ive s t i ' ength of .stt~ucture and pu r i ty o f ideal, if imposes-ull~)n the v i s i t - r a feel ing - / a w e tu ingled witli j-_v" ;llld de l ight t h a t . i s q u i t e be.t-t~ ld th(" p,,wcr of wt~rds t - describe. - : " , -

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"'In tile T.aj .Xlahal tree finds a combina t ion o f - s p i r i t u a l andl na tu ra l beauty,: a s y m p . s i u n l . f d ivine beauty of tile sp i r i t . f re l igkm c o m b i n e d ~qth a beau ty wltich appeal~ t . all tha t is h u m a n in n l a n ' a s - t ~ 'big l . ve Of heaut~', in mttl tre ThuT~-all.i~f

b . t h - t a sp i r i tua l and o f a hltnlall i lature, is grati t iet l and hear t ' s c rav ing f , r beatttv. " ~ ' - t h e . . .ul 0 f tile v i s i t a n t finds exquis ' i te sat isfa 'c t ion a n d jot~:_i En thug ias t l c t ravelers well descr ihe the Taj .Xlahal a s the most- beaut i fu l temple in the wk~rld.'" " - .

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Bismillahir-|~ahnlanir-Raheena - ~ " , -~" "

Wa-ddhulaa Wa-l lai l i iza Sajaa. ' ~ Ma VCadda-aka Rabbuka ~Va Ma.QUalaa: . . . . ~. "

• ~,\'ailal Akhira to .Khairu- l laka Minal Oolaa. Wa l a Sawfa U t e e k a Rabbuka fa Tardhaa.

- A lain Yai id-ka Yateeman .fa Awa. " " - , . . . . . . : : :.:

kVa w a j a d a k a d h a a l l a n f a - h a d a a W a \ V a j a d a k a Allan: fa A g l m a . - ~ , : -

Fa A m m a l Y a t e e m a fa la T a q h a r . VCa .Amma-Ssaai la fa-la Tanhar W a A m m a bi -n imat i Rabbika fa-haddis . . (XCII.I) : " ~

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In the name of Allah, the Beneficient, t h e Merciful . . . -

-. By the morn ing hours, " " ~ " ~ " . . . . : And by t h e night w h e n it darkeneth, ThY LOrd hath not forsaken thee• nor hath H e been d i S p l e a S e d ; / A n d v e r i l y t h e future will be better for thee than the past, " And soon wil l th3~ Lord gi~,'e Unto thee . s o that thou Wi l t b e well

- content . . '~" Did He n o t f i n d thee an orphan and give thee a.refuge?-

Did H e . n o t find thee. wander ing (in the search 0f God) and g u i d e ( thee )? - . ~ :

i3id He not find thee destitute and enrich ( thee)? Therefore the-orphan, oppress him not. Therefore the beggar, c h i d e h i m n.ot a w a y , . . . . . ': •

• " " rhe re f~ r e o f - t h e f a v o u r s o ( thy- L o r d . d o t h o u n m k e m e n t i O n . . "

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The Sayings of the .Master 1.,

Prophet Muhammad Abdullah ]bn Omar relates that tile Holy Prophet was accustomed

to pray, "O God; ~'fho hath the power to turn the hearts of men~turn ~ our hearts toward obedience to -Thee."I(Muslim).,~._

Ibn Abhas relates that once he was riding behiml:,the Holy Prophet. The Holy Prophet said t o h i m . "My boy, I w i s h ~to teach.you a few ~hings. ~Mways remember G o d . then Fie will rehlemh~r, you always. If vou renlenlher God. you will find Him your helper.. \ V h e n yott ask for anything, ask it of God. \ Vhenyou seek fo r help, seek it Of God. Know it for certain, if the Whole world Want to do vou good they cannot do it unless G.od wills it; if the whole.w0rld~ determines to inJure ),ou, they shall no t 'd0 so. unless God allows iti Be close to God in vonr days of prosperity so that He may rememher yon in you/" days of adversi~,; And know that the affliction, sent hv God cannot be avoided and the affliction Hel does not allow, can never overtake roll. Renlember, God's help depends npon. vonr owh patience, even as perl~lexity is followed .by conlplacency and iadversity by l~rosperityiT--(Tirnmd'hi)

.'~nas relates that the Holy Prophet said, "Three things go to. the cemetery with the man's dead" bod~--his wealth. h i s relatives and his

with hlul. gqod deeds. 3,Vealth and relatives return but good deeds stay . . . . . l . " , . i ( B u k h a r ! )

I t is related on the authoritY, of . \bud Darda t l i a t the H o l y P r o p h e t said, " Help the poor if you want to Win the Divine pleasure.': Then lle added. "~l'Otl .Call be entitled tO tile help and hnuntv of God 0nly when you help tll e.ponr.'" { Ahu Daud)

It~is reported ol1 the autJlority of Muawiya that the Hoh" Prophet said. " I f 3"oll search for people's faults, you will harm more tl(an refornl thenl.'" (Abu Daud).

=\bu .Masood relates that the Holy Pro~aliet Said. "'It is 'not allowedtt~ envyany one. but two persons may:l)'e envied. One who. has wealth and spends it for the welfare of humanitv, and the other whn has knowledge and serves humanity with i t . "=-(Bul~har i ) ~

It is related on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Holy Prophet said, "'O peopIe, guard against)ealousy, for ~ealousy eats up virtue, like fire lmrns fuel." ( : \bu Daud).

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Excerpts From The Writings o f

H a z r a t M i r z a G h u l a m A h m a d . .

T h e P r o m i s e d M e s s i a h a n d M a h d i

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first and foremost abstain .from every, manner o f evil action. God has raised m e a s the Promised Messiah and-has scfit me in the capacity of Jesus, the son of Mary and as such. I: CniOin you: to eschew every evil and to always have at hear t the \velfarc o f ' y o u r fellow-beings. Le t your ,.minds lie free i r .m crerv feeli]!g of ill-will a n d inal ignity aga ins t . any one.

" n This.will make vou angels of goodness. Fhere ca hardly be anvthing more /a l so andovain than the system whose teachings instead of inculcating sympathy w i t h - a n d welfare o f o n e ' s follow-beings create a spirit of selfishness and malevolence in

". the breas ts 'of those w h o follow i t : . . M y followers, let not any of; these low sentiments en ter 3-0Ur minds for a moment.

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-11 is no religion to do harm to Others: T h e purpose of a religion consists in moulding man's life af ter t h e model of fiis ~htker. 'The attainment, however, of this high :order o f life iuts 'alx{~ays been :hn impossilfility and-mUst .ever remain so Unless one possesses oneself of those noble qualities which a re

m be found in the Supreme B e i n g . Mercy f o r m s o n e of them. Show mercy, then, to all l iv ing th~ngs and verily mercy will be shown: v0u from on high. . • . - - .

i My J(ollowerS, lei~ me give unto vot[. a l i g h t which will ,ntshil(e evei-v other light.: ~It is thiS. ~ Let all ~feelings o f selfishness, lnalex~olence and enmity be, a-ePlaced by those o f ptfil- anthropism, good,wilt"an~l Iove of your-fellow-beings- In short, walk perfectly with God in all your doings and be ever res ignedunto H i s will.. Then will your .prayers be heard. Thi,; is how- miracles are worked-and: the help of the angels en- listed,- :But th is is:not :all to be achieved in a s i ng l e day. Your

-.progress m this respect is bound t o b e s l ox~ The. sm-stame(~ hem-t of :a man iscomparable to / / dir ty piece Of cloth. Now.- vc all kn,w. be[ore its-rcstoratioii m its original state ofc lean- ]less and whiteness can l)c .eiTfected. the el~;tli has t()under~'0 ~ succcssi~m ¢,f ~,i-,Icals~ -It is lirsi lnll i n l o a t.ubflill ~)f boiling

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water and'is heated and heated.- Then it iS subjected to might.v . 1)lows of the washei-man. The operation continues for a long time till at length the dirt begins t()be removed from the cloth. - \ t i e r this :several other minor operations follow. T h e n and not till then is the cloth restored to its original forni of snowy whiteness. Similarly, the heart can be rendered clean and Imre but slowly. It is Ul)On this l)uritv of heart that salvation of. a person depends. Referr ing to it 'God says in the Holy Quran{ : "'He who lmrities his s0ul attmns Salvation." Remenfl)er, i have come unto you-with the 'divine COlmnand tha t all wars for religion be. discontinued in future." in its stead. ~e ~h-e to direct all, 'vour energies to snhjugatil!g of. self. .qfich i s t h e will of (;od. Let not what I say be thought a piece cif my own

" i o fabrication. • I,-am borne-()ut in my statement"l)V .the traililtit)u:hool-:,

Salaih-Bukhari, in which i t is clearly recorded that,{he l)rom: ised 5lessiah wouhl put a stop t(~ afl..religious warf/tre.. So I enioin upon v o u 0 n e and all to l)urge away f ro m your minds all thoughts ofwao' ing war for r e l ig ion . Be virtuous, humane and 1)enevolent. F.xtend always a-hell) ing hand to those in trouble. This will cause your religion t0 Sln.-ead bx~ leaps and bounds. HoW can it do so without Visible agency, i ierhaps ye I" will ask? \Vhv, do ve not see in the material w o r n how the- locomot,ve" eng[nes- t15,. fr0m. .place t0 place ,with°ut. , "~{tny- ,visible agency? l-yen so in the slnrmml world. God Alnn.,,ht~. \ \ h o , , in order to provide for the needs of man's physical body, called into l-equisition all the elenaents will do the same for the" needs of maws spiritual body. Angels wi l lbe eml)10yed to do this " end; mighty sigals will he shown from on-h igh : . the heavens will r e s to remanv a-hlind eye to sight.. It will then_ atleng-th become inm~ifes( to-the world, that all those individuals and all those deitieg to whom the attributes of G o d h a d been par- celled out and who were worshipped as-such-were false, one and all. J So watch with patience.the course 0f:events. .qur.ely God is more jeal9us than you o fHiS-he ing the sole ob jec to f w0rshil)." RemMn ever husy praying to God lest ye should incu rHis disl)leasure in consequence of any act of disohedience t o His will.

Seekers after .truth. hearken unto me, . T h e pronfised day~. ;,re come which the world has so long" been-waiting for. The Sun of Truth has risen anew. The da rk clouds of falsehood " will soonh~ve to roll/away before its Searchlight. As a-light placed high Ul) on the top of .a minaret lights, up the entire

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neighborhood or a llash of l ightning in the sky illuminates the heavens fr6m the skyl.ine to skyline, soqu ick and fast the new light now travels to the utterl~iost c o r n e r s o f the earth. The messages of peace and goodCwill which the promised Messiah

• brings will be reached to the people-£rom one pole to the other. God/has provided amlfle facilities for this Imrpose. Railways have been ranfified ox-er the entire land-mass of the earth, steamers invented for travels o n t h e seas and post offices established to facilitate the -means of commtmication. God has done all s o that .His .Message of which the Promised Mes-

• siah is the bearer may. So tO speak, be flashed over the world. - s ' " h This also explains th e prophecy which t e t radi t ion book rec-

ord, to wit, the Promised Messiah Would descend on the top of ~,, hi~h minaret. I t is a metaphor which ~ l y means that the light brought by the Promised Messiah' would Sl ~read as a light lil:.tceil hi~]aul~ on the t0p of a minaret does. .

Trust in God - By Sister Saleha (Mrs. I n e z C lu f f ) .

"TOday it is m y purpose to free myself f rom a l l tendency io worry. -My i-ntel"ati0n is to r ise to that consciousness of ira-

illicit ti'ust in God, in which I am f ree from all inclination to he anxious.: I resolve to have more confidence a n d fa | th in- God and less in the working of adversity. I cease to worry, because no longer do I think my life depends upon my own per- sorial efforts. ~I Confidently p(ace all mY affairs and problems in the hands of God, X\."ho loves and cares, for all H i s creatures. i cannot be anxious when I trust Him, I cannot worry over lhe outcome of m y affairs when I k n o w . that G o d i s truely

blessing them, bringing, into manifestat ion, peace, order; jus- tice, success and plenty. God willingly accepts nay burdens, worries and cares. In exchange He .g ives me confidence m Him and ]~reedom f r o m w o r r y . I am now iia control o~ my thoughts, and find t h a t I call iust as ealsily think thoughts of faith as thoughts of do~fl)t." Placing all my affairs in God's keeping ' , / l h w w that wisd0m, order and .:success are established and man i fes t in them."

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Cast thy lmrdenupon Jeh0x:ah, and He will sustain thee. - - P s . 55:22.

:~gairi in the words o f the H01y Ouran, " A l l a h is suffi- cient for me. In Him h a v e I , p u t nay trust and He is the Lord

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The Farewell Sermon of the Holy Prophet

"There is none Worthy of worship bu t ()ne and the Only! God, Allah, one without a partner. Unto Him belongeth the ' Kingdom. I t is H e who possesseth all excellenc e a n d it is He \Vho giveth life and death. He hath power over all-thfngs.'"

" Y e peop!e!: Hearken to pay words; for I. kl~ow not whether, a f t e r this y6arl I sha!l have another opportunity to meet you in this place."

"~ 'our lives and your properties and yore" honors are a s sacred and inviolable amongst one another Until ye appearbe- fore your Lord, as this day and. this month i s s a c r e d for all. Y e , p'eople, y e have rights over your wives and yourwives have rights over y o u . . . . Trea t them with .kindness and love.":

" A n d your slaves, see that ye feed them wii:h such food as ye ea t yourselves and-clothe them with the stuff ye wear . " ,

"The 'Arabs have no super ior i ty over the non-Arabs', and the non-Arabs have n o SUlmriority over the Arabs. All are the children of Adam and Adam was created of Clay."

"All the Moslems are brother.s unto one another. The Moslems are one brotherhoo.d."

"Verily, I have left that "mnongst 3 -ou~the Book of God" which if ye hold fast, ye shall never go astray. '"

" Y e people,, worship yore Lord, p r a y five times a day, fast dur ing the month of iRamadhan and follow my instruc- tions. Ye shall .enter Paradise."

Then he ~ looked at the assembly and asked, "Have 1 de- livered nw message to you ~'' They all exclaimed, simultaneous- ly, "Ay, J \ y ! ! n d e e d thou hast!"

Then he said:,-"() Lord. I beseech thee, bear witness tmto- it." . - . " ..

And addressing-the people again he said: "Let him who is ln'esent C, mvey my words to:him xvh~ is

absent. Haply; he that shall, be tohl. remember :it better than he who ha th heard it."

T h e n he recited the vers6s Which had ju s t been revealed: "Today, I have pei'fcclcd yore" rclirJiou for you and co'm-

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Facts and. Forces " "Thewor ld has waxed ,full of sin, and rebellion-and trans-

gression abound, and God'swraith is kindleti . He will now re- ~:eal His face and Will compeli-the world into s:ulmlissi0n.

The worldhas :denied Him and has persisted in its denial, ~in:d has dishonored Il ls word, and has :forgotten the day of His meeting, and has mocked the day of Judgment. The rust ~,f lnaterialism has eaten in to the.souls o f men, and they im- agine that the pr01ihets ol God were men who possessed per- simsive tonguds and invented systems 6 ( re l ig ion tO keel) lnen {x,itllinbounds:: and they i]pa,gine that the," can presume to

-teaCh God and can rule over f I i s word. " " l,. 'xtravagance has ificreased and the love Of: the world has

captured the hea r t s Of man. Man i s bring-- associated with ~.iod as His p a r t n e r : . . . • Milii0ns are beil~g,, spent to induce men t0 ren0unce the w6rshil~ of the O n e True God: " "

God hare al l t l i is with patience and wh~en men refused to attend to H i s revealed word, .He sent His Piomised Messenger to win mini back {o God, and he showed sign af ter . s ign and mirffcle itfter miracle, anti-.with tmtiring patience and love he ca l ledmen to. thewa~'s of peace. and: on their persisting in their ways he warned the in , say i I lg : - - " " "

"'0 Era'ape: Thou art ,tot secure, nor art thou 0 Asia! ami a,e that dwell in isliuut); no self-made deft v shall save .you.

" I .see cities {allin.q amt to,~,ns desolate. Foul deeds have 1,ec,, ao,,e i,, aoa's si(Iht. ,rot He has )-emaiiwd silent for a lime. lhtl He will now reveaiHis face and strike terrar ia . the

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" 'Bu tGod i,? sloz6 in His ~erath; j fpent that yc may,be l'or,qiven, f t e Who forsa#e,~ God is a worm and ,not a man; -he ~: h.adn:(,Ml;io[iliving ., ( H a z r a t A h m a d . t h e P r 0 m i s e d Me.<'ia 2 ;.) " [ " " " " " "

Present World Condition as Prophesied in Bible i

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nohls came to us recentl~ Over the radio. .Many interesting things w e r e mentioned "concerning the European war now going on and why the United States should protect itself iro~: - invasmn. The one thing in hack of all these talks brings out the word "fear ." l,.'verv country on ear th is n o w tr),ing to protect itself f r o | n s 0 i i i e imaginary enemy. I f w e take the trouhle to note the words of Jesus iia Luke 21. we will read: "Men's hearts hil l ing .them for f ea r and for- looking af ter the " things which are coming upon ..the earth:"

Senator ..Reyn0hls mentioned- t h e fac t - tha t every day brings more complaints ald~ut sabotage "rod' espionage." "I"11c Bible states in SeCond Timothy, chapter 3, "But know this. that in the last d~i.vs ffriew~us times shall come. For n |en shall be love~rs of moneyl boastful, haughty, railers, unthankful , un- holy, slanderers, without-sel f-cofitr01, tierce, no lo.vers .of good. traitors, headstrong, lovers o f pleasure ra ther than lovers of (hJd. hohl a form of godliness, but having denied Hae power thereof. Anti e v e n a s .lannes and Jambres with'stood Moses. so do these also withstand the t rn th: men corrupted in mind. reprobate concerning the f.aith~ But they shall proceed nt, fur ther : for their fi~lh shatl he evident unto all men- But evil men and in|posters sliall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.'"

Could you expect any other-? condition in a demon-con- Irolled world? The Bible shows that such a condition would come and the playsicat facts before us prove that t h e B~ble is correct. IJeople who desire to kiaow the t r u t h should 10ok these things up and see for themselves.

Who is responsible f o r t h e present worhl irouble a'nd will the l jn i ted States be able to keel) out of:trotilfle? The Bible shows that it will not. L u k e 24 shrews: that .[esus explained t.he prophecies to H i s d i s c i p l e s.. Th e Apostle Paul also knew of this condition which would develop, for he kvrote in Ephe: ~ans 6: "For our wrest l ing is not aga ins t flesh and blood, Bur against the principalities, against the powers (of. demons): against the world rulers o f this darkness, a g a i n s t t h e spiritual hosts of wickedness in t h e heavenly places.'"

\Vhat hetter explanation can we ask for ~ than that of the Bihle ? Read the 12th cha pter Of Revela t ionand you Will have no trouble in determining w h o a n d what is stil-rinff Ull the nations of the world. Revelation 18:: "l-'ailen. fallen is Babylon (a

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of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit." A "hold" is a v e r y d a r k place and if the:people like to stay in it. it is only because they 10ve the darkness . Note jesus ' words in John 3: "And this is the judgment, that the l ight is come into the world, and men loved the darkness ra ther than the light, for their works were evil . ,

Let me put this question before the readers. W h y are t he nations m a k i n g such gigantic preparations for war when everyone says that they don't w a n t war ? If the people do not want war, What is drawing them into the x~ery thing that they say they do not want ?

Some time ago, a picture o f "Pop-Eye" and the demons appeared in the newspapers. "Pop-Eye" was pictured sitting down in a ra ther dejected f rame Of mind and a f te r so many tussles with the demons who threw dirt in his face, was caused .to remark" "I can f igh tany th ing I can see, but ya can't h~ht spHlts. The. World will have t o be destroyed in order to c lean out such wickedness and Firs t . John 3 teils us tha t is the reason w h y J e s u s was sent to earth:

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Hajj or The i Pilgrimage ~By Sufi M. K. Bengalee

_k brief outline of the ceremonies of the pi lgr inmge and their significance is given below:

Haj j or the pi lgr image to Mecca, which forms one of tlie five pillars of Islan.l is a duty incumbenf upon every 3h,slem ~mce in his llfe. It becomes compulsory only under cei'tain con di t ions such as lkysical ,hcal th, financial ability, security in the way and t ranspor ta t ion facilities. " . ....

The three sacred months of:Shaw~val, Zul ()a 'da and ztii Ha j j a are the appointed season of p i lgr image. Umrah . or the little piJgrimage, may be pei ' f0rmed at any time. except flaesea-. son of the Haj j . It differs in some o f its forms 'from the l t a j j or the p i l g i m a g e . p r o p e r .

It i s necessary for the Haj i or the p i lgr im to Undertake the sacre~l j o u r n e f with the definite purpose and intent ion of performin.~ the pilgrMage.( \Vhen he a r r ives at, 31iquat. . the

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grim, a f te r a b l q t m n and prayers, mus t ' l i n t of f his o rd inary dress and assume the I h r a m or the pi lgrim's garb, which consists of two seamless sheets, one of which is worl.a r 0 u n d the loins and the other th rown over l!he shoulders. While in the state of Ihram, ttld Ha j! :must al)stain f rom the affairs o f the w~,I-hl. 1 le must not shave at all, ,nor t r i m his nails, nor anoint his. head. nor hunt. H e must devote himself entirely to p rayers and to the remembrance 0 f G o d . The formulas a n d expres- sions which the H a i l i s required _to :repeat constant ly a re as follows: " !,~

"O Lord, Here l a i n , Here I am. There-is no par tner u n t ( ) Thee. All l)r:aise, bounty and Ike sovereignty belong t o T h e e . There is no par tner tmto Thee."

"Al'lah is m o s t g r e a t . ' " "The re is none wor thy o f worship lint Allah." " "Allah is: Holy and all praise belongs to Al lah ." Upon arrival at H a r a m ~ t h e sacred te r r i tory a f ew m i l e s

round t h e c i t y o f Mecca,, when the- .Haji firsl~ gazes at the Ka aba. he is supposed to pray earnest ly as t h a t is considered a special momen t f o r t h e acceptance of prayers. T h e k i s s i n g of the Black Stone which adorns the- southeast corner .of "The

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House of God" constitutes the next important ceremony, after - w h i c h the pilgrim makes seven circuits around the Sacred

House, each time kissing the Black Stone. When the over- "whehning multitude, prevents access to it, a gesture is:made toward it-with the hand. Which is kissed instead. This igCcalled Tawaf or circumambulation around the Ka ' aba at the conclusion of which the Haji has to offer prayers within the precincts of the Holy House Standing behindMaquami--Ibra- him--the place of Abraham.

The pilgrim next proceeds to the mounts Sara and Marwa. Firs t ascending the hill o f Sara, he recites the Takhir or "Allah is most.great,'" with his .faceturned toward the Ka'aba. Then he descends and starting-from Sara, he runs seven times between the t~{'o summits. This is called Sa-ee, or the Running, after which, the wavfarer to God stays in :Mecca with his _iJilgrim's garb on, until the eightli of Zul Hajja , On that day he goes to Mina, 'aplace three miles distant from Mecca. He reaches there before noontide and stays overnight.

On the morning of the ninth flay, immediately after the early dawn prayers, the Haji proceeds to Arafat, a plain at a distance of six miles from Mina. Arriving at the Valle) of Namrah, the pilgi-im offers his early and !ate afternoon prayers together a n d then enters into : \ rafa t and remains there until sundown. This staying.in Ara fa t ]~orms a principal part 0f the ceremonies of the Hajj~ The pilgrim must devote himself solely to prayers and the remembrance of God. A f t e r sunset, the Ha i ldepar t s from Ararat and goes to Muzdalifa, a place midw@ between Ararat and Mina, where he spends

t he night in devotions. _ . On_-the tenth of Zul Hajja, after prayers very early: at

daybreak, the pilgrim visits the sacred mosque of Masharul Haram and spends a little while in prayers, i Departing thence before sunrise, the Ha j i goes to Mina where there are three different pillars called Jamratul Aquaba, Jamratul 7Wusta, the middle .pillar, andJamra tu l Ula, the first of the little pillar. There the H a j i performs the ceremony called Rami-ul Jimar or the throwing o f the pebbles. He throws seven Stones at Aquaba, each time reciting "Allah is Most Great." At that time, he ceases reciting : the -formula, "O Lord, Here I am" ~vhich he started when assuming: the pilgrim's garb. This ceremony duly rarer, the pilgrim offers the sacrifice of Idul Adh-ha. The offering of the sacrifice marks the conclusion of the essential ceremonies o f th~ Haj j , , The H a j i now shaves


his head, Cuts his nails, removes his lhram o1 the tfilgrim's garb, takes a bath and resumes his ordinary dress.

Next following this. the Haji should pay visit to the Ka'aba and make circuit around i t and in case he could not lnake the circuit of Sara and Marwa before, he .nmst do lit now. \Vithout this Haj j will not have been fulfilied. , T h e n he should return to Mina and remain there until tlie thirteenth of Zul Hajja. During his stav in Miua, he m u s t pei-form the ceremonies 0f casting pebhles at the pillars each day after noontide and spend all. his time in prayers and in the-renlem- brance o f God. "

On the thir teenth day, the pil.~rim pays his last visit ' to Ka ' aba and makes his fare~vel] c i rcumambhlaf i0nof the-Holy.. House at the conclusion of which he o f fe r sh i s prayers and." lhus brings his Haj j to coml)letion.. The Haji is now free t0- ,,o where he wills,

The following acts are considered meritorious. lJraving with the face, the chest, alid the Stolnach touching

the Wall "ndar the corner x~-here st~.mds the .Black Stone.- The drinking o f t h e water of the well Zam Zam. l 'aying a visit to the/zaverns of the. Mounts Hira and

T h a u r , and to the \ : a l e o f A b u T a l i l r . . . Offering prayers ill Masji-dul Haranl, the Holy MOsque

in Meccal -, It is the pious custom witla .those ifilgrilns who can afford

to do so to p a v a visit to the Holy City 0 fMedina , -where lies the tomb of tl~eGreat I ' r o p h e t . M U H A M M A D I - " - • : •

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The ceremonies ~f the Hai l are no tcml l ty and nieaning- less forms. The;,, have deep spiritual signifii.'ance. Jus ta s the soul cannot exist without the b0dv and the kerne lcann0t exist without t he shell, similarly, the yital spirituallreality and experience cannot be attained without these outward f o r m s o f devotion; In the eves of . the true Moslems the pilgrimage is null and void-unless each of the Successive forinal acts which it involves is accompanied by corresponding movements of thehear t . J u n a y d of Baghdad, a great Moslem diVine,explained the.sliiritual significance of the ceremonies of the Haj j to a man whc~ just returned from the P!lgrimage.. Junayd said:

From the hour when you first journeyed from-your home you have also heen ioui-neving away from all sins? He said

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'No.' . ' T h e n , ' said Jtmayd, 'you have made no journey. At every stage-where you halted for_the n igh t did ydu traverse a station ola t h e w a y to God?' 'No. ' he replied.. 'Then, ' said lmlayd, 'you have not trodden the road, stage by stage. W h e n ~-oU put ola the pilgrim's garb at the proper place, did you dis- card the qualities o fhun lan nature as you cast off your clothes?' 'No.' 'Then you have not pitt on the pilgrim's garb. ~vVhen you stodd at Ararat , did you stand one momen t i.n contemplation

o f God: No. "Ihen you have not stood at Arafat . When you went to Muzdalifa a n d achieved your. desire, did you re- nounce all sensual desires?' N o . F h m you have not gone to

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Muzdalifa. When y o u clrcumantbulated t h e Ka ba, ~ did you behold t h e immaterial .beauty o f G 0 d in the: abode of purifica- .

~ , g " r , tion. No. 'Theu you h a w not dircumaiaibulated t h e Ka'ba. When. you ran between Safa and Marwa, d id you attain to l)uritv ( s a l a ) a n d vn-tne ( n m l u ' a ~ a ) . No. Then 3ou ha . not run~ W h e n y o u came to Mina, did all 3"our wishes (muna)

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cease?" ' N o ' 'Then you have not yet visited Mma. \'~ he you : . ,; , ~( l eache 1 the slaught~'-place and offered sacrifice, did you sac- . rifice the objects of worldly desire? ' 'No.' 'Then y0u have not sacrificed. When you threw the pebliles, did you throw away

whatever , sensual thoughts were accompanying you? ' 'No.' 'Then you haveno t vet thrown the liehbles,.and you have not

" " " " O " , ! , Vet per formed the pllgrmla..,e. The word Haj j literally m.eans ()asd.or aspiration and in

its spiritual sigafificance it'svmb01izes the journey front this material w o r m to God. whida means realization of and nnion with Him.

The Pilgrimage to Mecca is a-symbol of respect shown to places where the will of God was nmnifested and Serves to remind the fa i th fu l o f these incidents. I t is reminiscent of the story of .Ishmael ~ind Hagaar who had been left in the desert bY ~f\brahanl :: and how thosCx('ho make sacrifices i n the path ,ff God are lw0teCt&l and h o n o r e d . T h i s inspires the pilgrim with l i v ing faith ill the power and might of GorU He finds himself near the ldace which has been dedicated to the worship ,Jr one . True God from time immemorial. A n d he comes to experience a spiritual .associatior(with those who have through Countless centuries hewn h0t~nd together by the love and remem- ~rance of- God..among whom he:reckons laimself.

The pilgrimage trains the Moslems. to leave h i s dear heartlls and honies, to suf fer separation from his friends and i-elatives and to undergo the Iiardships 9f the arduous journey

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for the sake of God. A supren~e purl,ose of the pilgrimage to Mecca. is the

fulfillment of the ideal of the equality and b ro the rhood of nlankind. Dressed i n t h e same simple garments, the vas t con- course Of the pilgrims presents an impress ive sight. There the emperor cannot be distinguished from the ordinary peas- ant. There the' k ing is made to realize that he is not superior ,to the poorest nmn in the street., There the humble servant is made to feel. that he is no t inferior t o the greatest monarch. It indeed is a O, il=eat acadqiny ~d universal brotherh66d. T. : \ \ ' .

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"But above a l l - -and here in is its suprem e importance in the missionary histop," Of Islafil--it ordains a yearly gather ing o f believers Of all nations and languages, brought together from all parts of the worhl to p r a y in the sacred: place (The. Ka 'ba) towards which tl~eir faces ai:e set in every h o u r of private worship i n their distrait homes. No fetch o f religious- genius could have conceived a better expedient fo r imp~'essing" on the minds of the fa i th fu l , '/sense of their comfnon l i fe and " of their brotherhood ifi t I ! e b o n d of f a i th : I-Iere i s a s u p r e m e act Of common worship, the Negro of the \Vest Coast of Africa meets" the Chinaman from the d i s t a n t Hast : the icourtly and polished ()t toman recoglfizes his brother Moslem.in t h e wihl islander from the farthest end of the Malayan Sea. A t the same time, -throug'hout the whole Muhamfnadan .~vorld tlle: hearts of believers al-e lifted" Up in sympathy with their more fortunate brethern gathered togethe r i n the sacred city

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(Mecca) a s i n their own homes they celebrate t he tes t lval ot "Id al Adha 'a o r ( a s i t is Calied:,in Tu] 'ke; -and E g ~ i i t ) t h e feast: of Bayram. ' . . . . . .

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The . @ . . . . " " 0 . - • Khilafat .Jubilee Celebration,

The c.elebrati0n of the sib:er Jubilee of the Second Regime of the .\tunadivvit Khilafat -that is tile Khilafat oi~ Hazrat Mirza Bashirud ~Din Malnnud" Abroad. the second successor of die Promised Messiah. was held on the 28th of December. 1939. at Qadian. i~unjab; India. the head- quarters of the Ahmadiyya Movement. FOrty thousand delegates from all over the worldassenlbled there in order to share in the blessings of the ceremonies and to nmke the occasion a snccess.

This indeed was and will" ever remain a metnoral~le day in the annals O" :\lmiadi:¢vat movement. I t marked the fiftieth year of the great move- mcnt as ~:eil a s the siiccessfnl completion of twenty-five years since the present head of the community took offiCe. -

The hfftv Minaret of Qadian was lighted with electricity throughout the nigl-lt liet'ween: the 27th and the 28th 0f-December,. 1939. It appeared as a column of ligh.t sm-umunted by an illuminated dome and spire.

At 9:30, on the m~wning of.tlae 28th: ihe various groups of tile Ah- madivva Al,wement) began to come to tile extensive meeting-ground from

. theirTappointed stati0ns. Tim groul~ marched.: reciting, prayers and hynms and carrying flags On whicll were inscribed prayers and the names of the individUal group.< The processi.ns, coming as they d id from different directions and .4h, uting "Allah~-Akbar. God is most greatr as they entered the meeting-ground from different gates; presented a :solenm and im- pressive spectacle. • -

The blessed iehder o f the movement the n arrix'ed in the niidst of thunderous greetings. • . .

" The proceedings began with recitation-of the Holy. Quran, followed by that of-a poem by the Promised Messiah. Theaddresses and telegrams 0f lovahy and :t:oilgratulati0hS to the Blessed Leader from all Over tile world were read by tile varions representatives on the snccessful conclusion Of the twe&y-fifth veal:for his regime: ~ : '

• . In reply, tlie Khalifatul Massih , I I thanl/ed the groups and said ) "May God give y0u.the best rewards2 mad he~poitited out that the cele-

bration was held in connnemoration of the triumphant completion of fifty years by the movement. During these menlorable years. the prt~phecies of, the Promised Messiah regarding him (the present head) were fufilled. It was tiffs aspect of [he celebration which made tile occasion joyful for

? e~'erY Alnnadi ; othetavise, he Said. modesty might have ~)revented him from : ' participatinffin the fonual function of the celebration.

He prayed that tile: movement's love andsincerity-might grow and that God niight bless it abundantly, mid enable him" to serve Islam so that

' ( the satisfaction of having discharged his t rus t~truly and he ¢laight have well. " " . " . . . . . ' - 5 • . ' " :

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The |ubilee. Fnnd which consisted of voluntary contributions by- tile J meml~ers "6f the Mox'ement all over the world was presented t - t h e

1 Amcerul Mumineen. the Kbalifatul Massih I I. In accepting ttm presenta- tion. the Ho ly Leader umde an announcement regarding the application Of the Khilaf-at Jubilee Ftmd. He sa id : tha t the Fl.md :would be used toward the malntenatwe tif flae institutions and work/.s recognized b y the Hoh, Qnran as falling within the purview ;ff tlie futactibns Of 'tl~e "Holy" Prophet and tlie KImlifa~ . : \ part o f the Fund woulit=-be devolved: :to the publication of literature f o r / h e non-MoSlems in their respective lall~tla.~es; to tlle education of ihe poor . \hinadis by awai'ding scholarships, and to the bettering of the economic comliti6ns o f t h e community by promot ing industry.

Next followed the m o s t importat{t ~f all the ceremonieS, namel.v, the hoisting of the Ahfiladivva Flag by Haz ra t Ameertfl Mumii~een. Ttie flag consisted'of an oblo1{~6 piece of b'lack cloth eighteen by nine feet made of yarn spun by the female, companions of the Promised Messiah and: wo('efi by his male companions, ltl the middle of: the flag. there was a picture in White of the Minare tu l Massih: On oim side toward the free end. there was the crescent mid star in white, and on din. other , t.oward the end neares t the pole. there was the figure of the full nloon, in white. Hazra t tied the f l agwi th rope ant i .amid the prayei 's : i

O 'o.ur Lord, accept from us. verily Thou art the ffIearh~g and "l'hoit a r t the K n o w i n g .

pulled down the other end o f the rope, when tlle flag rose slowly~toward the t o p of the pole where a gust of wind spread it ou t so~ as to be-seen by all present. Tlien all the Ahmadis assentbled If{ere t o o k l~he following piedge, repeating the words, phrase by, phrase its ut tered by H a z r a t ] Ameerul Mumineen : " "

I , l promise that I. shall try. t o the last u~loulent of my life and to the best of my ability and understanding, to uphold Islam anti Ahtnadivvat ; and it) for t i fy /s t rengthen and propagate it: and shall, by the l~elp ot'7(~;od. make all conceivable sacrifice for - the end, namely, that Almladivvat .or True Islam m a y r e m a i n dominant over a l l etlier Movenlen'ts and Faiths mad its- flag- may never fly low : rather it may continue to fly,. high and above all other flags. • ? - : -

Alla-hnmma. Amin. Alia~hunmta Amin. A l l a - l m m m a A m i n . Rabbana Taquabbal A l i n n a - h m a k a Anta-ssami-nl Aleem. .

~imilarly. the flags of Klmddamtil Ahnmdiyy'a _. and of Lajtia-i-Imaillah = . were also unfurled.

The unfurling of t lae Ahmadiyya F l a g w a s a most significant event.. This is the only flag of the glorified Islam of. the latter days . This flag is the symbol of si~iritual :iniitv o f ' t he imman race and of peace and got,tl will for all mankind. . . . . ]

In conclusion, w e are hal~py" t 0 : g i v e b e l 0 w the lettei'-.we received. ] in reply to our message.of lovffltv and.c0ngraiulat ion tliat we sent to the .qupreme bead , f our movement on the-occasion of Khilafat jubilee Celebration. " . . . . " .


"' Qadian Jannary 14. 1940

Dear Brethern in .Faith" " Assalamo Alaikum. ~Peace beunto you.-) -

• . I am desii'edto acknowledge your telegram dated 23-12-39 congratu- lating Hazrat Khalif-tul-Masib H ' o n h i s Jubilee.

Your telegram was read out to the Whole gathering in the presence of H~izrat Khalifa-tul-Masih on the morning of December 28. 1939. and I have to assure you that the feelings behind your words Were deeply ap- preciated. Mar Allah ' enable You to render~greatei" sere'ice to the cause of Ahmadiyy~at"aud Islam. and" endear you more to God througla Hazrat Khalifatulmasih IL the illustrious son Of the Promised Messiah (Peace be on him). "

"By the gTace of God this unique mad historic gathering was a grand success and the forty thousand who came from all parts of the world :felt purified and elevated by the Spirit of Holihess that descended and does always descend through our heloved Master. May he live long in

health and happiness ~ to lead us. all in- the pathS~0f-divine light and pleasure and may he s!mw the \Vay 0 ( G o d to thewhole world and b l e s s

: a l l nations. Amen. " " -: - : . Yours fraternailyl

- A . R i D a r d " " . . , . - . .

Ahmadiyya Conmmnity,. - U. S. ~k. • •

: " t T h e A m m a & y v a M o v e m e n •

Encircles " " B y . "

. M i s s N i n a S t a u f f e r "

The. A h m a d i v v a m o v e m e n t w h i c h is d e s t i n e d to c a r r y the flame o f I s l am to a d a r k e n e d w o r l d f r a u g h t w i t h e r r o r a n d tm-

o o o . o ~ • . . bel ie t ha s m a d e r a p i d p r o g l e s s m the pas t twen ty - f ive years . • Th i s m o v e m e n t h a s been "g rowing s t e a d i l y des l f i te t h e - ' m a n y obstacles w h i C h h a v e ' c o n f r o n t e d its loyal suppor te r s . I t w a s still i n its i n f a n c y w h e n the \ V e s t c r n wor ld WaS e n g a g e d in a con f l i c t : t ha t was to s h a t t e r t h e v e r y f o u n d a t i o n s o f the occi- denta l mora l , polit ical and economic securit(-.

As carl>" as t h e b e # n I a i n g 0 f l t h e twen t i e th c e n t u r y , the W~{id saw- the sp i r i tua l d o m i n a t i o n i n t h e a f f a i r s o f m e n grad~ ualh, wane : Men lost. s igh t o f the F a i t h i n t h e i r des i re to


acquire materialistic gain. Science'became very pliM)le.: Vari- ous and wonderful inventions were l)roduced from man's cre- ative fancies, sonm of the .inventions which literally revolu- tionized the wheels of indtistrv.

The inhabitants of t h e East became-fascihated-with the dazzling splendors o f the \\rest. The East o p e n e d its doors to the creations of the \Vest. and stndents tra~'elled f rom the East to learn the secrets of the \Vestern civilization.-

Missionaries from the West spread Christianity to-the: farthest reaches of the earth, and in fused t h e habits o f the y J wes te rne r wi th those Of the Orient. Science was paramount. Islam declined i n the East. and even Confucius and Budha lost many of their ardent adherents. T h e w h o l e world was. being dominated b~: a nmterialistic civilization, which was slowly consuming the integrity, the religion and t h e security of the whole world. "

But there was a growing unrest in the minds of people. ?,iaterialism did not .safisfy. :People were seeking soniething spiritual. The Ahmadis were growiflg in s t rength and they were r e a d y t o embark.on a world wide program. At first the flame of their efforts was a mere gleam, lint t ime has illtimi. ~ nated the spark into a blazing torch. : -

Fourteen • hundred yea r s ago. t h e H o l y Prophet sa id that . Islam would decline dur ing the pomp a n d s h o w m a n s h i p of. the Occidental materialistic age, but ou.t of the dust of the scientific age there w})uld I)e a -new Islam arise which w o u l d be ~ l lded 1)v the Promised Messiah, and this New Islam would 1)e carried to all parts o f - t h e w o r l d . . . .

The growth df the New Islam began toward the close o~f the nineteenth centurv. ,,\t f i rs t its efforts were very feehle. lint each year the strength of a vital pulsating Islam was noted. Missions 'began to rise like tall Minarets all over the world. ,ks early as ~i921 the Gold Coast Was imadedlhs- ,~ t h e Ahmadis : end their Spir i tual teachings took root-irl fertile, soi l. T h e Nigerian Mission flourished and bv 1926 the country ivas dotted with successfu! Ahmad iyyan schools.

Throughou t French \Vest Afr ica the New Islam is send- ing its teachers, doc tors and lawyers to take their places alongside those of their Christian Countrymen. The "Niger ian Spectator" of Lagos stated: "The Ahmadiyyas seem destined to w o r k o u t a revolution in Mohammadan l i f e i n N i g e r i a . The movement is working remarkable changes in ' the life and outlook of yotmg Mohammadans. not only in Lagos but throughout in N i g a r i a . "


The lm~pagation of Islam was not to be :.abated. Th.c Ah- madis sought new fields amid the din and rush of the in~lustria] nations. They sent nlagazines and panlI)hlets to all parts of tile world. The new Faith was:mov.ing west.ward, and by 1927 a Mosque had been firmly established in Metropolitan LOndon. From England the Missionaries travelled westward carr.vmg their new faith to the United States where, they built their central mission in Chicago while they maintained slnall ntis- sions.-in several other cities. . - - " The HolyProphet Muhammad prophesied that thes tm oi r,:Iam would'i-isC i l l the west and shine in.~all parts of the world, and-his prophesy is fast being fiflfilled. Active mis/'ions are being inai!ltained in Java. central Java. Samatra, China.- !apan and Buenos Aires. A very vital nfission is found in .<ingapore, where East meets"\Vest, and where the racesof the workI join hands. Palestine. the Land o f Promise, has a sue-- ccssful Ahmadivx'a center, and valiant.eff0rts are being ex- ci'led in Cail'0,1-.~\lbania and other .well-known p l a c e s .

Press Notices April, 22, 1940

"THE SPRINGFIELD UNION

v o R E s E E S NEW WORLD

Snfi Bengalt .e . . Ih.ad:oi Moslem Mo~.-ement in U.- s.. Conducts " " Service .Here . "

Sufi explained, that t he -Mqs lems use this type of headgbar to prostrate themselves in pra3"er m o r e easily. -Fi~e i . daily prayers" are compulsory in Is- lamlsm.-namely, ,the prayer at dawn.

'ear ly afternoon, late aftei'noon., atter " smlset and" befoi'e retiring. .

Gospel of Peace .--

Chanting the Koran, pre ; (ching the i As a " c i t i z e n - o f the world." the mis- ~,,spel of world peace in Arabic and sionery said he .was traveling around p_,ining with half a dozen of Ms fellow the country preaching a gospel o f M-.,lem~ in two of t h e five daily pray- world peace, addressing not only peo- ers of Islam. SUfi M. R.Benga!?tY, head ple of :his faith but various clubs and , , / t h e Alunadi.v.va Movement in Islam societies. He" expressed fa i th that the in rhis country, led a worsl i ip service Koran, , the Bible o f the Moslems. will

a t Hotel Charles yesterday afternoon, bring sa lva t ion in a troubled World B o r n in India. ihi~ Sufi.. who" re- and foresaw a new world through Is '

"ceixZed his master 's degree from" lSUn- lamisni coming o u t o f t h e present up- j a b University. sp0ke, excell~:nt English. heaval . . • He has been the chief missionary of.the Whi le his green tuiban, brown skin. order since he arrived itr this country black bea rd and dark eyes rimmed :by in 1928. H e will-be in Sliringfield sev- " spectacles made the Sufi appear an un- t.ral d a y s . . . usual figure on Springfield Streets; he

Wearing a green turba'n, svmb01ic of was quick to draw attention from him- his status as a world missi6narv, the self to his work.


J O n e Religion

~'All prophets of G o d came with one religion." h e ' s a i d . "an~l all r e l i g i o n s are fundamenta l ly the same. It is nee-. essary that one belie~:e in all prophets

States. has l]een preaching the religion of Is lam to, Amer lcan audiences, a n d now, with the world at war. tumult and cont roversy raging .where t h e guns a r e not yet speakifig, he finds more r ea -

of God wi thout except ion . / In its w i d e s t son f o r . o p t i m i s m than he has .ever sense Islam is the religion of a l l . . known in his life. prophets, i can safely saY.t l ia t Jesus . Seated on a .lounge in the home of was a Moslem." Mistopha Hassam at 62 W i n t e r ,St..

There are abdut 80.0/00.000/Moslems Qt t incy . t h i s b lack-hearded Mohamme- in India and between 5000 and 10,000 . dan . wear ing t h e gray p r i e s t ' s l o b e s persons h a v e - b e e n conver ted to I s lam and the ~reen turban o f his order, de- - in this country in the past 20 years, the clare d his belief t h a t t he veils of mis- Sufi said, add ing that t h e purpose o f unders t and ing and miSiii terpretation

his mission .is .to help men f i n d God and establ ish worht peace.

England ca n win the stipport of In- dia in the fwar if dominion s ta tus is grail ted now. added the Sufi. This f reedom would not necessar i ly be As 16ose as that g r a n t e d Canada, but m o r e inde- pendence must be g ran ted t o - p r e v e n t ceaseless str ife.

C e r t a i n D u t i e s "

Islam. which means peace and resig- nation, includes cer ta in obl igatory d u t -

ies such a s dai ly prayers; fas t ing in tile month of Ramadan, .fixed a lmsg iv- . ing and charity, p i lgr image once a l ife: t ime if c i rcumstances .allok,. The founder of the Ahmadi);ya movement is Haz ra t Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the promised messiah, and the present head

Which h a v e d i v i ded men from one a n - ' o t h e r , Eas t and A.Vest. Nor th and South.

may be rent apar t I)y the very violence o f the conflicts iu prt ,gress and be fol: lokved by peace an,I cooperat ion.

But he is thi , lking not i n terms of months, o r . e v e n years, but in decades . -. "Fi f ty years, 100 )'cars. wnnld not b e t o 0 long f d r - t h e futfilhn~nt o f s u c h a n ide.al," he said. " l feel nlore ,~ptimis-

• tic" for .the future t h a n I have ever felt before. I th ink tha t the God. Of all rel igions .has .put this turmoil in . . the " world t o teach men t h e fundamental humani ty of all-p6oples. '"

There ~ire i n tliis coul!try, he. said, about 30,000 Moslems .who have come to this country from the Orient , and,- in addit ion, somewhere between 5000 and 10,000 converts= Some of the larger

is Ha z r a t M i r z a ' Bashi ruddin Mah- communi t ies have sizeable g r o u p s of mood Ahmam!, s e c o h d s u c e e s s o r to the M o s l e m s and t h e - r e s t a r e - s c a t t e r e d in" promised messiah. .Qadian , .PUnjab , and twos " and small g roups . i o n e ¢

India. is the world center and head- through the land: .In M a s s a c h u s e t t s quar ters iil this country is in Chicago. there are a' .few. not m o r e than 200,

and perhaps cons iderably less than T H E B O S T O N G L O B E tha t . . . . . . . . . . .

April Z6, 1940 H e poin ted out tha t a n t a g o n i s m s sep: " " -arat ing the members of ~,'arious relig-

M O S L E M M I S S I O N A R Y , . . - ions were man~made .and not caused ON Q U I N C Y V ISIT , " by a difference in t h e teaching o f : t h e " S E E S U L T I M A T E " " p r 0 p h e t s . O n :the contrary,, he a r g u e d W O R I . D U N D E R S T A N D I N G . t h e basic principles Of all of them were

- " - the sar/te and i f pract iced i n the puri ty By Carlyle H01t ir~ Which they were b r o u g h t to man-

For 12 years Sufi M . - R . Bengalee, kind by the prophets would, lead to a the Moslem miss ionary in the United .unity of religion.


.Xlr. Ileng:ilee descr ibed a debate in ~ h i c h - h e par t ic ipa ted in G r a n d - R a p i d s ~id~ a Ch r i s t i an missi6im-ry. T h e debate was caused by a r emark of h is ~,xvn tha t "Chr i s t Was a Moslem. '~ T h e Chris t ian m i s s i o n e r y cha l lenged h i m to !h.bate th is sub jec t say ing tha t he would ht:cd 0nlv five o r 10 minu tes to .prove

his. case. . - - | 'rieflY h i s a r g u m e n t was tha t J e s u s

Ju s t such a m i s s i o n a r y is Sufi M. R. Bengalee. A h m a d i - M o s l e m " minis te r . lec turer on Is lam. Ind ia and. k indred subjects , who a r r ived in th is ci ty s a t 7 u rd~ty a n d leaves foi" Bos ton today. A n a t i ' ; ' e o f I n d i a . Mr. Bcnga lee ha s been in this coun t ry for m a n y y e a r s , and dec lared las t n igh t tha t b e t w e e n 5000 and 10.000 pe r sons have been conver ted to the fa i th Of I s l a m s ince 1920. by h is

never c la imed t0"be . God h imse l f b u t m o v e m e n t . to |lc his p rophe t and the fu 'ndamenta l - Mr. :Bengalee follows the in te rpre ta - tellUlS ~,f Jesus ' : t each ings : were : firsi, t ions of I s l a m • - a s embodied in the that there was one G0d and only one, - : .Mm|adiyya moi'em~'nt, wh ich h a s es- and , t . omd. t h a t - m a n m n s t :follow his" t ab l i shed mi s s i ons in m a n y par t s of will. I s lam. he .saiil. teaelles exac t ly the wor ld . In a n i n t e r v i e w at the home that. ' l ' imt t h e r e - i s One God ancl: m a n of ..Xlohammed Moses at 340 Liber ty tml,l rt.sigi~ 7 ~ h i m s e l f to c a r r v i n g out s t r ee t las t fright, he d i scour sed a t l eng th lht.. ix.ill of (;rid. " . on ~two iteots 6 f in te res t t o the a v e r a g e

l i t . bel ieves tha t t h e reason God r e - Amer i can , the s t a t u s . o f w m n e n in the vt.alt.d himself , tl~rough so m a n y differ2 I s l a m i c s ta te and . - the sohl t ion of the cut p rophe t s a t s o m a n y different t i m e s xvorld's ecouomic prohlems, two of t h e alld l,l~tces was to o v e r c o m e the mis - - specific pecul iar i t ies of I s lam. t ~dergtandings a n t i con t rovers ies t ha t : " T h e equa l i ty of men and w o m e n by

. t't,nftl~ed, meu; I s l am, he • s a i d . hono r s the vi/'tnff of t he i r conlnlon h u m a n i t y all the l i rophets , i r ic lnding A b r a h a m , is acknowledged in ih.e Kor~m, the M o s - Most.s. j e su s , K r i s h n a . B u d d h a a n d te rn sc r ip tu re p ropounded a t the t ime

C . n f u c i u s .

" THE SPRINGFIELD" DAILY REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Mass. ;

Tuesday, April 23 , 1940

-.M~)SI.EM M I S S I f 3 N A R Y IN C I T Y

of : t im found ing of I s l a m in the seven th centur.v. I s l a m gave the r igh t of proper ty to women, Mr. Benga l ee declared . t he •first re l ig ion to t a k e t h i s step. I n addi t ion, w o m e u were g r a n t e d sp i r i tua l a n d educa t i tma t equali ty, the ta t t e r a condi t ion tha t Was on ly reached by the

s E E s ¢ ; 0 0 1 ) . MATEIC.IAL I N U.'S. so-ca l led '~civilized' I n a t i o n s in the pas t - .. - . . . . centura' ." . " . " .

Sufi M. R. I :engale6 Discus~i:s S t a t u s of " I s l am condemns the p r e sen t -day ec0- W, mlen and Solu t ion Of -W or l d ' s notate sy s t em as e n t i r e l y ' w r o n g in. i ts

Econonlic~ P r6b l ems tendency t o concen t ra te Wealth in the h a n d s of the. fe~) TIiree m a i n tenets of

The pious Chr i s t ian . par t o f . w h o s e I s lam economic life,, wh i ch wou ld i'e- ¢,ni tr ibutions to t h e c lmrch g o e s ) t o - l ie~, 'e-present condi t ion of . ! ' s t a rva t ion ward the support .o ! fo re ign missions in t h e m i d s t . o f p len ty" were ci ted by in Indi~i, China and Other places, ' m a y .-k-tt~. Benga lee ~ s : 1, "the laws of in- rcceive a severe shock on l e a r n i n g - t h a t her i tance , . by wh ich .all properD! o f a he is cons idered good m a t e r i a l for con- pe r son - i s p r o p o r t i o n a l l y " d i s t r ibu ted version hi ' n a t i v e s of those count r ies a n l o n g his ch i ldren ' a n d re la t ives a t who cont r ibu te to the suppor t of :mis- dea th : 2. the. zakat , a 2r~ pe r cent. t a x sb:,naries in t h i s " c o u n t r y . . . . - lev ied:on the surl~lns weal th of t he r ich

"4 T H E M O S L E M S U N R I S E

1 t,) he given to the poor and tised to a id e la ted in an "interview which took place time needy to obtain such things a-s at the home of .Mistopha I t a s san of 62 hi~her educa t ion: and 3 . the. absolute \Vinter street• Quincy Point. pre.sident forbidding by Is lam of the taking or of th.e Arab-Amer ican P, annei" Society. g iv ing .o f : interest ill any form. His . s e n s i t i v e . a lmost n lys t i c , face

was h e i g h t e n e d by -a volnminous grt~en turban, .anti he Wore sit'npte gray trous-

QUINCY P A T R I O T - L E D G E R ers and-hi tch-col lared jacket, the "badge F r i d a y E v e n i n g , A p r i l 2 6 ; 1 9 4 0

• o f h i s p o s i t i o n . " • " L .

S P I R I T U A L L E A D E R O F . . - Eng l and Demil i tar izes India M O S L E M S IN U. S. - : . . , . • . : " P A Y S V I S I T TO .QUINCY" - - . . . ' Ind ia i s the. tzold Sll0t in t h e Britis}~

, crown, the milch c o w ' o f - E n g l a n d / ' he declared in . Cultured' • Engl i sh accents.

" ( r " " S . Al though i t "is connnon for A m e r l . • Eng land .ha• ruled India for the. better call miss ionar ies t o b? s e n t i o India p a r t o [ 1 5 0 years, and lnd ia lias .been to make c o n v e r t s - t o the. Chr is t ian re : demi l i t a r i zed by herY - . ligion, it i s uneomm0n for a M o s l e m M r . I~,engalee is under no illusions, miss ionary tO be sent to the .Uni ted however, for he said t h a t - i f .England States to make conver t s to . the .Moslem m o v e d out ( f I n d i a bag and-bagga.~e faith. . . . - . . a t t h e p re sen t .time. [n}lla )~.'ou!d not .

• - he al)le t() defend: herself . : H e r e 12 Y e a r s " " " ~ ' T h e s o t u t i 0 n :of t h e problem is f . r /

Sufi M. R. Bengalee. M A the guest E n l and t o g i v e India domihlon statu< "'. this week 0f the Arab-Amer ican Ban- he sa id . " h i :tlfis w a r , Eng l and can ner society in .Quincy, has t h e d is t inc- . solve tter 1)roblem and xyin t h e sup- tion of being, the o n l y ,Moslem m i s ~ por t of all India ." I f this hapl)ened. Mr. s ionary to th i s country. A nat ive of Bengalee believes t h a t Ehg land cmfld. Bellgal, India, . h e Was s e n t - . t o t h e . Win the war in...which she is noxwen- Uni ted Sta tes 12 y e a r s f i g o a s the h e a d gaged. " " of t he Ahmadiyya movement in Is lam, In br ief explanati 'on of his own ore- wi th headquar te rs in. Chicago, Ill. cepts: of wbi ' id peace, he said. Ill m."

Mr. Betjgalee is one of the k(~v...men op_inion; tile wars , floods, e a r t h q u a k e s , of a wor ld wide movcmenL, t i l e c e n t e r revolut ions .and hiisiness depressions oi which is i n Oadimx Punjab, IndL't. ai-e tlie handi~,0rk Of God."

Edttot~ of Mo,~lem Sunrise. he was . H e continued, "God has sent his educated at Punjab and Ca t cu t t a /Un i - f o r ce s l i n l o rde r to br ing a b o u t a m i g h t y versi t ies a n d speaks five l a n g u a g e s - , t ra f l s format ion a n d beckuse? t h e pres-

Keenly interested i n w o r l d peace h e e n t o rde r of thhlgs has tO be destr9.ved. helieves that it is 0nly a ma t t e r of t i m e . giving a place to t i l e new world order-.

. . . . . - . . - .

before England w i l l have to gran t inde- " T h a t : n e w world order Will ..1)6 the pendence to India. H e i s cbnvineed tl3at K i n g d 0 n i o f God up0n. ear th and world India is fit to govern herself , as is any order : will b e e s t ab l i shed by. the faith o the r country, except in t i le face of ag- o f ] s l a m w h i c h in its w i des t Sense Was gression. - .- ; the: religioil o f - a l l tile prophets . T h e

"'Some oi the g r e a t e s t scientists . F-ast ~and t h e W e s t will be uu.ited fo r poets; philosophei-s, pol i t icians, and re-"-~, the 3~o,;d of humanity. . T h i s x~?ilt .be ligious reformers are Indian.7 h e de - done-by Islam.

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25

Diseases " ' ' • " " " " k Transmitted: by Por

By Tahir B. Meriwaniy

:Perhaps: one Of the earliest records of: these parasites from man is in the Chinese classical Herald of the year: 1550 B.C., where tapeworna:infections are included in a list of mala= .dies madpumpkin seeds recommended as a remedy. . Distribution of parasites transmitted b y . h o g t o men has a W0rld-wide distribution which" generallW corresponds to the distribution Of its necessary intermediate .host, the pig. Its incidence is in proportion to-the aniOunt Of :raw or.insufficiently cooked porkeaten. I t is generalivunknown anmng Muham- madans; jews, and other" pe0pte "whoSe religion forbids the eating of pork.- The Egyptians were also 0pposedtO.the eating Of pork lint their aversion f o r it was less marked than that Of-. the MuhammadanS and-Jews.. : The (;reeks & Latins, however. . regarded ' the pig as a very uncleananimal, lint One that was good for food; nevertheless. The parasites are:

• T r i ¢ . h i n e l h t s p i r a l i s ! hi Aliie t i tan hogs are. most Commonly i , , ; , m " ,The larval sta~e of TaeniS.:soliuni in swine has also

" ~ • r . " ~ " " " " " " " n d been known-for many centuries, lint the relatmn between It a the adult worm remained Unknown.until about the niiddle of the nineteenth hentury: ' It is ~ery.liEely that this larvae in~ hog was iargely responsible -for the old;Mosiac.law against the eating of pork (Leviticus XI; 8 ) , .

The pig is the normal intermediate hos t and it is probable that the adult stage is reached only bv 1nan eating pork, con- taining cvsticerci.~hl man .the cvsficer~'ihave been" found most frequenti-v in.the eve and nervoussys tem. They have also been reck;deal from1 skin. alid celhflar l'mrtions, of the nmscular tissues, the heart; liver-,"lungs' and abdonfinaI cavity.. The effect hpon the hoSt depends upoii -the number of c~;sticerci l,resent and their locati0nin .thebody. '. . .

' when occurina-.in the eve they a[fect most frequently the refina:and vitreouS"-t,0dV.. T'tid i/fiiial, symptoms are.itg6se of , cul'ai: irritati(m whirl1 tc;id Uli t~j an.clj fecbling of -tl?e !visb,n and niav result in a complefe obstruction. ~\:l~en situated in the brain the)';mav :bring about congestion -and inflammation

. . ( (" 'OHIiHHt:d l~) Iht" t , o l l o m o.f tilt" ih ' . r l p a q t ' ) .

26 T H E ~,10 S L E M S U N R I S E

Zionism ZIONISM was originally a religious movement seeking

to accelerate or exploit the fulfilhnent of the biblical promise that some d a y Jehovah's people would be restored to their land --Palestine. Among orthodox Jews to this day it is believed that

• • , " . . . . ) . . ; o .

this restorat ion is only to be achieved through d.lvme mterven- " tion and hot by the secular "mighty arm" Of any terrestrial na-

tion. In a n y case it is unlikely that the Prophets of the Old Testament thought of s.uch restoration in terms of some mun-

~dane effort to be made two thousand years or s o a f t e r their time.

Durin~ the latter ~art of the nineteenth century Europe

( Con/imted .from the b.ottom of the precedi,til paffe ) causing severe headaches, paral.~-sis and elfilel~tiform con- vulsions. • . . . , . . . .

Trichinclla spimt)is: In: America hoKs are m.~;t commnnh infected.

The worms gain-e|)trance to the digestive tract as l a rv~ encysted pork. In the intestine of .the host they are freed from: ,heir cysts and take refuge amono the villi and f,,}[ls of the 1.Ucous melhbrane of the[small i iatest ine. Here they.mature

• and capulate as earh" a.~ th'e third day after being sx~'allowed.-; By way of the lymph-channels:into Various parts of the bodY. In heavv infectionZthe parasites can be dcmonstrated in t l]~-" blood and occasionally in . the -spinal fluid, in: the latter case sometimes giving rise to clinical sy-mptoms of iueniugitis.

.-\t the result Of the presence of these parasites in the body. if the inx~asion be s.cvere nutrition may. be impaired and catar- rhal enteritis, high fex~er, great pain in the nmscles, broncho: lmeumonia~, hyperjflasia of . the mesenteric l)'mph-nodes and iatty degeneration of the lix:er max; occur.

References - 1---Animal Parasitology, Hegaaer, Root & Augustinc, 1929. 2--Intr0duction t O Hffman Parasitolog3". Chandler, 4th

Edition. ,, " 3 ~ . \ .Text-b60k of Path()logy, Francis Carter \Vood, 6 t h

Edition. " 4--,A .Textbook of P, a tholo~, ~V. G. MaeCalhm:. 5th

Editio~a.

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experienced a.minor wave of anti ,Semitism. Under those cir- cumstances there arose-Such Zionists as Leo Pinsker, Moses Hess, Kalischer and Theodore-Herz l . W i t h Herzl ' s publication "The Jewish State" Zionism became lnore than a religious issue. I t b e c a m e an economic and political issue in terms of contemporary life and events. I t became an answer to anti-Semitism. Neither: Pinsker nor Herzl , who followed him, thought of Pale.stine as the indispensable land of Zion. To them and to many o t h e r J e w i s h leaders, before and after, he (uestion centt~red tmon.the h)cati~m witlmut deiinite gco- t l . . . - • ' - • " -

graphical position, of a homeland that .would gwe the Jewish people a place and sense of security, dignity and settlement. [n such a homeland they would be able to carry out: their national life and culture in their own way and with0utm01esta- tion by "Genti les," . . . . .

But in Zionism there is a .deep-lying motive. That motive is a fear of assimilation by the various nationalities among. whom the jews have l ived ' for centuries as.secluded and se- gregated commtmities. Such isolation is symbolized by the

" G h e t t o . " And to the "Ghet to , Jews are strongly opposed. Zionism is a child of the Ghetto and,-without the Ghetto men- tality, cannot live. Zionist leaders who realize this, guard jealously the traditions, institutions, and even .superstitions

• ihat helped to maintain the particular.qualities of the Ghetto life. The5' consider, for examl)le, the preservation of Yiddish litera-

' t u r e as essential to the Jewish s ta te as the revival of Hebrew. And ye t 'Yiddish l i terature is as far f rom Hebrew life and culture, as portraved in the Old Testament, as the foul air of t h e G h e t t o i t s e l f {rom the brisk, exhi la ta t ing air of Palestine•

Since the Great W a r Zionists have agitated for Palestine on what they ferm a basis o f r ight and not of sufferance. They have.interpreted the Bal?four. Declaration. as granting, them that

right. . • "-'" " m" In a masterly article entitled " T h e Realities of zaoms

published by the Menorah Journal in Nov.-Dec., 1930, Herber t Soiowdescr ibes the various types of Zionism, and shows that Zionist leaders have adopted a chameleon-like policy by inter- preting Zionism.to fit. the occasion. In his article he says: " E v e n m o s t extreme. Ahad Haamis ts seemed to have recon- ciled .thmselves to the Situation, and the Zionist movement has merged the concepts Of a .'Cultural center ' and .the Jewish state

" in the vagnle elastic phrase 'Jewish National Home' which each


might interpret as he pleased and all might support. This compromise, an unstable mixture, was described by chemist Weizmann as 'Synthetic-Zionism' and by him-dignified as the new IdeologT."

Will Zionisln help to' solve.the Jewish problem ? The late Prof. Jas t row warned his people that f a r from

solving the Jewish problem, the Zionis t agitation _for a homeland in Palestine. will only add intensity to the hatred of the Jews by the nationals among whom they live. who woulddoubt their loyalty and invite them to go to their new homeland. The~ following is quoted from Professor Jastrow's book "ZiOnism and The Future of, Palest ine": •

"The Zionistic doctrille.as part of the religion lost its 'rai- son d'etre ' When the leWs became citizens of the country in which they.had, settled. The social instinct w h i c h impels a

-man to have free c.f intrv als0 in-events him from having more than one. The essence o f Reformed Judaism. viewed fronl the s tandp. int (Jr a student of history, lies precisely tlere~ tlmt it freed Judaism and the Jews from the double aspect o f being bound ~ both .by a religious and a political tie.-"

Even if t hewi ldes t a sp i ra t ionsof the 'Zionists are real7 ized, Palestine will be too small to hold all the Jews, or even an appreciablenuml)er of them. to affect a solution of the Jewish problenl. _,ks in tim days of file Roman ]-mpire. the Jews were persecuted because of their "amixia," so the Jews of today are persecuted in Europe and disliked in .other places because of their umvillingless .to play the game with the rest of the polm- lations in the comatries where. the) , happen to be. Whether non-assimilation of .the Jews is, pr imar i ly their :fault or not, Zionists welcome it as a :eounter ;chal lenge to .anti-Semitism. But it is this very non-assimilation which is at the root of the "Jewish problem" and not the lack of a homeland, as the ZiOn- ists wrongly assmne. : Thus ]as t row says'- - . - :

"I t see.ms s t r ange indeed to find the Zionists engaged in exert ing every nerve to tak e a step backward, while t he whole world seems bent on mov ing forward. I t seems still Stranger that Zionists should .~row enthfisiastic o v e r t h e prospect of es- tablishing a J e w i s h State. in a land which can only hold o n e -

_:tenth of the entire number of Jews in the world. " It seems strangest of all that they should favor a state which necessar- ily involves a recognition o f some bond between religi6n a n d nationality and sets up again the older conception of, a nation "


formed by a single nationality, whereas the history.0f Pales- tine itself during the past 2,000 years points unmistakably to i ts reorganization-according to the modern democratic view

the State, based on a national Unit fornjed by peoples irre- spective of descent or ethnic qualities. What is needed is a Palestinian State in which all who agree to adhere to the principles on whiCh the country of .their birth or adoption is to be organized shall have an equal share."

Far from Solving the Jewish problem, ZiOnism creates two problems where only one had previously existed. Not only does it not counteract anti-Semitism in Europe and America, but it creates a new hatred of the Jews in a Semitic land and among a Semitic people. And this new hatred, unlike the hatred of anti-Semitism, has some justification in the natural

• and legitimate national aspiration of the Arabswhich Zionism seeks to supressand destroy if possible, The case of Zionism

: as a solution of the Jewish problem is like the case of a certain village idiot in the interior of Syria who had the habit of hit- ting the first one he met before him when somebody hit him from behind. The Arabs had nothing to. do with anti-Semit- ism, but they were the ones to bear the brunt of the. reprisal. And the more intense the anti-Semitic rage grows, i t seems, the more-intent the Zionists are on ',taking it out on the Arabs !"

Far from solving the Jewish problem, Zionism evades it. This interpretation :is Substantially that of. the "Cultural

Zionist" represented by Dr. Magnes of the Hebrew University and Asher Ginsberg, who assumed the pen-name of "Ahad- haam" or One of the People. It may be added that the Arabs are not averse to this school of Zionism which seems to have been pushed into the background by the more active arid ag- gressive political and nationalist zionists, especially the Re- visionist followers of Vladimir Jabotinsk~. The present crisis in Palestine wouldhave been prevented had Zionist leaders l{eeded tla~warning of Chancellor Magnes:

"The Joshua meth0d is not the way for us of entering the Promised Land. The. retention of bayonets against the

Will of the majority' of the population.is repugnant to men of good will. and the Eternal People should rather con-

. tinue its long wait ,than attempt to establish a Home in the H o l y L a n d except on terms of understanding and pe~.ce." ~ "

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Vincent S h e e a n i n his book "Personal History" says o f Zionism" "The Zionist policy w~tS historically without significance. It mlght delude two or three generations of Jews who would be better employed in other enterprises; it might flu- miliate and bewilder the Arabs of Palestine a n d the SurroundL ing Arab provinces ;.it might give rise to repeated catastrophes of the kind I had just witnessed (in 1929). But in the end it would be swallowed up in the larger changes through which the world must pass if it Xvas to emerge f rom chaos and-sub- mit to the rule of r e a s o n . . . Even tfiough the central idea 0 f . Zionisin came from something profoundly established in the Jewish heart, the ancient nostalgia for Jerusalem, its political expression was trivial, A nolAeemotion had here been adapte.d to small, shabby uses and served no ends but those of imperiaP ism . . . The experience in Palestine had abundantly proved: that the Zionist policy belonged not to the forces of light but to the forces of darkness. It kept an Arab population in sub- jection for the achievement of an end unjustifiable in the logic of history, and in its delusion and obfuscation: of the Jewish genius it robbed the general world of whatmight have been-- what still must be a powerful resource. To fight anti-Semit- ism on its own ground was the duty of every Civilized hmnan being,but that duty could never be fulfilled bv attempting to expropriate a part of the Arabworld: Two wrongs, in the

• 9 9 twentieth as in other centuries, were still two x~ rongs.

Is Zionism a Fulfi l lment of Biblical. Prophecy? . - . - -

In answering this question one nmst keep in mind two varying interpretations of the biblical prophecy the J ewi sh . and the Christian.

Taking the latter first we find thatl theComing of. the Mes- siah has already been accomplished in Jesus of N'azareth, and the S.n of. David. The fulfillment o f the Oh l Testament lW()l)hecies, in s() far as they refer to a golden age that has not vet materialized in t)ur tr(;ul)led world, is l~nkect in Claristia|| the(Jlogv with the Second Comin.~ of Christ, the-Milleniai ARe and the final Day 0( Judgment,. It has nothing to do anymore with the reestablishment of the Chosen People in Z ion~cer - tainlv not as non-helievers anlldeliers of the Chrisl~ that has come. ha' the l']l)istle to) the Romans (Chaps. 9:11) ~t. t,aul makes this, very Clear. The true .qons of Israel and (if the Promise are n~ more;t!le _Jews as such. but all those who have

T H E M O S L E M S U N R I S E 3! J

believed in Christ and His Gospelof grace. "For they are not all lsrael , . that are of Israel: •neither, because they are Abra- ham's seed, are they all children." ( R o ; 9 : 6 and 7 ) St. Paul makes clear that the'defection and lack of faith of the Israelites " is only f o r a t ime,:when they will finally believe in him and the

iul lness of grace will have heen attained. "For as v e i n times past were disobedient to Go d ,bu t now have obtained mercv b~¢ their disobedience,-even so have these also been disobedient, -that by the mercy shown to vou they also may obtain mercy (Ro. 11 !30 and 31). 2\ny restoration 0 f : t h e J e w s to Zion, i~1

• any poli t icalor physical sense was Very remote.from St . Paul s mi.nd. But should Such an idea have been present in his mind, it is quite obvious that it should be as reward fo r faith in ChrisL

-and then all the faithful wouhl be considered on a footin.~ of equality, a s spiritual children of Israel. .

P i o u s Christians who suppor t zionism and give it their moral and mundane blessing should .renieinber tha t :wha t the Zionists are attempting and what they themselves conceive as the restoration of Israel a re two different things.

But ex~en on the basis of the Jewish interpretation present- day Zionism is . far from a fulfillment o f the Old Testament prophecies. Throughout the prophecies about the restoration (Isaiah, Zachariah, Micha, Joel, the Psalms) it made, not only clear, bu t emphatic, that th i s restoration 'is to take place [hi'onK(1 ]ehovah s intervention, ifl a miraculous manner , and after •the subjugation of the Gentiles. In Isaiah .we find reference to Cyrus as -the " :knnoin tedof . Jehovah": a t whose, hands the restoration was to.take place, thus putting the flfifillment ~tf the prophecy way in the past. T h e Maccabees' reVolt was also considered a fu'ifillment of such a prophe~:_v. But nowhere {n the Old Testament is there any reference to a restoration 2,000 years in the. future, through a"Chr i s t i an" Power whose , e r r name Was n0t knoxvn to the prophets of the Old "Festa-

. .

,,uent. Fur the rmore . the ()ld Testament prophets knew nothing-

o('Xionists) who were athei,~ts, xvh~ mocked the very ftmda- menrals of lewish religion, and who were out and out materi- ali.,:rs that f)elieved not in the soul. the Messiah or life after death.

\Ve all know that such Zionists tl~da\" are t h e ones Wlao are mhkin~ the greatest a.~itati0n fin" the lioSsessi0n of Pales- . . . . ; . . . . . ~ " , ,

fine and for niakin.'5,; it "as Jewish a s England is En~hsh. " " ( ( ' t n i l i f t m ' d 1o llti; I , o t l o m o f t h e n e x t pa .qc)

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Western Writers onthe Holy Prophet Muhammad andlslam

"Muhammad naturally gave offence to the Qoraish, keep- ers of the Ca'abah, superintendents of the Idols. One or two men of influence had.joined him; the thing spread~ Slowly, but it was spreading. Naturally he gave offence to everybody: Who is this that pretends to. be wiser than we all; that- rebukes us all~ as mere fools and worshippers of wood! Abu Talib, the good uncle,, spoke with him-: Could he 'not be silent about all that; believe it all for himself, and not trouble others, anger the chief men, . endanger himself and them all, talking of it? Muhammadanswered: I¢ the-Sun stood on his right hand and the Moon on his; left, ordering him to hold .his peace, he. Could not obey! N o : there was something in this Truth he had got which wagof Nature herseff; equal in rank to Sun, o r Moon. or whatsoever thing Nature had made. It woiald speak itseff there, so long asthe' Almighty allowed it, in ispite o f Sun and Moon, and all ~.oraish a n d all men and things. It must do that, and could do no other. " Muhammad answered so; and, they say, 'burst int6 teai-s., Burst into tears: he felt that Abu Talib was good to him : that the task he had got was no soft. but a stern and great:one.

( Coniiuucd. from the bottom of lhe iitst pa.qe)

Vincent Sheehan, in his "PerSonal History, speaks ot those- atheistic Zio~aists to whom the.whole s1~ectagle of. lewish and Arah r/eligious fervor was a mockery, savin.~:

"Being themselves ahnost completel)~ irreli.~ious, they could not understand the intimate, unreasoning passion with which a 51-oslem regards his-yel!gion arid hisshrines." And from tlle pages of:his f,ascinatin~ account of his Visit to the Holy Land. alid his close observations of the riots that fol- hmbd the \Va.iling Wall incident, it is equally obvious that" daose Zionists had as little Understanding .of the rel i~ous pa: sion Of their own Jewish people, the Ch'thodox Jews. mostl .qhel~hardic. who often recoil from the modern Zionists and who consideT-tlie modern zionistic interpretation of the "restoration" a s a n i m p i o u s and arrogant o n e .

- -. (\Vhither- Palestine)

?He went on speaking to who would listen t oh im ; puhlish- in~ his Doctrine among the Pilgrims as they came to Mecca" gaining adherents in th is place iand that. Cont inual contra- diction, hatred, olden or secret da~nger attended him. His powerful relations protected Muhammad himself: but by and by, ,,n his own advice, all his adherents had to 'quit Mecca, and st~ck refuge.in Abyssinia over the sea. The Ooraish grew ever afigrier: laid plots, and swore oaths anaong them, to put Muhammad to death with their own hands. Abu Talib was &.a,l. t h e good Khadijah was dead. Mnhammad is not solic- its,us of sympathy from us; but his outlook at this t i m e was ~meof the most d i smal , l le had to hide in caverns; escape in dis.~uise: fly hither and thither; homeless, in continual peril ,,( his life. More than once it seemed all-over with him; more

• " ' e fr ight than once i t turned.on a straw, some rider s hors taking , ,,r the like, whether Muhammad and his Doctrine .had not ended there, aRd not heen heard Of at all. Bu t i t was -not

to end so. "'In the thii'tecnth year ~}t" his mission, finding his enemies

all banded against him. -forty sworn men, one ot/t of every tribe, waiting to take his ~life; an;1 no continuance possible at Mecca for him any longer, Muhammad fled to ,the place then called Yathreb, where he had gained some adherents:, the place• they, m~w call ,Medina, or 'Medinat-un-Nabi, the City of the Prophet, from that circumstance. It lay some 200 miles off , through rocks and deserts "•not Without great difficulty, in such mood as we may fancy, he escaped-thitlaer, and founa welcome. The whole East dates its area from this flight, Hegi ra as they name it: the year 1 of this Hegi ra is 622 of our E ra , the fifty-third

. a " I of Muhammad s life.• H e was now becomin]~ an old man :.his friends ~inking. round him one by one; his path desolate, en- compassed with danger : unless he could find hope in his own heart. the. outward face 'of things was but hopeless f o r him. It is so with all men in the like case. Hi ther to Muhammad had professed to publish his Religion by WaY of preaching and per~ suasion alone. But now.-dr~venifouilv'out' of his native Coun- try, since unjust men had no t only gi{,en no ear to llis. earnest IIeavefl+s message, the-deep Cry of his heart, but would not e~;en let him live if b e k e p t speaking it.---the wild. Son of the Desert resol\,ed to defend himself, like a man and Arab: If the Ooraish~ wil l h a v e it so, they shall have it .- Tidings,. felt to l~e of infinite m o m e n t to them, and all men, they would not listen to these: would t rample . them down by sheer .violence,

I steel and nmrder : wel l let steel {r3r it then! Ten years more this .Muhammad h a d : a l l o f fighting, of breathless impetuous toil ,m,1 s t ruggle :wi th what result we know.". (To l~c colitimted)

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