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A Spiritual Note

Edition 54 - June 30, 2006 - Jumada at-Thani 4, 1427

Peace be upon you.

A Spiritual Note One Year On

It was on 24 June, one year ago, that the first weekly edition of A Spiritual Note was sent out. Our aim was to start an initiative which we should be able to continue, and which could also be read and understood by readers within a few minutes. The Holy Qur’an and the Hadith advise us as follow:

“God does not desire to put on you any difficulty but He wishes to purify you and that He may complete His favour on you so that you may give thanks.” (Qur’an, 5:6)

"Only that is binding on you which you are able to do; by Allah, Allah does not get tired but you get tired; and the devotions dearest to Him are those in which the devotee perseveres." (Bukhari, 2:31)

By the grace of Allah, we have been able to send out the Note every week to an address list, now comprising about 600 people, and the feedback from readers shows that they are very pleased with this initiative. This week, we are sharing some of our readers’ comments, starting with an inspiring message from the President of the International Ahmadiyya Movement, Dr. Abdul Karim Saeed.

Assalamo alaikum,

I congratulate your team on its great achievement of reaching the most coveted fiftieth issue of A Spiritual Note. What is most envious for all those who venture into projects of this kind is the continuity and punctuality with which this publication has been published. Many a times I have realized it is Friday when on opening my emails I saw a new edition of your publication. On my part I had the pleasure to acknowledge each of the publications as I received them and most times of making a relevant comment on the material or theme of the Note. The material is always valuable and thought-provoking.

I pray to Allah that He continues to bless you all to continue this project for generations to come and thus serve the cause of Islam and its message of peace. I am sure your efforts would make every Ahmadi in the world proud of you. Keep up the good work and be assured that behind your venture will be the prayers of every member of our International Jama‘at.

I also take this opportunity to thank you for giving me the privilege of receiving a personalized message every Friday.
I dedicate this poem I was creating while I was typing my message to your team:

A Spiritual Note

A Spiritual Note that I await all week,
Through it, guidance and aspiration I seek.
It triggers my thoughts to reflect in my mind,
Have I been generous? Have I been kind?

How can I follow the right and straight Path?
Once on Guidance: how not to forget and stray.
Not to lose sight of the heavenly light,
Once on the Path, how on it I can stay.

Every Friday brings a new ‘note’ in my life,
Every Friday it wakes me up from my sleep.
I am reminded of my plans and higher aims,
I am reminded that I have promises to keep.

I pray for all those who A Spiritual Note send,
I pray for those who give me a chance to mend.
I pray that they can carry this mission for long,
And bless this world with spirit pure and strong.

Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha

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Dr. Zahid Aziz, Editor of The Light and Webmaster of www.muslim.org, wrote:

Dear brother,

Assalamu alaikum.

I would like to congratulate you on bringing out the weekly A Spiritual Note. It is very informative and inspiring. You always send it in time for the spiritual day of Friday, which is so appropriate. You have shown great commitment and dedication by producing it regularly and punctually, which is not always easy to do. I pray that Allah may enable you to continue this service for long, and you may be able to send it to a wider and wider circle of people. Thank you for your efforts.

Zahid Aziz
U.K.

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Brother Abid Raza wrote:

Assalamu alaikum.

Just a short note to express my heartfelt gratitude for your weekly edition. This has assisted me week after week to prepare my Khutba for Jumaa'a prayers. Please continue with your untiring efforts in the propagation of Islam and educate the masses with true teachings of the Holy Quran and message of our dear beloved Marhoom Hazrat Mirza Sahib.
May Allah subhantalla be pleased with your efforts and assist you in your future deliberations.

Khuda Hafiz.
Abid Raza
President, AAIIL NZ

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Brother Abdul Santoe, Central Anjuman’s European Zonal Representative, wrote:

Dear IVISEP,

Assalaamo Alaikum.

My heartfelt congratulations with the first anniversary of your spiritual notes. In this cyber era with all those mass information flowing over us, there remains little time to read comprehensive literature.

To my opinion your (or better, these short, mostly heavenly spiritual notes) do really comply to the needs of the present. As a result I think you should carry on with this frequency.

Abdul Santoe

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Brother Ashraf Ali from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Literary Trust, Trinidad and Tobago, wrote:

Assalamu alaikum.

Congratulations to you and your colleagues for your wonderful effort .May Almighty Allah bless you all and keep you among the foremost in spreading His message. I look forward to your weekly spiritual note and so do those to whom I send it.

Ashraf

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Brother Akbar Abdullah from the USA wrote:

Assalamu alaikum.

Thank you for your 50th Edition of A Spiritual Note. Now you have sufficient numbers to publish a book edition with translation into Dutch. Kindly continue this noble service for the worldwide AAIIL Jamaat. May Allah bless you and keep you in good health so you may send us many issues to come. Ameen.

Khuda Hafiz.

Br. Akbar Abdullah

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Brother Shaukat Ali wrote:

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahe wa Barakatuh.

I hope and pray that you are all in excellent health and high spirits.
I would like to take this opportunity on the occasion of the first Anniversary of A Spiritual Note to congratulate you on this excellent initiative. I look forward every Friday morning to read the Note. JazakAllahu Khaira. It refreshes our minds and I share these with others. May the Compassionate Allah grant you goodly reward for your initiative and efforts in the propagation of Islam and Ahmadiyyat. Please keep up the good work and may the blessings of Allah always be with all of you and your families. Aameen.

Wassalam,

Shaukat Ali

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Brother Ameen Sahukhan wrote:

Assalaamu Aleikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatahu.

My Dear Brother Riaz Ahmadali.

Thank you for the Spiritual Notes that you have been sending me regularly. They make excellent reading.

Allah Hafiz.

Ameen Sahukhan

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Brother Zahoor ur Rahman wrote:

Dear brother,

May blessings of Allah be on you, your family, and your jamaat.
I am so happy that you keep in touch with such messages which can lead all of us to heaven and bring us nearer to Allah. Jazakallah. The value of your services is countless & immeasurable. May Almighty give you reward for this.

Take care.

Zahoor ur Rahman

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Brother Jalal Ud Dean wrote:

Dear Editorial

Assalaamu 'Alaikum Wr Wb

Congratulations for the perseverance to drive this project so far and help spread the words of Allah through means of modern technology - such as Websites and Emails.

If only Rasul-Allah had such technologies available to him in his days, I'm certain he would have directed his scribes to do likewise in spreading the words of Allah.

There has not been a single issue that disappointed me.

Every issue so far has been evolving into becoming works of admiration regarding the dimensions of research that may have gone behind those works. I do similar research and appreciate the time that is on demand.

My heartiest congratulations to the editorial and all those dedicated individuals who have in every way contributed to the success of this periodical.

May Allah continue to hold His blessings in the team's favour for resounding success in your endeavours.

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Ms. Ursine Amattarmoedji wrote:

Salaam,

I am one of your readers who receive a note every week. I consider this a very good initiative, as I learn much from it. May the Almighty reward you for this, and grant you the wisdom and health to continue with the notes, and I hope to keep receiving the notes every week.

Salaam.

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And Brother Nasir Ahmad, who replies almost every week to the Notes and advises us about subjects to include, wrote:

My dear Riaz,

Assalamo alaikum.

Wonderful. This is the correct way of introducing good material already published. In this way you can also reproduce commentary from the English translation of the Qur'an by Maulana Muhammad Ali and can refer to it.

Well done.

With thanks and prayers,
Yours,
Nasir Ahmad

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We from the Institute for Islamic Studies and Publications are grateful to everyone who has supported us in whatever way and particularly those who have helped us to prepare and send the Notes out weekly.

We are also deeply grateful to Allah for making it possible for us to fulfil our duty in this way. “You should exalt the greatness of God for His having guided you and that you may give thanks” (Qur'an, 2:185).

And we pray that we may always be grateful to Him for His many favours. “Most surely God is full of grace to men but most people are not grateful” (Qur'an, 2:243).

May Allah Almighty bless all of you with good physical and spiritual health. Ameen!

On behalf of the Institute,

Riaz Ahmadali
Irshaad Djoemai
Sharda Ahmadali-Doekhie
Reza Ghafoerkhan

Institute for Islamic Studies and Publications
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