Love of the Holy Qur’an

Mian Muhammad Aslam from Amritsar, a non-Ahmadi, came to Qadian in 1913. He writes about Hazrat Khalifatul Masih I(ra):

Maulavi Nur-ud-Din(ra) is currently the sole leader of the Ahmadi Community being the Khalifah of Mirza Sahib. I have the experience of sitting for two days in his instructional meetings where he preached and gave lessons of the Holy Qur’an. Reflecting over his work, I have found him of extremely pure nature who works solely and sincerely for the sake of Allah the Almighty. This is because Maulavi Sahib’s conduct is totally free of pretence and hypocrisy, and his heart is filled with a great love for the truth of Islam. This exudes from his sincere heart like crystal clear bubbling spring water, the source being his full cognizance of the Unity of God. This manifests itself through the commentary of the verses of the Holy Qur’an that he makes for the beneficence of those who are intensely eager for spiritual discernment. If the true Islam is the Holy Qur’an, then I have not seen the kind of love for the Holy Qur’an in any other person as I have seen it in the Maulavi Sahib. It is not as if he is compelled to do so by way of keeping up tradition. No, not at all! He is rather a tremendously philosophical person who has fallen in love with the Holy Qur’an through incredible rational critique. I listened to his lessons of the Qur’an, and the amazing philosophical commentary of the Holy Qur’an that he makes; there are hardly a handful of people in the world today who would have the ability to match it. (Badr, March 31, 1913, Hayat-e-Nur, pp. 611–612)

There is a will that Dr. ‘Abdus Sattar Shah(ra) left for his children. He said:

Make the Holy Qur’an your modus operandi. Be ever engaged in obediently following the sunnah of the Prophet(sa), and remain ever-ready to help promote the Ahmadiyyah Movement and to propagate Islam. Prepare your next generations to abide by for these matters as well. (Hazrat Doctor Sayyed ‘Abdus Sattar Shah Sahib, p. 193)

Each Ahmadi should keep this counsel in mind at all times. Hazrat Mirza ‘Abdul Haq writes about Hazrat Maulana Bakhsh(ra):

He had a special passion for the Holy Qur’an. Despite ill health and weakness, he was always determined to listen to the discourses of the knowledge and the verities of the Holy Qur’an, so that he could gain the knowledge and the truths. During one period, for many months during the winter he would come from Dar-ul-Fadl neighborhood to Dar-ur-Rahmat for the morning Salat only because Maulana Ghulam Rasul Rajeki(ra) gave lesson of the Holy Qur’an in that mosque. During Ramadan-ul-Mubarak he would be assiduous in attending the lessons in Aqsa Mosque…. He would read the Holy Qur’an profusely and thoughtfully. Wherever he derived benefit from it he would share it with others. It is said that in his last years he would read the Qur’an several times a day with a notebook and pen besides him. Each time he deciphered the finer points of a verse, he would note it and would read it to his family later on.

Mirza Sahib adds:

[When he would be reading to his family,] it seemed from his facial expressions that it was his heartfelt wish that his children should passionately love the Holy Qur’an. (Ashab-e-Ahmad, vol. 1, pp. 151–152, published in 1951)

When a young Gambian Christian accepted Ahmadiyyat, his mother opposed him vigorously. At first he tolerated it but when she started insulting the Holy Qur’an he left home and did not return. (Damimah Monthly Ansarullah, September 1987, p. 6)

In the distant countries of Africa, such miracles are taking place to this day as well.

Islam permits four marriages, which some take as a commandment. Anyway, the permission is there. It is a tradition in Africa in certain tribes where a man has high standing or wealth or is a chief that he marries more than four and up to nine to ten women. When ‘Ali Roger of Sierra Leone accepted Ahmadiyyat he was a young man and had twelve wives. The missionary of the Community, Maulana Nazir Ahmad ‘Ali, told him that now that he was an Ahmadi, according to Qur’anic teaching he could keep only four wives. He would have to divorce and send off the rest with livelihood maintenance. Not only did he promptly act on this instruction, but on his suggestion he kept the first four wives and let the younger ones go. This change was revolutionary.

Another missionary, Yunus Khalid, writes:

V. V. Kahlo accepted Ahmadiyyat as a result of a vision at the time of Maulana Muhammad Siddiq Amritsari. Later he also served as the Amir of Ahmadiyyah Community in Sierra Leone. Before accepting Ahmadiyyat he had a totally liberal lifestyle, so liberal that by profession he was a dancer. However, soon after bai‘at he brought about changes in himself and made a reputation in taqwa (righteousness) and purity, worship, fear of Allah the Almighty and honesty. Allah the Almighty conferred great successes on him. He was also the paramount Chief of his area — an area where large diamond mines were located. The Chiefs in those area wield great power. If he wanted he could have taken advantage making huge amounts of money. However, due to the beautiful and pure teachings of Ahmadiyyat, he considered such wealth haram (forbidden) for himself and lived a simple life. It was also well known in the higher ranks that Mr. Kahlo was an extremely honest paramount Chief; neither would he take bribe nor he would permit his staff to do so.

When he fell ill I went to visit him one day. He called me and said: ‘Yunus, I constantly see kalimah written in green letters in front of me, what is the reason for this?’ I replied: ‘Chief, this is the outcome of your fervent love of Allah the Almighty and for the Holy Prophet(sa).’ I continued to visit him for two months and he repeatedly said that he constantly had the kalimah in green letters in front of his eyes. When he was admitted to the hospital and was breathing his last, an Ahmadi friend Mr. Koji held him by the arm and said Chief, say:1

which he repeated. Next Mr. Koji said:2

which he also repeated and right then he breathed his last.