USA: So-Cal Ahmadiyyas celebrate Promised Messiah Day

Ahmadi Muslims all over the world convene “Promised Messiah Day” around March 23 in honor of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who they contend was a wholly devoted and subordinate follower-prophet of the Prophet Muhammad and as such did not bring any new law or Holy Book.

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By India Post | April 8, 2011

California chapters of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community gathered at the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino for their annual celebration of Promised Messiah Day. The event, with 350 local-area members in attendance, was chaired by Mr. Asim Ansari, president of the Inland Empire branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Ansari touched on the historical and spiritual reasons for the celebration. He said that the long-awaited appearance of the Promised Messiah and Reformer in Islam was prophesied in the Holy Quran and Traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.


Mr. Ansari stated the Ahmadi belief that the promised appearance of the Imam Mahdi and awaited Messiah had been fulfilled with the advent of just one person, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, who laid the foundation for the Community on March 23, 1889.

Ahmad wrote more than 80 books in his lifetime presenting a reformist, rational and non-violent view of Islam based on the true teachings of the Holy Quran and the example and sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Ahmad defended Islam with the pen and not the sword and successfully divested Islam of its corruptions and superstitions, restoring it to its original pristine purity.

In celebration of this achievement, Ahmadi Muslims all over the world convene “Promised Messiah Day” around March 23 in honor of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who they contend was a wholly devoted and subordinate follower-prophet of the Prophet Muhammad and as such did not bring any new law or Holy Book.

Ahmadi Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final law-bearing prophet, who was given (via verbal revelation by the angel Gabriel) the Holy Quran, which Ahmadis believe in and follow completely, as well as striving to always live by the example (Sunnah) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Muslims who follow this 19th century reformer, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, believe he is the Imam Mahdi and Promised Messiah and are known as Ahmadis – their official motto is: “Love for All – Hatred for None.”

Following Mr. Ansari’s opening remarks, several speakers addressed the audience on a number of different subjects relating to the celebration.

The concluding remarks by Imam Shamshad Nasir featured a talk on the main mission of the Promised Messiah which was that his followers should become spiritually and morally purified and demonstrate the highest levels of righteousness. The Imam explained this in more detail by telling how the Promised Messiah encouraged his followers to manifest these qualities:


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