Mirza Tahir Ahmad (* 18 December 1928 in Qadian, † 19 April 2003 in London) was Khalifatul Masih IV. Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected to this post in 1982, the day after the death of his predecessor, Mirza Nasir Ahmad. He was the youngest son of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph and step-brother of Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third Caliph. He graduated from Jamia Ahmadiyya (Theological Academy) at Rabwah, followed by higher studies in London, UK. In 1974 he was also nominated the member of the ahmadiyya delegation which appeared in the Parliament of Pakistan to defend the beliefs of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Parliament subsequently decided to declare all Ahmadi's as non-Muslims. Mirza Tahir Ahmad is credited with making proselytizing mandatory for every Ahmadi Muslim resulting in progressively increasing number of converts at the yearly occasion of International Baait. The community experienced structural and financial growth during his time. He launched in 1994 the first Muslim satellite television network by the name of Muslim TV Ahmadiyya is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Qadian( ਕਾਦਿਆਂ ) is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 km east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Jamaat-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... The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ) is one of two communities arising from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835-1908). ... In Talmud, there is a passage which indicates that on the death of the Messiah his spiritual Kingdom will pass to his son and grandson. ... The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ) is based on the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835-1908). ... In Talmud, there is a passage which indicates that on the death of the Messiah his spiritual Kingdom will pass to his son and grandson. ... Rabwah (Urdu: ربوہ) is a city in the Punjab province Pakistan with a population of 48,700 (2003) people located near the historical city of Chiniot in the district of Jhang. ... Muslim TV Ahmadiyya (MTA) is the global satellite TV network run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. ...

Early life

Mirza Tahir Ahmed was born on 18 December 1928. He obtained his early schooling at Qadian and joined the Government College Lahore in 1944, a few months after the death of his mother (Maryam Begum). After graduating with distinction from the Ahmadiyya Missionary College Rabwah, he obtained his honours degree in Arabic from the University of Punjab, Lahore.   (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور, pronounced ) is the capital of the Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. ... Rabwah (Urdu: ربوہ) is a city in the Punjab province Pakistan with a population of 48,700 (2003) people located near the historical city of Chiniot in the district of Jhang. ... University of Punjab is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. ...

In 1955, he visited England for the first time with his father, who advised him to remain there to improve his knowledge of the English language and acquaint with European social habits. He studied for 2 and a half years at SOAS, University of London. He returned in December 1957 without achieving any degree. Instead, during his stay in London, he visited different parts of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and also some parts of Western Europe. School of Oriental and African Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (often abbreviated to SOAS) was founded in 1916 primarily as an institution to train British administrators for colonial postings, and has grown into one of the worlds foremost institutions for the study of Asia and Africa. ... Website http://www. ...

Upon his return in 1957 he married Asifa Begum, and was appointed the vice president of the newly founded Waqf-e-Jadid foundation. The main task of the Waqf-e-Jadid was to educate the community members living in rural areas of Pakistan. Due to his work in this foundation, Mirza Tahir Ahmad acquired vast experience with Ahmadies from various fields of life across the Indian sub-continent. It was as part of his work in Waqf-e-Jadid that he also started treating poor people with homeopathic medicines and acquired a lot of experience in this field. Homeopathy (also spelled homœopathy or homoeopathy), from the Greek words homoios (similar) and pathos (suffering), is a controversial system of alternative medicine involving the use of remedies without chemically active ingredients. ...

During the parliamentary investigations regarding the status of the community a delegation comprising of 5 members was sent under the leadership of the third Caliph Mirza Nasir Ahmad. This delegation included the Caliph, Abu-al-Atta Jalandhari, a well known Ahmadi scholar, Dost Mohammad Shahid, official historian of the community, Mohammad Ahmad Mazhar, a well known lawyer, and Mirza Tahir Ahmad. After several days of discussions, the Ahmadiyya Community was declared Non-Muslim by the Pakistani National Assembly. This has remained their constitutional and legal position in Pakistan to this day. In Talmud, there is a passage which indicates that on the death of the Messiah his spiritual Kingdom will pass to his son and grandson. ...

Family

Hazart Mirza Tahir Ahmad was the son of Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Community, from his wife Syeda Maryam Begum.

Hazart Mirza Tahir Ahmad was happily married to Asifa Begum up to her death on April 3, 1992. His marriage bestowed him five daughters, one of whom died at early age. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Caliphate

The Jamaat's electoral college selected Mirza Tahir Ahmed as the new successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and head of the community on June 10, 1982. is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

After taking office, Mirza Tahir Ahmad worked to restore Jamaat with a new passion. The Anti-Ahmadiyya ordinance, passed by General Zia ul Haq's government on 26 April 1984, compelled him to leave Pakistan immediately, details of this journey can be found in the book "A man of God" by Ian Adamson. He decided to come to England where he established his base during his years of exile. Gen. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Exile (band) may refer to: Exile - The American country music band Exile - The Japanese pop music band Category: ...

Mirza Tahir Ahmad died from heart failure in 2003. He was buried at his house in Islamabad, Surrey. After his death, Mirza Masroor Ahmad was elected as the fifth Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

Muslim Television Ahmadiyya

One of the achievements of his life was the initiation of the Muslim Television Ahmadiyya. This satellite based channel was started in 1992 with a weekly one hour program, broadcasting the Friday sermon of the head of the community. The main purpose of the channel at that time was to establish direct contact with the main body of ahmadies especially in Pakistan. With time, the program was extended in time and also in the area of broadcasting. It now includes full 24-hour services all over the world and consists of three channels. Important events of the community are televised in most major languages of the world. Mirza Tahir Ahmad had to give long hours of his already constrained time to start the transmissions. MTA (Muslim Television Ahmadiyya) is a satellite TV network, run and funded by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. ...

International Ba'ait

Another added feature to the community activities was the international initiation ceremony, which was started by Mirza Tahir Ahmad during the annual convention of the community in Surrey, UK. The ceremony was broadcast live across the world and the new converts join the community by pledging their allegiance to the Khalifa in the traditional Islamic manner. The head of the community accepts the oath of alligence. The International Baait was started by Mirza Tahir Ahmad in 1993 along with a scheme of propagation.

Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth

Mirza Tahir Ahmad wrote among many others, a book named Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth which was a further development on a talk he gave in Zurich, Switzerland. There, in 1987 Professor Dr. Karl Henking, Professor of Ethnology, University of Zurich invited the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to deliver a lecture on Islam. On Thursday, the 14 June 1987 at 8.15 p.m., the proposed lecture was delivered under the title Rationality, Revelation, Knowledge, Eternal Truth. The students, evidently intrigued by the title, thronged Oule (the great auditorium) which became filled to capacity so that additional arrangements had to be made in another hall with provisions for relaying the proceedings through television screens and loudspeakers. The lecture was developed further in its subject matter and material over the period of almost 10 years and finally published in the form of a book, entitled, Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth. Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth is a book written by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from 1982 to 2003. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Ahmadi Muslims are followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth is a book written by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from 1982 to 2003. ...

In this magnum opus Mirza Tahir Ahmas argued that Socrates was a prophet of the ancient. The apparent prophetic qualities of Socrates are indeed a subject for debate. The constant reference to the oracle and how it performs the active function of a moral compass by preventing him from unseemly acts could easily be taken as a reference to - or substitute for revelation. Similarly, Socrates often refers to God in the singular as opposed to the plural[1]. Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera), from the Latin meaning great work,[1] refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer, and most commonly one who has contributed a very large amount of material. ... This page is about the Classical Greek philosopher. ... Revelation of the Last Judgment by Jacob de Backer Revelation is an uncovering or disclosure via communication from the divine of something that has been partially or wholly hidden or unknown, which could not be known apart from the unveiling (Goswiller 1987 p. ...

Writings, Speeches and Question-Answer-Sessions

Books

• Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth – Comprehensive book by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IVrh that examines the relationships between science, philosophy and religion. (English [2] | Arabic [3])
• Sawaney Fazl - E - Omer - Official Biography of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.[4]
• An Elementary Study of Islam [5] (Book)
• Gulf Crisis and The New World Order (English [6]| Arabic) [7]
• Christianity - A Journey from Facts to Fiction [8](Book)
• MURDER in the NAME of ALLAH [9](Book)
• Zahaqal Baatil (Urdu [10]|Arabic [11] |English [12])
• Reality of punishment of apostasy in Islam (Urdu) [13]
• Khatame-Nabbuwat (Urdu pdf) [14]
• Homeopathy [15](Book)
• Some Distinctive Features of Islam [16](Book)
• Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues (English [17] |Urdu [18]) (Book)
• Kalam-e-Tahir (Poetry Book)

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ) is based on the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835-1908). ... The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Arabic: الجماعة الأحمدية; transliterated: ) is one of two communities arising from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat founded in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (1835-1908). ...

Majlis-e-Irfan (Question-Answer-Session)

• Unity of God [19]
• Hazrat Imam Mahdi (as) [20]
• Future of Western Society (Majlis Irfan) [21]
• Natural Disasters (Majlis Irfan) [22]
• Prophet's Guide Mankind to God (Majlis Irfan)
• Investment, Interest and Islam (Majlis Irfan)
• Gulf War: Quotations from Sermons [23]
• Natural Disaster or Divine Punishment [Part I [24]|Part II [25]|Part III [26]|Part IV [27]|Part V [28]
• Life After Death (Majlis Irfan) [29]
• Faith and Reality (Majlis Irfan) [30]
• Lord Krishna and Jesus Christ (Majlis Irfan) [31]
• The Journey Within (Majlis Irfan) [32]
• Attainment of Inner Peace (Majlis Irfan) [33]
• Inspiration, Revelation, and Belief (Majlis Irfan) [34]
• The Philosophy of Revival of Religion
• Universal and Moral Values, Politics and World Peace [35]
• Finality of Prophethood (English pdf) [36]
• With Love to the Muslims of the World - The Ahmadiyya Perspective
• THE PHILOSOPHY OF REVIVAL OF RELIGION [37]

References and external links

• Tahir Foundation Website
• Life Sketch of Mirza Tahir Ahmad at Official Homepage
• Muslim Television Ahmadiyya's Website
• A Man of God

See also

• Ahmadi