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Promised Messiah Day

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Promised Messiah Day (Urdu: مسیح موعود کا دن, Arabic: يوم المسيح الموعود) is commemorated by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslims annually on March 23 which marked the day when Mirza Ghulam Ahmad whom the Ahmadis consider as the Promised Messiah took oath of allegiance from forty members in Ludhiana, Punjab, and initiated the movement.[1]

Origin

On March 23, 1889, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya branch of Islam.

References

  1. ^ "23rd March - Masih Al-Maud Day (The Promised Messiah Day)". alislam. Retrieved April 28, 2012.