Ahmadiyya Sermon on Indian Freedom and Letter to Fatima Jinnah about Ahrar’s Insults

Sub title : Head of Ahmadiyya Community’s Divine Interpretation of Wavell’s Offer and a Plea Against Anti‑Ahmadiyya Propaganda

Subject: Ahmadiyya Community | Mirza Basheer‑ud‑Din Mahmood Ahmad | Indian freedom | Lord Wavell | Simla Conference

Date of publication: 1945

Language: English

Page: 14 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28931

Keyword: Ahmadiyya -- Mirza Basheer‑ud‑Din Mahmood Ahmad -- Wavell offer -- Simla Conference 1945 | Abul Kalam Azad -- Quaid‑e‑Azam -- Fatima Jinnah -- Ahrar -- Syed Ataullah Shah Bokhari -- Anti‑Ahmadiyya -- Pakistan politics

Abstract: A lengthy 1945 sermon by the Head of the Ahmadiyya Community (Qadian) interprets the British offer of Indian self‑rule as a divinely orchestrated opportunity, urging Indian leaders to accept it. A second document (1952) is a letter to Fatima Jinnah from “Dr. Shahid” warning that the Ahrar, under the guise of opposing Ahmadis, are actually insulting Quaid‑e‑Azam and undermining Pakistan, citing Syed Ataullah Shah Bokhari’s derogatory remarks.

Description: Peproduce a Friday sermon (June 22, 1945) in which the Ahmadiyya Caliph claims divine foresight behind Lord Wavell’s proposals for Indian freedom, criticises Indian leaders’ bickering, and narrates a vision about Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The final two pages contain a letter to Fatima Jinnah (dated after May 27, 1952) from Dr. Shahid of the Ahmadiyya “Nazarat Taleef wa Tasneef”, reporting that Ahrar leader Syed Ataullah Shah Bokhari publicly insulted the late Quaid‑e‑Azam by calling himself “Qaid Azam” and naming a peon after him, urging her to note this disloyalty. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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