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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
.......... The HOPE Bulletin ………..
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Akbar Abdullah, Editor We are pleased to bring you a report and
photographs of the 2010 Salana Duiayya.
We thank our Hazrat Ameer, Dr. Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha Sahib,
for his support and for making it
possible for us to have the photographs, and Br Shaukat A. Ali,
Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Region, for his
submission on this important event in our Jama‘at’s
calendar.
As always, we welcome your comments.
REPORT BY SHAUKAT ALI
Attendance at Salana Duaiyya - 2010
I arrived at Lahore International Airport on 23 December and was
picked by the General Secretary, Amir
Aziz, and Asst. General Secretary, Adil Khan, and taken to Darus
Salam.
Those members who have been to Darus Salam know that as soon as
you enter the “Ahmadiyya Colony”,
there is a spiritual force that engulfs you and soon you forget
about the rest of the material world. The
atmosphere particularly during the Salana Duaiyya, i.e., the
Annual Prayer Gathering, is such that you
feel spiritual energy entering you and you start talking only
the spiritual language.
At Darus Salam, Hazrat Ameer, Prof. Dr. Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha,
two visitors from Holland, Mr.
Henk and his son, Alvin, and several other members were
available to meet me.
As usual, I stayed at the Guest House, where the two visitors
from Holland were also staying. As this was
their first visit and they had not met other members of the
Jamaat, apart from Hazrat Ameer, we spent a
lot of time together and I was able to respond to their barrage
of useful questions. By their own admission
they learnt more in two weeks at Darus Salam than they would
have learnt in two years.
More and more members met me during the prayers at the Masjid,
which is very close to the Guest
House. For the next 9 days I attended all the prayers including
Tahajud, as has been the case during the
last thirty years, at the Masjid.
The next four days were scheduled for the Duaiyya and the whole
Darus Salam was electrified with
spiritual energy. People from all over Pakistan had arrived and
the children and adults could be seen all
over the compound while the Prayer Gathering was not in
sessions. Among the other foreign visitors
were Dr. Jawad Ahmad and his family from the UK, and Sister
Samina Malik from the USA.
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The lectures/presentations during Duaiyya, as is the case every
year, were well researched and of high
quality. Hazrat Ameer was at his best with the Jumuah Khutba,
Opening of the Duaiyya, Annual Appeal,
and the Closing sessions; resulting in spiritual enlightenment
not only for all those present at the Masjid,
but also for those watching and listening around the world, as
all the sessions were broadcast live.
Every year I am impressed with the children’s sessions when
children of various ages from all over
Pakistan participate in their sessions. These sessions show that
the Anjuman’s future is very bright.
However, this year it was incredible to see children as young as
four (4) years reciting all six Kalima and
up to ten short Suras. This I would say impressed the elders
most.
Although I am in contact with the Central Anjuman on almost
daily basis, I was very pleasantly surprised
with Hazrat Ameer and the General Secretary’s report on
activities during 2010. There are so many
activities undertaken at or by the Central Anjuman, which we
were not aware of. I have requested them to
summarize them for the benefit of our members abroad and I urge
members to take note of those.
The International Coordination Committee Meeting the day after
the end of Duaiyya lasted a whole day
and there was very active and enthusiastic participation by all
those present. A wide range of issues were
raised, discussed and actions agreed upon. Although there have
been heightened activities during 2010,
there is always room for improvement and enhancement and I am
confident that more actions will be
taken as a result of these deliberations.
I left Lahore for Bangkok on 1 January 2011 and Hazrat Ameer,
Brig. Muhammad Saeed and other
members accompanied me to the Airport and offered their prayers
for my safe journey.
In conclusion, I urge all those who have not been to a Salana
Duaiyya to make every effort to attend one,
so that they too can see and feel the spiritual atmosphere
generated by this spiritual gathering, which was
started by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Mujaddid of the 14th
Century and Masih Mauood, and has
continued annually ever since for well over a hundred years.
I thank Allah ta’ala again, for making it possible for me to
attend the Salana Duaiyya and pray that I get
the opportunity in the future – aameen.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION
New Shaban executive
With Hazrat Ameer
Swearing in of Shaban executive
Taking of Baiat
Malfuzat-e-Masih
Young Ahmadiyya discussion group – a new initiative of
Shaban
Table tennis tournament organised by Shaban
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Foreign visitors awarded shields of
attendance
Shaukat Ali
Jawad Ahmad
Foreign guests
Samina Malik and Jawad Ahmad
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Malik Sahib
(In chair)
Audience
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Akbar Abdullah
Editor, The HOPE Bulletin Mailing Address: P.O. Box 232811
Sacramento, California 95823-0430, U.S.A.
E-mail Address: [email protected]
Telephone Number: (773) 539-6892
