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AHMADIYYA ANJUMAN ISHA’AT-I-ISLAM INC, One Imaam TRINIDAD & TOBAGO One God - ALLAH Muhammad - the Last Prophet Mirza Ghulaam-Ahmad One Imaam - Multiple roles As the Mujad-did (Reformer) To revive faith in the existence of a living God. As the Promised Messiah To spread Islam to the world as non-violent Messiah. As the Mahdi To eliminate the Muslim mind-set of the false doctrine of the “Jihaad of Violence” by replacing it with the “Jihaad of Patience”. As Jesus returned (Christ’s 2nd coming) To propagate Islam with Jihaad using Allah’s Word (Qur’an) - the Jesus Method. Muslims and Christians expect the same Jesus to re-appear to achieve diametrically opposite results For some Muslims - Jesus will uphold Islam and destroy Christianity For many Christians - Jesus will uphold Christianity and destroy Islam For Ahmadis Jesus’ return brings Muslims and Christians into harmonious living About the AAII T&T The Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at-I-lslam (Ahmadiyya Organization for the Propagation of Islam) is an international movement of Muslims dedicated to presenting the true, original message of Islam. The organization was formed by Mirza Ghulaam-Ahmad and has over the past hundred years spread the word of Islam through peaceful means. Islam seeks to attract the hearts and minds of people towards the truth, by means of reasoning, good moral example and the natural beauty of its principles. We uphold: o One God - Allah for all Humankind o Muhammad is the last prophet of Allah “While you opt for the low life, the life ahead is better and most durable.” The Qur’an 87:16, 17 Multiple Roles Newsletter Date Eidul Fitr August, 2013 Eid ensures that our effort is matched in results Ramadaan means summer. Fasting in Ramadaan is an annual summer cleaning of the soul. We let go of the old and what no longer serves us, to attract the new. We took the time to cleanse, to rid ourselves of cravings for food as well as toxic relationships at home, at work, and at the Mosque. We curbed our thoughts and habits to replace them with forward moving ideas. Space and a vacuum always tend to fill up again with the new and the better. Ramadaan was an opportunity to invest our energy in selfdevelopment and renewal of the soul. We enriched our lives with quality – quality effort, quality in relationships, quality friends, quality foods, quality meditation and prayer and quality sleep. Seeking quality helps us to recognize and eliminate that which is not essential. This is how we find our focus in life. This is how we obtain our Eid, our celebration of accomplishment. Fasting in Ramadaan was a discipline to refocus our lives to turn hunger into patience and determination; and endurance into an understanding of Divine purpose. While we fasted we put less of our food into our bodies and more of ourselves into our work, our family and our Jamaa'at (community). We turned nutritional losses into personal spiritual gains. Eid ensures that our efforts are equally matched in results. We are thankful and grateful for achieving fullness of life by making full use of resources and the new opportunities discovered through our abstinence which turned what we already have into more by making us grateful for little. “And when your Nurturer made it known: If you are grateful, I will give you more.” (14:7) “Certainly for those who have disciplined themselves (muttaqeen) there is an excellent resort, Gardens of Eden — doors are opened for them within which they experience fine dining (mut-taki’een) as they call for many fruits and drink.” 38:49— 51 We remember Jesus’ prayer (The Qur’an 5:114): O Allah, our Nurturer, let the heavenly food You send us be an ‘Eid (celebration of a return to a Better Life) for us. . . and a sign from You and give us sustenance.” And we experience Allah’s response: “Surely this is Our sustenance; it will never come to an end.” 38:54 Eid ensures that our effort is matched in results – taking us from mut-taqeen (disciplined) to mut-taki’een (fine dining). How much of God’s attributes have we developed within us? Measure the value of human life by the amount of Divinity we have within us not by the amount of prosperity we have with us! Indeed the religion with God is Islam The Qur’an 3:19 For Information and free literature contact: 1-868-673-0686 Email: [email protected] Extend felicitations to all !