Azam Ali, an Ahmadi Moslem
Chapter 02 – The Best
Best Exemplar
Abba Ji always told us that like him we should follow the Holy Prophet, s.a.w. because the Almighty God had made him the Best Exemplar. Oos-wa-toon ha-sa-na-toon سُوۡرَةُ الاٴحزَاب- – Ch: 033, Verse 022 The Best Exemplar – 033:022
He always concluded his special prayers with the words of the Prophet Abraham, p.o.h., who has also been labelled as the Best Exemplar. Oos-wa-toon ha-sa-na-toon, سُوۡرَةُ المُمتَحنَة – Ch: 060, Verses 005 & 007 The Best Exemplar – 060:005 & 060:007
He frequently recited in the Five Daily Prayers the portions of the Holy Qor-aan which are the words of the Prophet Abraham, p.o.h. God Almighty has eternalized those words in the Holy Qor-aan in verses 002:127-to-130, 014:036-to-042 and 026:076-to-090.
He believed that what he did was doable today as in the past. His outstanding success in spiritual and worldly affairs illustrates that those blessings are achievable by anyone. All one needs is to follow the easy ways reflected in the acts and sayings of the Best Exemplars.
Father’s mother had passed away when he was still a student. But I frequently saw my both parents and 3 grandparents praying in deep devotion and abject sincerity with streams of tears down beseeching the Almighty for all they deemed fit.
When I was young it used to hurt us to see our grown-ups cry that way in prayers, particularly in those of the late night and pre-dawn. But now I know what those tears were, what they meant, what blessings they attracted from Almighty Allah and what they will in bring future to those who follow their ways.
Achiever
God’s help is what Father sought and received in plenty. An achiever is often defined as one who is NOT a lazy, lay-about, no-good, non-doer who never gets results for what he does not do anyway. He strives for specific goals, stays on course and persists in pursuit until he succeeds in his mission. Father was a doer that filled to the brim the definition of an achiever.
Some claim that the achievers are born with special genes. Some say that they are a portrait of how parents raised them. Some see them as a reflection of the environment. Some show them as the reaction to the neighborhood. I guess all these theories are true because my father shines in all those arenas as an achiever and a role model.
By his character and conduct throughout his life he illustrated that an achiever could duplicate, even surpass, his success if he prays to the Universal Intelligence, sets distinct goals, acts right away, works relentlessly towards the pre-set objectives and stays focused on the goals even if hostile forces interfere, exert pressure and necessitate making appropriate changes.
Father’s thirst for temporal knowledge pushed him up during the British Raj into PCS (Provincial Civil Service) civil judge. He became known as The Just Judge throughout Punjab province where about every two years he was transferred from one district to another.
His thirst for spiritual knowledge to find the real Iss-laam continued. He was raised as a Shiite Moslem. He finally found Ahmadiyya sect and became an Ahmadi based upon his belief that most of them practiced True Islam.
He spread his spiritual knowledge as an Ahmadi wherever he went. He shared the news, his views and added to the knowledge of people. His kith and kin eagerly listened to him and had their kids named after him. He promoted education and prayed for all to practice Islam.
It is not easy or always practicable for most people to do but father willingly did, advised, guided, suggested ways, prayed and even provided incentives for others to reach their goals within a given frame of time of a day or month or year, and not to hang loose for an indefinite period with no end in sight and no specific plan to follow.
He had the fabled Midas touch who turned into gold anything he touched. He was highly productive in this personal mission for he followed the methodology to spread God’s word the way the Almighty has Himself stated in the Holy Qor-aan as the best technique for all times. Ood-o elaa sa-be-lay rub-bay ka bay il-hik-ma-tay wa ul-mao-aiy-za-tay il-ha-sa-na-tay سُوۡرَةُ النّحل – Ch: 016, Verse 126 Call to the road of your God with wise ways and preaching that is good. – 016:126
Second Marriage
My father was eventually married into an Ahmadi family. My mother Sakina Begum belonged to a virtuous Ahmadi family of my maternal grandfather Chaudhry Faqir Mohammed who eventually retired as a Superintendent Police in Pakistan (Left in the photo below).
My maternal grandfather’s mother used to lose her children during infancy. She and her husband finally swore that they would dedicate their next child as a beggar. At the next birth the child was named Faqir Mohammed that meant praiseworthy poor beggar. Knowledge led him to great positions as a police officer. Yet he lived up to his name spending a lifetime begging, beseeching and receiving Allah’s favors on him and his progeny. He raised his family in his shoes.
My father (Right in the photo below) and maternal and paternal grandfathers led a long line of relatives who liked what they did and followed them. Today many of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren are known practicing Moslems who are giants of moral values.
My maternal grandfather Chaudhri Faqir Mouhammad (left) and Father Ch Azam Ali (right). Their devotional growth was paid glorious tribute by the Khalifa-tool-Massih II, r.u.h., in his Annual Conference Speech in 1933, A.D. in Qadian, India (History of Ahmadiyyat, Vol 6, pp 132, 133). They later became related as the father-in-law and son-in-law. They sat for me for this photograph around 1950 A.D. in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (See Tr – Azam Ali, An Ahmadi Moslem – as seen by daughter)
Sought to be the Best
My father’s name Azam Ali consisted of two names of the Almighty God which meant The Great, The Glorious. He lived his whole life as closely as possible true to his name.
He influenced his father who too became an Ahmadi and lived up to his name Rehmat Ali that meant Blessing of the Highest. He was a village elite highly respected for his physical presence, wisdom, honesty, fairness and consistent participant in Ahmadiyya activities.
He impacted the lives of his brothers, relatives, friends and his children whom he led his way right from their birth. He changed the lives of all others although the degree of results varied from person to person depending upon that other’s own ability, receptivity and creativity.
His spirituality held also the torch of worldly education. His Buttar ancestry is borne today by not only his progeny but also by those of his brothers, cousins, relatives, friends and family, many of whom are not-yet-Ahmadi. His footprint is followed by many.
Almighty God has blessed his progeny with spiritual and worldly blessings. Some hostile folks have labelled them non-muslim by means of a politically cooked up Constitutional Amendment. Fact is that they are real Moslems. They believe and practice Islam the right way. (1) They worship Almighty God every moment. (2) They offer daily prayers five times every day. (3) They pay for good causes from what they get from every pay packet. (4) They fast for a month out of every year they live in good health. (5) They perform Haj at least once in a lifetime. They perform the 5 Acts of Worship. Even the authority that measures spirituality with the yardstick of Rupees given is also put to shame by their paying of Charity in thousands.
Almighty God gave my father many children of whom seven became grandparents. Three of his daughters got master’s degrees and 1 daughter got bachelor’s degree. One son got a law degree and became an attorney and married t a spouse who was praised by the BBC as a teacher “for teaching English to English high schoolers in England.” One son created businesses and another son got medicine degrees and became a surgeon. Many of Abba Ji’s grandchildren are by now grandparents themselves.
His progeny of Buttar ancestry within 3 generations includes 29 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren spread in the world from Canada, Dubai, New Zealand, Pakistan, UK and USA, serving mankind with many computer wizards, 12 renowned doctors of whom 4 have their spouses also physicians, 7 eminent lawyers, 2 Army officers, 2 professors in Universities, 2 accountants, 1 banker, 1 marketer, 1 high-roller innovative businessmen, and many rising stars in Universities around the world.
May Allah continually accept all those prayers of our ancestors; Amen. I have talked of the results of their moral and spiritual strength for the following simple reason. Wa um-maa bay nay-ma-tay rub-bay ka fa hud-dith سُوۡرَةُ الِضُّحىٰ – Ch:093, Verse 012 And as far the blessings of your God, that you describe, thankfully. 093:012
His inspiration led several other Buttars to produce a Pakistan Supreme Court Justice, several physicians, lawyers, army and judicial officers, police top brass and computer masters.
Rub-ba naa aa-tay naa fee d-doon-ya ha-sa-na-ton wa fee l-aa-khay-ra-tay ha-sa-na-ton wa qay naa aa-zaa-ba on-naa-r سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة – Ch: 002, Verse 202 God of us all, give us in this life the Best and in the Hereafter the Best and save us from the punishment of fire – 002:202
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Azam Ali, an Ahmadi Moslem
Chapter 02 – The Best
Best Exemplar
Abba Ji always told us that like him we should follow the Holy Prophet, s.a.w. because the Almighty God had made him the Best Exemplar. Oos-wa-toon ha-sa-na-toon سُوۡرَةُ الاٴحزَاب- – Ch: 033, Verse 022 The Best Exemplar – 033:022
He always concluded his special prayers with the words of the Prophet Abraham, p.o.h., who has also been labelled as the Best Exemplar. Oos-wa-toon ha-sa-na-toon, سُوۡرَةُ المُمتَحنَة – Ch: 060, Verses 005 & 007 The Best Exemplar – 060:005 & 060:007
He frequently recited in the Five Daily Prayers the portions of the Holy Qor-aan which are the words of the Prophet Abraham, p.o.h. God Almighty has eternalized those words in the Holy Qor-aan in verses 002:127-to-130, 014:036-to-042 and 026:076-to-090.
He believed that what he did was doable today as in the past. His outstanding success in spiritual and worldly affairs illustrates that those blessings are achievable by anyone. All one needs is to follow the easy ways reflected in the acts and sayings of the Best Exemplars.
Father’s mother had passed away when he was still a student. But I frequently saw my both parents and 3 grandparents praying in deep devotion and abject sincerity with streams of tears down beseeching the Almighty for all they deemed fit.
When I was young it used to hurt us to see our grown-ups cry that way in prayers, particularly in those of the late night and pre-dawn. But now I know what those tears were, what they meant, what blessings they attracted from Almighty Allah and what they will in bring future to those who follow their ways.
Achiever
God’s help is what Father sought and received in plenty. An achiever is often defined as one who is NOT a lazy, lay-about, no-good, non-doer who never gets results for what he does not do anyway. He strives for specific goals, stays on course and persists in pursuit until he succeeds in his mission. Father was a doer that filled to the brim the definition of an achiever.
Some claim that the achievers are born with special genes. Some say that they are a portrait of how parents raised them. Some see them as a reflection of the environment. Some show them as the reaction to the neighborhood. I guess all these theories are true because my father shines in all those arenas as an achiever and a role model.
By his character and conduct throughout his life he illustrated that an achiever could duplicate, even surpass, his success if he prays to the Universal Intelligence, sets distinct goals, acts right away, works relentlessly towards the pre-set objectives and stays focused on the goals even if hostile forces interfere, exert pressure and necessitate making appropriate changes.
Father’s thirst for temporal knowledge pushed him up during the British Raj into PCS (Provincial Civil Service) civil judge. He became known as The Just Judge throughout Punjab province where about every two years he was transferred from one district to another.
His thirst for spiritual knowledge to find the real Iss-laam continued. He was raised as a Shiite Moslem. He finally found Ahmadiyya sect and became an Ahmadi based upon his belief that most of them practiced True Islam.
He spread his spiritual knowledge as an Ahmadi wherever he went. He shared the news, his views and added to the knowledge of people. His kith and kin eagerly listened to him and had their kids named after him. He promoted education and prayed for all to practice Islam.
It is not easy or always practicable for most people to do but father willingly did, advised, guided, suggested ways, prayed and even provided incentives for others to reach their goals within a given frame of time of a day or month or year, and not to hang loose for an indefinite period with no end in sight and no specific plan to follow.
He had the fabled Midas touch who turned into gold anything he touched. He was highly productive in this personal mission for he followed the methodology to spread God’s word the way the Almighty has Himself stated in the Holy Qor-aan as the best technique for all times. Ood-o elaa sa-be-lay rub-bay ka bay il-hik-ma-tay wa ul-mao-aiy-za-tay il-ha-sa-na-tay سُوۡرَةُ النّحل – Ch: 016, Verse 126 Call to the road of your God with wise ways and preaching that is good. – 016:126
Second Marriage
My father was eventually married into an Ahmadi family. My mother Sakina Begum belonged to a virtuous Ahmadi family of my maternal grandfather Chaudhry Faqir Mohammed who eventually retired as a Superintendent Police in Pakistan (Left in the photo below).
My maternal grandfather’s mother used to lose her children during infancy. She and her husband finally swore that they would dedicate their next child as a beggar. At the next birth the child was named Faqir Mohammed that meant praiseworthy poor beggar. Knowledge led him to great positions as a police officer. Yet he lived up to his name spending a lifetime begging, beseeching and receiving Allah’s favors on him and his progeny. He raised his family in his shoes.
My father (Right in the photo below) and maternal and paternal grandfathers led a long line of relatives who liked what they did and followed them. Today many of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren are known practicing Moslems who are giants of moral values.
My maternal grandfather Chaudhri Faqir Mouhammad (left) and Father Ch Azam Ali (right). Their devotional growth was paid glorious tribute by the Khalifa-tool-Massih II, r.u.h., in his Annual Conference Speech in 1933, A.D. in Qadian, India (History of Ahmadiyyat, Vol 6, pp 132, 133). They later became related as the father-in-law and son-in-law. They sat for me for this photograph around 1950 A.D. in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (See Tr – Azam Ali, An Ahmadi Moslem – as seen by daughter)
Sought to be the Best
My father’s name Azam Ali consisted of two names of the Almighty God which meant The Great, The Glorious. He lived his whole life as closely as possible true to his name.
He influenced his father who too became an Ahmadi and lived up to his name Rehmat Ali that meant Blessing of the Highest. He was a village elite highly respected for his physical presence, wisdom, honesty, fairness and consistent participant in Ahmadiyya activities.
He impacted the lives of his brothers, relatives, friends and his children whom he led his way right from their birth. He changed the lives of all others although the degree of results varied from person to person depending upon that other’s own ability, receptivity and creativity.
His spirituality held also the torch of worldly education. His Buttar ancestry is borne today by not only his progeny but also by those of his brothers, cousins, relatives, friends and family, many of whom are not-yet-Ahmadi. His footprint is followed by many.
Almighty God has blessed his progeny with spiritual and worldly blessings. Some hostile folks have labelled them non-muslim by means of a politically cooked up Constitutional Amendment. Fact is that they are real Moslems. They believe and practice Islam the right way. (1) They worship Almighty God every moment. (2) They offer daily prayers five times every day. (3) They pay for good causes from what they get from every pay packet. (4) They fast for a month out of every year they live in good health. (5) They perform Haj at least once in a lifetime. They perform the 5 Acts of Worship. Even the authority that measures spirituality with the yardstick of Rupees given is also put to shame by their paying of Charity in thousands.
Almighty God gave my father many children of whom seven became grandparents. Three of his daughters got master’s degrees and 1 daughter got bachelor’s degree. One son got a law degree and became an attorney and married t a spouse who was praised by the BBC as a teacher “for teaching English to English high schoolers in England.” One son created businesses and another son got medicine degrees and became a surgeon. Many of Abba Ji’s grandchildren are by now grandparents themselves.
His progeny of Buttar ancestry within 3 generations includes 29 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren spread in the world from Canada, Dubai, New Zealand, Pakistan, UK and USA, serving mankind with many computer wizards, 12 renowned doctors of whom 4 have their spouses also physicians, 7 eminent lawyers, 2 Army officers, 2 professors in Universities, 2 accountants, 1 banker, 1 marketer, 1 high-roller innovative businessmen, and many rising stars in Universities around the world.
May Allah continually accept all those prayers of our ancestors; Amen. I have talked of the results of their moral and spiritual strength for the following simple reason. Wa um-maa bay nay-ma-tay rub-bay ka fa hud-dith سُوۡرَةُ الِضُّحىٰ – Ch:093, Verse 012 And as far the blessings of your God, that you describe, thankfully. 093:012
His inspiration led several other Buttars to produce a Pakistan Supreme Court Justice, several physicians, lawyers, army and judicial officers, police top brass and computer masters.
Rub-ba naa aa-tay naa fee d-doon-ya ha-sa-na-ton wa fee l-aa-khay-ra-tay ha-sa-na-ton wa qay naa aa-zaa-ba on-naa-r سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة – Ch: 002, Verse 202 God of us all, give us in this life the Best and in the Hereafter the Best and save us from the punishment of fire – 002:202
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