Ahli Bai‘at, or members of a family, a term specially used for the family (wife and children) of a Prophet.
Oath of ‘Aqba, or Oath of Allegiance taken at Mecca by the earliest Muslim converts from Medina, so called after the spot where it took place.
Amir, or head—title assumed by Maulawi Muhammad Ali after secession from Qadian.
Anjuman, or Association. See also Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya.
Ansar, or helpers—term used for the early Muslim converts of Medina.
Ansarullah, or helpers of God, an association founded by Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih (ra) the Second, in the lifetime of Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih (ra) the First.
Athim, or sinner—an epithet used by Maulawi Muhammad Ali for Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih II (ra).
Azlam, or extreme wrong-doer, epithet used by Maulawi Muhammad Ali for Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih II (ra).
Bai‘at, oath of allegiance, sworn on the hand of a Prophet or his Khalifa.
Bai‘at-e-Dam, or oath sworn as a guarantee against desertion at the time of Jihad.
Bai‘at-e-Irshad, or oath of allegiance sworn as a . sign of spiritual advance.
Bid‘at, or innovation in religious belief or practice.
Chakrhalawi, or belonging to Chakrala—a term used for a follower of Muhammad Abdullah of Chakrala, who taught the self-sufficiency of the Holy Quran, and excluded the Hadith and the Sunna from Muslim authorities.
Durud, or soliciting blessings of God on the Holy Prophet (sas) of Islam.
Fasiq, or one who rebels—term used for deniers of Khilafat.
Hanafis, or followers of the Hanafi school of juristic thought in Islam, so called after the founder Imam Abu Hanifah.
Hijrat, or migration from one’s own home to another place in the interests of one’s faith, usually to escape persecution—-a term employed for the migration from Mecca to Medina of the Holy Prophet of Islam and his earlier followers. See Muhajirin.
Istikhara, or prayer addressed to God to solicit His assistance in any matter.
Jalsa, or public gathering esp. of the Ahmadiyya Community at Qadian.
Kalima, or creed of Islam: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad (sas) is His Prophet.”
Khalifa, or successor to a Prophet (as).
Khalifatul-Masih, or successor to the Promised Messiah (as), the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement.
Khilafat, or line or institution of successors to a Prophet elected by the Community of believers.
Kharijis, or Kharijites or seceders, technically an early sect of Islam which rose to prominence by their denial of Hazrat Ali (ra), the fourth Khalifa of Islam.
Kufr, or unbelief, a term applied to the denial of a Prophet.
Madinatul Masih, or the Town of the Promised Messiah (as), name used for Qadian, but by the Lahore Party for Lahore—after the split.
Majaz, or resemblance, used to denote moral and spiritual affinity between one person and another.
Maqbara Bahishti, or The graveyard founded at Qadian by the holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, under Divine command and guidance.
Mu’min, or believer.
Mubashsharat, or prophecies bearing glad tidings about the future.
Muhaddath, or a partial Prophet or one less than a Prophet.
Muhajirin, (Sing: Muhajir) or those who leave their homes for the sake of the faith.
Mujaddid, or reformer promised to Muslims at the head of every century.
Mukaffir, or one who pronounces another a kafir or unbeliever.
Nabi, or Prophet or spiritual leader raised by God, and one whose acceptance is obligatory on all.
Nubuwwat-e-Ahkam, or prophethood embodying religious laws.
Nubuwwat-e-Ghair Tashri‘i, or prophethood to serve a law-bearing Prophet.
Nadwatul ‘Ulama’, organisation of orthodox Muslim theologians at Lucknow.
Namaz, or Islamic institution of worship.
Pir, a lesser spiritual leader or miracle-worker,— contemptuous term used by the Lahore Party for Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih II (ra).
Pirzada, or son or descendant of a Pir.
Qibla, or direction of the Kaaba, the holy precincts at Mecca. Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, or Central Ahmadiyya Association at Qadian, which looks after the activities of the Ahmadiyya Movement in all parts of the world.
Shahid, or person holding spiritual status next to a Siddiq. See Siddiq.
Shirk, or any belief or practice inconsistent with or offensive to the Oneness of God.
Siddiq, or person holding spiritual status next to a Nabi or Prophet.
Tahajjud, or voluntary prayers said before daybreak.
Tahmid-u-Tasbih, or uttering praises of God.
Zill, (Lit. a reflex) or a follower who attains to a spiritual status through obedience to a founder, a term used for the relation which the Promised Messiah (as), the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement has to the Holy Prophet (sas) of Islam. In similar sense is used the word Buruz. See also Majaz.
Zilliyyat, Process of attaining to the status of a Zill.