Thursday, May 24, 2012

ZamanMohamadJalsa2009

Jalsa Salana UK-2009
Zaman Mohammad
Queens New York
09/07/09

Jalsa for me is a full of joy, a blanket of blessing. My trip to UK Jalsa was a unique experience and meeting people from around the world was unbelievable. And to top it all of, I got to meet with Hozor in person and was able to talk to him about personal and family matters. It was extraordinary to listen to Hozor’s speech and advice, as well as speeches of great scholars from around the world.

The experience that most moved me was international bait. You could feel the passion, the humility and emotions at the end of the bait when everyone laid down for sizda and asked for forgiveness to Almighty Allah. I was fortunate enough to witness that, thanks to Allah.

It is a great blessing that our jama’at is blessed and protected by Allah Almighty. I was myself witness to the quick acceptance of prayers of our Hozor. It was Friday, the first day of Jalsa, and during the jummah pray it was raining heavily. Hozor prayed that the rain may stop. The rain was pouring so hard that it was hard to understand Hozor’s sermon. Guess what, soon after the jummah prayer rain was stopped, bright sun came out and till the last day of Jalsa there wasn’t any rain like that. This incident shows the truthfulness of our jama’at. Isn’t it a blessing of Allah to our jama’at and His khalifa and the members of His jama’at? Isn’t it a jama’at of Allah Almighty?
It was my first time to attend a Jalsa outside of the U.S., so it was exciting of course, and being an MKA delegate was a special treat. Beside me three other khuddam attended UK Jalsa from Queens New York. We stayed in Gilford and everyone appreciated the service provided to us there. I really appreciate the hard work that UK Khuddam did. Their tireless day and night service is remarkable. Anytime we needed something, from food to transportation, they arranged for it in a timely and best possible manner. I found the khuddam to be well organized and disciplined. They performed their duty in a timely manner and followed their assigned roles strictly.

Jazakallah to them! Food was excellent accommodation was wonderful and the transportation was on time. All together you can say it was a perfect set up. I would like to request our USA khuddam brothers to attend UK Jalsa if possible. There is a lot to learn and earn. You will not only gain a great experience but also a blessing that will change your whole life.
Anytime you talk about jama’at a Ahmadiyya, brotherhood has to be a part of it. As soon as we reached London, starting from day one, you could feel the strong sense of brotherhoold. When we reached London airport, I decided to call my wife and daughter in Bangladesh; who were visiting our ill grandfather. However I could not make the call from a public phone both as I was not dialing the correct international country code.

Then a UK jama’at brother came forward and helped me make the call. Everyone from around the world was very friendly and humble. I did not feel that I was in a different country. I felt like I was staying with my extended family!
The day before returning to America, we went to visit some tourist spots like London bridge, Buckingham palace, Big Ben etc. It was fun. We visited the London mosque as well where we had Molakat with Hozor. We also visited the 4th khalifa’s grave in Islamabad.

I pray for all of our jama’at members. May Allah accept everyone’s prayer, and may Allah accept Hozor’s prayers. I especially pray for our Arab brothers that may Allah give them knowledge to choose the right path and come out of darkness and accept the Ahmadiyya the true Islam and accept the imam of the age. At the end I like to thank MKA USA for creating a program that facilitates Jalsa trips for new converts. I hope that every year more khuddam will have a chance to attend UK jalsa and meet Hozor in person. Jazakallah to all.


 

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