فضل الٰہی انوریFazal Ilahi Anweri
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    The world

    1927
    1927Born at Bhera, in what was then the district of ShahpurLife History ¶6
    1930
    1940
    1944
    1944Enters Talim-ul-Islam College at Qadian, roll number one
    • Early years (Bhera and beyond, the 1940s)
    Life History ¶25
    1946
    1946He passed the F.Sc. examination at Talim-ul-Islam College, QadianLife History ¶63
    1947
    1947He offers his lifeMy Life as a Waqf-e-Zindagi ¶7
    1947The migration from Qadian. The centre and its institutions move to PakistanLife History ¶83
    1947Partition. Independence for India and the creation of PakistanLife History ¶65
    1950
    1950
    1950He took his B.Sc. from Talim-ul-Islam College, LahoreLife History ¶104
    1951
    1951He entered Jamia-tul-MubashireenLife History ¶124
    1955
    1955A nazm in Al FazlAl Fazl, 1955
    1956
    1956 to 1960Ghana. He lands at Accra in November 1956 for the Arabic school at Swedru
    • With Ahmadi friends in Damascus (Damascus, 1956)
    • Ghana, and the return (Swedru and Rabwah, 1957 to 1960)
    Life History ¶223
    1956He is sent to Ghana as the mission there grows, its centre at SaltpondMy Own History (short) ¶50
    1956The Suez war, as his months in Damascus were endingMy Life, part one ¶97
    1958
    1958A Talk Between a Muslim and a ChristianPublications, with their sources
    1960
    1960
    1960 to 1964Teacher at Jamia Ahmadiyya, RabwahMy Own History (short) ¶60
    1964
    1964 to 1967Germany, missionary for West GermanyHe left Germany in December 1967 and reached in early 1968.
    • Prayer at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 1965)
    • Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III (rh) in Frankfurt (Frankfurt, July 1967)
    • Muhammad Ali at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 9 September 1966)
    • Guests and gatherings at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 1965 to 1977)
    Life History ¶251
    1966
    Friday 9 September 1966Muhammad Ali came to the Friday prayer at the Nuur Mosque, invited by its Imam, Maulana Anweri, the day before his title defence against Karl Mildenberger
    • Muhammad Ali at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 9 September 1966)
    Al Fazl, 14 September 1966
    1966 to 1971Called up for the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali seeks exemption as a man of faith and fights abroad; stripped of his title in 1967, cleared by the Supreme Court in 1971Clay v. United States, 1968
    1967
    1967Middle East Conflict in the Light of Heavenly PropheciesPublications, with their sources
    1967The first mosque in Denmark opens at CopenhagenMy Two Terms in Germany ¶197
    1967The Gulf of Aqaba, the Six Day War and the Arab oil embargoLife History ¶693
    1967 to 1970The Nigerian civil war. The eastern region had declared itself BiafraLife History ¶367
    1968
    1968 to 1972Nigeria, Amir and Missionary In-chargeLife History ¶352
    1969
    1969The Moon landings, while he was Amir in NigeriaLife History ¶698
    1970
    1970
    1970Space and Interplanetary Flights on QuranPublications, with their sources
    1972
    1972 to 1977Germany, Amir and Missionary In-charge
    • Guests and gatherings at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 1965 to 1977)
    Life History ¶428
    1973
    June 1973The first Khuddam ijtema in Germany, at Masjid Nuur, FrankfurtLife History ¶627
    1973Lajna Imaillah Germany is foundedLife History ¶631
    1974
    1974Masjid Nuur in Frankfurt receives the Ahmadis arriving from PakistanLife History ¶774
    1974The National Assembly declares Ahmadis non-MuslimLife History ¶822
    1975
    28 December 1975The first Jalsa Salana in Germany, Hamburg, about seventy peopleFifty years later the same gathering drew about forty-eight thousand.The first and the fiftieth
    1977
    1977Darweshan-e-Ahmadiyyat, eight volumes, six printedPublications, with their sources
    1979
    1979Secretary at Hadiqatul Mubashireen, and Additional Nazir Islah-o-Irshad Talim-ul-QuranHis own manuscripts place these years at Rabwah.
    • The staff of Waqf-e-Jadid (Rabwah, c. 1980)
    Life History ¶844
    1980
    1982
    July 1982 to April 1983The Gambia, Amir and Missionary In-chargeMy Own History (short) ¶240
    1983
    April 1983 to April 1986Nigeria againMy Own History (short) ¶240
    1983He opened the mosque at Sango-Otta with the Friday prayer, as Amir and Missionary in charge for Nigeria.Islam in Africa Watch
    1986
    1986 to 1988He returned to Pakistan and taught at Jamia AhmadiyyaLife History ¶949
    1988
    1988He was appointed to the Wakalat-e-Tasnif, then retired, and was in Germany from then onFriday Sermon, 17 March 2017
    1989
    1989His own family go through the asylum process, Schwalbach and SeligenstadtLife History ¶904
    1990
    1990
    1990Prophecies About Middle East, The Review of ReligionsThe Review of Religions, October 1990
    2000
    2006
    2006The Old Students Association honoured him at its first annual dinner as the first student admitted when the college opened.Talim-ul-Islam College Old Students Association
    2010
    2011
    2011The Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada seriesPublications, with their sources
    2011At the association's dinner at Bait us Sabuh, Frankfurt, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) named him as the oldest of those present and said that by God's grace he remained mentally alert.Address of 24 September 2011, from 31:40
    2012
    2012He addressed the association's general meeting on why he had written his books.Talim-ul-Islam College Old Students Association
    2013
    2013The Al Fazl centenary essayPublications, with their sources
    2016
    2016The German space brochurePublications, with their sources
    2017
    4 March 2017He dies at Langen, in Hesse, aged 90Friday Sermon, 17 March 2017
    17 March 2017The funeral prayer in absentia at the Baitul Futuh Mosque, LondonFriday Sermon, 17 March 2017

    After his death

    2020
    2026
    September 2026The fiftieth Jalsa Salana in Germany, about forty-eight thousandThe first, in Hamburg in 1975, drew about seventy.The first and the fiftieth

    The timeline in date order

    1. 1927His lifeBorn at Bhera, in what was then the district of ShahpurLife History ¶6
    2. 1944His lifeEnters Talim-ul-Islam College at Qadian, roll number one
      • Early years (Bhera and beyond, the 1940s)
      Life History ¶25
    3. 1946His lifeHe passed the F.Sc. examination at Talim-ul-Islam College, QadianLife History ¶63
    4. 1947His lifeHe offers his lifeMy Life as a Waqf-e-Zindagi ¶7
    5. 1947The CommunityThe migration from Qadian. The centre and its institutions move to PakistanLife History ¶83
    6. 1947The worldPartition. Independence for India and the creation of PakistanLife History ¶65
    7. 1950His lifeHe took his B.Sc. from Talim-ul-Islam College, LahoreLife History ¶104
    8. 1951His lifeHe entered Jamia-tul-MubashireenLife History ¶124
    9. 1955His workA nazm in Al FazlAl Fazl, 1955
    10. 1956 to 1960His lifeGhana. He lands at Accra in November 1956 for the Arabic school at Swedru
      • With Ahmadi friends in Damascus (Damascus, 1956)
      • Ghana, and the return (Swedru and Rabwah, 1957 to 1960)
      Life History ¶223
    11. 1956The CommunityHe is sent to Ghana as the mission there grows, its centre at SaltpondMy Own History (short) ¶50
    12. 1956The worldThe Suez war, as his months in Damascus were endingMy Life, part one ¶97
    13. 1958His workA Talk Between a Muslim and a ChristianPublications, with their sources
    14. 1960 to 1964His lifeTeacher at Jamia Ahmadiyya, RabwahMy Own History (short) ¶60
    15. 1964 to 1967His lifeGermany, missionary for West GermanyHe left Germany in December 1967 and reached Rabwah in early 1968.
      • Prayer at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 1965)
      • Hazrat Khalifatul Masih III (rh) in Frankfurt (Frankfurt, July 1967)
      • Muhammad Ali at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 9 September 1966)
      • Guests and gatherings at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 1965 to 1977)
      Life History ¶251
    16. 1966 to 1971The worldCalled up for the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali seeks exemption as a man of faith and fights abroad; stripped of his title in 1967, cleared by the Supreme Court in 1971Clay v. United States, 1968
    17. Friday 9 September 1966The CommunityMuhammad Ali came to the Friday prayer at the Nuur Mosque, invited by its Imam, Maulana Anweri, the day before his title defence against Karl Mildenberger
      • Muhammad Ali at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 9 September 1966)
      Al Fazl, 14 September 1966
    18. 1967The CommunityThe first mosque in Denmark opens at CopenhagenMy Two Terms in Germany ¶197
    19. 1967The worldThe Gulf of Aqaba, the Six Day War and the Arab oil embargoLife History ¶693
    20. 1967 to 1970The worldThe Nigerian civil war. The eastern region had declared itself BiafraLife History ¶367
    21. 1967His workMiddle East Conflict in the Light of Heavenly PropheciesPublications, with their sources
    22. 1968 to 1972His lifeNigeria, Amir and Missionary In-chargeLife History ¶352
    23. 1969The worldThe Moon landings, while he was Amir in NigeriaLife History ¶698
    24. 1970His workSpace and Interplanetary Flights on QuranPublications, with their sources
    25. 1972 to 1977His lifeGermany, Amir and Missionary In-charge
      • Guests and gatherings at the Nuur Mosque (Frankfurt, 1965 to 1977)
      Life History ¶428
    26. June 1973The CommunityThe first Khuddam ijtema in Germany, at Masjid Nuur, FrankfurtLife History ¶627
    27. 1973The CommunityLajna Imaillah Germany is foundedLife History ¶631
    28. 1974The worldThe National Assembly declares Ahmadis non-MuslimLife History ¶822
    29. 1974The CommunityMasjid Nuur in Frankfurt receives the Ahmadis arriving from PakistanLife History ¶774
    30. 28 December 1975The CommunityThe first Jalsa Salana in Germany, Hamburg, about seventy peopleFifty years later the same gathering drew about forty-eight thousand.The first and the fiftieth
    31. 1977His workDarweshan-e-Ahmadiyyat, eight volumes, six printedPublications, with their sources
    32. 1979His lifeSecretary at Hadiqatul Mubashireen, and Additional Nazir Islah-o-Irshad Talim-ul-QuranHis own manuscripts place these years at Rabwah.
      • The staff of Waqf-e-Jadid (Rabwah, c. 1980)
      Life History ¶844
    33. July 1982 to April 1983His lifeThe Gambia, Amir and Missionary In-chargeMy Own History (short) ¶240
    34. April 1983 to April 1986His lifeNigeria againMy Own History (short) ¶240
    35. 1983The CommunityHe opened the mosque at Sango-Otta with the Friday prayer, as and for Nigeria.Islam in Africa Watch
    36. 1986 to 1988His lifeHe returned to Pakistan and taught at Jamia AhmadiyyaLife History ¶949
    37. 1988His lifeHe was appointed to the , then retired, and was in Germany from then onFriday Sermon, 17 March 2017
    38. 1989His lifeHis own family go through the asylum process, Schwalbach and SeligenstadtLife History ¶904
    39. 1990His workProphecies About Middle East, The Review of ReligionsThe Review of Religions, October 1990
    40. 2006The CommunityThe Old Students Association honoured him at its first annual dinner as the first student admitted when the college opened.Talim-ul-Islam College Old Students Association
    41. 2011The CommunityAt the association's dinner at Bait us Sabuh, Frankfurt, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (aba) named him as the oldest of those present and said that by God's grace he remained mentally alert.Address of 24 September 2011, from 31:40
    42. 2011His workThe Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada seriesPublications, with their sources
    43. 2012The CommunityHe addressed the association's general meeting on why he had written his books.Talim-ul-Islam College Old Students Association
    44. 2013His workThe Al Fazl centenary essayPublications, with their sources
    45. 2016His workThe German space brochurePublications, with their sources
    46. 4 March 2017His lifeHe dies at Langen, in Hesse, aged 90Friday Sermon, 17 March 2017
    47. 17 March 2017The CommunityThe funeral prayer in absentia at the Baitul Futuh Mosque, LondonFriday Sermon, 17 March 2017
    48. After his death

    49. September 2026The fiftieth Jalsa Salana in Germany, about forty-eight thousandThe first, in Hamburg in 1975, drew about seventy.The first and the fiftieth

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    Maulana Fazal Ilahi Anweri

    16 April 1927 to 4 March 2017

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