Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Jama'at-i-Ahmadiyya, believe that the elected leader of their community, the Khalifatul Masih, is the second manifestation of the Khalifat (first being the Khilafat e Rashida which ended with Ali the son in law of Prophet Muhammad) and that Allah has assured Ahmadi Muslims that this Khalifat will endure to the end of time. The Khalifat provides unity, security and progress for the Jama’at-i-Ahmadiyya. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ; sometimes called the Qadiani community, after the locality of Qadian, India) is based on the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (born 1839/40). ... Caliph is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ...

Members of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, or Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam, (who also call themselves Ahmadi Muslims) do not subscribe to this belief. The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (not to be confused with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association), formed as a result of an ideological differences[1] between the Ahmadiyya Community (also known among some Muslim groups as Qadianism), after the demise Maulawi Nur ud-Din in 1914, the first... OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

List of Caliphs

• 1. Hazrat Al-Haaj Maulana Hakeem Nooruddin (1908-1914)
• 2. Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad (1914-1965)
• 3. Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad (1965-1982)
• 4. Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1982-2003)
• 5. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (2003-present)

See also

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
• Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement (Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam)

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ; sometimes called the Qadiani community, after the locality of Qadian, India) is based on the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (born 1839/40). ... The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam (not to be confused with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association), formed as a result of an ideological differences[1] between the Ahmadiyya Community (also known among some Muslim groups as Qadianism), after the demise Maulawi Nur ud-Din in 1914, the first...

External links

• Khalifa Masih
• Concept of Khalifat