Hazoorpur and Bhera
He took his primary examination at Lower Middle School Hazoorpur, five kilometres east of , where his father was Headmaster. At Government High School Bhera he stood first in the school in 1944, with 634 marks.
The student
His education runs through the manuscripts from Hazoorpur to Damascus. These are the points he records himself.
Talim-ul-Islam College, Qadian
After matriculation he had no intention of studying further, given what his parents could afford. Then carried a notice that a college had opened at and was inviting Ahmadi students who had passed matriculation. He consulted his parents and travelled there in June 1944.
After passing the matriculation examination from Government High School Bhera in 1944, the humble one had no intention of pursuing further education in view of his parents’ financial resources.
Roll number one
In the college’s opening year he was the first name on its rolls. The first fifty-one students had been ordered by their matriculation marks, and his were the highest. Even when students with higher marks joined later, his roll number remained one.
The hostel and Majlis-e-Irfan
At Qadian he lived in the Fazl-e-Umar Hostel. He records the hostel years, the companions invited to speak there, and the Majlis-e-Irfan held after Maghrib in Masjid Mubarak, where (ra) sat with members almost daily.
In those days, Hazrat Amir-ul-Mu’minin Khalifatul Masih II (ra) used to grace Masjid Mubarak almost daily after the Maghrib prayer and remained present among the members of the Jamaat until the Isha prayer.
Lahore after migration
After migration the college moved to Lahore. He remained in its first building for about six months, then in the ruined D.A.V. College building, which had lost its doors, window frames, cupboards, furniture, laboratory glass and library volumes.
B.Sc. and Jamia-tul-Mubashireen
He passed the B.Sc. examination from Lahore in 1950. His period at lasted five years, and he graduated in 1956.
Arabic study in Damascus, 1956
From Damascus he was to learn Arabic before going on to Ghana. He left in February 1956, read in the Zawiya al-Hasani, the Damascus city library and the American Library, and studied Arabic newspapers. He stayed about nine months and reached Accra in November 1956.
The son
He wrote little about being a son. What he left is precise.
Master Imam Ali Sahib
His father was Master Imam Ali Sahib Huzoorpuri thumma Bherwi, a teacher in the Education Department of District Board Sargodha.
Headmaster at Hazoorpur
He was Headmaster of the school where his son took the primary examination, Lower Middle School Hazoorpur.
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The acceptance of prayer
From his days teaching at Salem School, his father told an account of the acceptance of prayer. Anweri writes that it left a lasting impression not only on his father, but settled permanently on all the children.
Aba Jan related an incident that left a lasting impression not only on him, but also established it permanently upon us children. It was about the acceptance of prayer.
In his own account¶8
Father and son
Together they travelled from Bhera to the first held at Rabwah, by train through Malakwal.
We, father and son, first reached Malakwal from Bhera by train.
In his own account¶114
The four Ghana years
During his four years in Ghana, his father, retired and settled in Rabwah, came to the house and consoled his wife, counting down the years until his son returned.
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