QN Newsletter The Holy Quran

Say, If mankind and the Jinn gathered to-gether to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce the like thereof, even though they should help one anoth-er. (17:89)

Hadith

Aaishah (r.a.) may Allah be pleased with her, relates that the Prophet (sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Verily the one who recites the Quran beautifully, smoothly, and precisely, he will be in the company of the noble and obedient angels. And as for the one who recites with dif-ficulty, stammering or stumbling through its verses, then he will have TWICE that re-ward. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]

Sayings of the Promised Messiah (as)

You should remember that the Holy Quran is the fountain-head of all real bliss and true means of salvation. Of course those who do not follow the teachings of the Holy Quran are themselves to be blamed. One section constitute the people who do not have faith in this Book and do not believe that this is the word of God. These people are indeed far drawn away from it. But as for those who believe it to be the word of God and the means of salvation, if they do not act upon it, it would be certainly a matter of great grief. (Malfoozat vol. 7, pg. 181)

Hudhur said love of Quran will be instilled in the hearts of children when parents will inculcate its recita-tion and pondering over its meanings in them, when the Quran will be recited in the morning in every home. .Those who go out to work can recite the Quran before Salat. This will fill a home with blessings and will have a very virtuous influence on children. Each one us can observe that regular recitation of the Quran while reflecting on it will generate love for the sake of God between husband and wife and this in turn will make their children useful members of the Community. Hudhur said Ahmadis should make their full efforts in this regard. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) made great efforts to promote this. It was indeed the purpose of his advent to give the Quran the highest status. Honour of Quran should not be limited to, as it is by non-Ahmadis, being wrapped in beautiful cloth, placed on a beautiful shelf or in a box. Real love of the Quran is to make ones full effort to obey its commandments, to avoid what the Quran for-bids and to employ ones full capacity and capability to fulfil what it commands. Its recitation should be done with fear of God. Hudhur said if a believer truly loves the Quran, he tries to attain such a standard himself and would also try and take his children to it. There is no distinction in avoiding evil and such should not be our aim. We should keep our targets high. Effort to adopt every virtue mentioned in the Quran would create a pure socie-ty which Islam wants to establish and would also silence those who raise objections at Islam day in and day out. We should try and understand the teachings of the Quran and Islam. This would make our homes par-adisiacal and will enable us to fulfil our dues of Tabligh in society.

Extract of Friday Sermon

Delivered by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (atba) on December 16th 2011

Report : Australias Biggest Morning Tea

Department: Khidmat - e - Khalq

By the grace of Allah, Lajna Imaillah Australia hosted the Australias Biggest Morning Tea (Fund raiser for Cancer Council) on 14th May 2016. On our part, we organized this event at our Australia wide Ahmadiyya Mosques. They provided us our Registration numbers and sent Posters and Buntings for decoration. We organized an attractive display and food stalls. We prepared variety of food for sale including Cupcakes, Bi-ryani, Zarda, Dahi-baday and Smosey.

Money raised: AU$5708.80 (Alhamdolillah)

Report : Meena Bazaar

Department: Sanat - o - Dastakari

By the grace of Allah, the Almighty Lajna Imaillah Australia organised their Annual Meena Bazaar on 14th May 2016. It was a very successful event Alhamdolillah.

All Majalis participated with great enthusiasm, making strong efforts to make the event enjoyable for everyone. In addition, six private stalls were also organized by individual members. The total amount raised through Meena Bazar was $ 9,269.15 Alhamdolillah. The breakdown of funds raised by individual Majalis and revenue earned through private stalls is:

Marsden Park: $1887.25 Castle Hill: $1159.50 Private Stalls: $300

Penrith: $1617 Mount Druitt: $921 Plumpton: $1600.50

Campbelltown: $570.40

Report : Annual Sports Day

Department: Sehat - eJismani

The annual sports day for Lajna NSW was held on the 20th of August 2016. The day was commenced with a march past at 10.20am with participation of all the 3 regions of NSW. After the march pass recitation of the Holy Quran was by sister Atifa Tariq followed by dua, which was led by our National Sadr Sahiba.

The following games that Lajna participated on that day:

50m race (under and over 25s)

50m relay (under and over 25s)

3-legged race (under and over 25s)

English and Urdu message relay (had mixed teams of under and over 25s)

Tug of War (had a mixed team of under and over 25s)

Variety Relay Race (this time the race was to dress a bride with a time limit.)

All the above games were held in the morning before lunch. At around 1pm Lajna prayed Namaz followed by lunch and after lunch we had Cricket (was played as 5 overs because of the time shortage), the first around was played between Bai tul Huda and Al Noor, from which Al Noor won and then played the finals with Al Sadaqat. The match between Al Noor and Al Sadaqat was quite interesting where Al Noor took the winners title. While on the other side Volley Ball matches were on as well the First round was played be-tween Baitul Huda and Al Sadaqat, where Baitul Huda turned out to be the winners. The finals for the vol-ley ball was not been played because of the time shortage.

By the time the games concluded, it was 4.45pm and lots of sisters had to head home. So, we did a small presentation. Announced the winners and distributed the prizes. This time we wanted to do something dif-ferent with the prizes. So, we had fruit hampers. But we believe by the reactions and feedbacks that was not what everyone expected. So Insha Allah from next year well stick with the chocolates.

The same day the Nasirats also had their annual sports day as well. They competed in their age groups as regions. MashaAllah the girls had fun and enjoyed themselves.

We hope and pray to Allah to give us more strength to organize the day more bigger and better next year, InshaAllah.

Report : National Ijtema

Department: Taleem

By the grace of Almighty Allah, the 32nd National Annual Ijtema of Lajna Imaillah and Nasirat -ul - Ah-madiyya Australia was held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of September 2016. The National Ijtema consisted of various Talimi competitions with Lajna members participating enthusiastically in the competitions. La-jna members could derive spiritual knowledge from the Ijtema, taking this knowledge with them to incor-porate in their daily activities.

SPORTS

Sport competitions were held on all the three days. The final competitions between all interstate Majalis formed a part of the sport competitions. Competitions of sports included Badminton, variety relay and tug of war.

FIRST SESSION.

The first session of the day was presided by National President, Anjum Khan Sahiba. The session began with the recitation of the Holy Quran, followed by its translation in English and Urdu. Respected Sadr Sa-hiba of Lajna Imaillah Australia then led all Lajna members in reciting the Lajna pledge. The Nasirat pledge was then recited, led by the National Secretary Nasirat. This was then followed by Nazm and an address by President Lajna Imaillah Australia. The topic of Righteousness was highlighted in the address. The high-lights of Huzur e Anwar Friday Sermons on the topic of Namaz were presented after this for all Lajna and Nasirat members to benefit from it.

SECOND SESSION

NATIONAL MAJLIS E SHURA

National Majlis-e-Shura of Lajna Imaillah Australia was also held on the 23rd September 2016, the first day of Ijtema. The pro-posed topics approved by Huzur e Anwar for this years Majlis-e-Shura included:

Proposal 1: Precedence of faith over all worldly objects:

Faith must take precedence in all matters. Lajna Imaillah members need to be urged to keep the following in mind always:

Offering the 5 daily prayers is more important than all other worldly tasks

One must always be ready to offer financial sacrifices in the way of God wherever needed

Righteousness should be the first and the foremost quality one looks for when searching for a life part-ner

Proposal 2: Education and training of youth:

Attention must be paid to the Taleem and Tarbiyyat of the Ahmadi youth, to encourage them to become ac-tive and obedient members of the Jamaat. This can be achieved by organizing regular youth seminars, exten-sive Tarbiyyati refresher courses and involving the youth in Jamaat offices. Special attention should be paid to the practice of Purdah in the modern society.

Proposal 3: Parenting in the Western society:

Given the frequent and common use of technology in the youth, it is imperative that mothers are made aware about its use as well as its pros and cons. Mothers must be educated and trained such that they can use computers, smartphones, social media etc. to be able to understand and guide their children in this regard. They must also be informed of the perils of modern technology including cyber bullying.

Proposal 4: Finance

The budget for the year 2016-2017 will be presented. It has been proposed that the Chanda Lajna Member-ship and Chanda Ijtema must be increased, considering the increase in the expenses in the last few years. Chanda membership, which has been $2 a month for a very long time should now be increased to $4 a month, while the Chanda Ijtema should be increased from $16 to $17.

All suggestions presented were unanimously agreed upon by all members of Majlis e Shura

The election of National President Lajna Imaillah was also conducted in Shura under the supervision of Quanta Kauser Sahiba (Wife of Respected Ameer Sahib Australia).

THIRD SESSION

TALEEMI COMPETITIONS

The Talimi competitions began on the second day of Ijtema, the 24th of September 2016 the first session of the day was presided by Zamila Maqbool Sahiba. The first Talimi competition of the Ijtema was Tilawat com-petition for both Level I and Level II Lajna Imaillah. This was followed by Nazm competition of Level I and English Speech competitions for level II. The Hifz -e- Quran competition Lajna level II was conducted in par-allel (off stage). A short visual demonstration on etiquettes of Salat presented after this. The prizes to the winners of this session were distributed at the end of this session by Zamila Maqbool Sahiba. Zamila Sahiba also gave some advices to Lajna Imaillah.

FOURTH SESSION

The fourth session started after Zohar namaz and lunch. This session was presided by Quanta Kauser Sahiba.

The first competition of the session was Urdu speech competition level I. The Annual Report of Lajna Imail-lah Australia was presented by the assistant General Secretary in this session which contained a summary of the activities of Lajna Imaillah Australia throughout the past year. It allowed Lajna members to appreciate the works that the Lajna members of Australia are undertaking

Our next session was a Tarbiyyati session which started by a group Nazm. The speeches in Urdu and English on the topics of role model of wives of the Holy Prophet (saw)and Tabligh were delivered. A presentation on the topic of Family problems and the solutions was presented after this.

Lajna Imaillah had the opportunity to take part in Mushaira which was organised after Salat and dinner. La-jna members participated and enjoyed Mushaira very much. The day concluded with Dua.

FIFTH SESSION

The final day of Ijtema presided by Tahira Ather Sahiba. The session commenced with Quran Tilawat and Nazm. This was followed by English Speech competitions for level I. The spontaneous speech competition was the final competition for this Ijtema. The participants had all prepared exceptionally well for all the com-petitions.

Special Guests:

Lajna Imaillah Australia was blessed with the opportunity to host two honorable guests on the National Ijte-ma. Ms. Yelda Chembirika who was an independent candidate in Blacktown City council election and Ms. Anne Bali, wife of Blacktown Mayor (Stephen Bali). Ms. Anne Bali came to present special awards from the Blacktown City Council to Lajna members who donated gifts and greeting cards on Christmas for the sick and disadvantaged children on the appeal of Mayor of Blacktown City Council. The guests were presented with gifts by the National President of Lajna Imaillah Mrs. Anjum Khan Sahiba

PRIZE DISTRBUTION

Prizes were then distributed to Nasirat for their Talimi competitions, for those who participated in the sport competitions and Lajna members who participated in the Talimi and sports competitions. The Certificates to First three positions of Majalis in each department were awarded. Best Majlis Certificates and Shields were also distributed per the Best Majlis in each department and the Overall Majlis was also awarded with a Certif-icate and Trophy. This year Majlis Melbourne South received Overall Best Majlis Award 2015-2016 due to its tremendous efforts throughout the year. Mash Allah.

The Ijtema concluded with concluding address and remarks by Presidents Lajna Imaillah Australia and silent prayer.

The Book Stall, Food Stall, Exhibition and a Rishta Nata Desk were also organised by Lajna Imaillah during

the breaks of Ijtema,

MashAllah all the volunteer workers of the National Ijtema performed their duty with great effort. May Allah Almighty continue to shower his unlimited blessings on Lajna Imaillah of Australia and enable us all to work together in serving the Jamaat. Ameen

Farah Khan, Assistant General Secretary

Report : Results of the Ilmi competitions

Department: Taleem

The following is the list of the position holders of the ilmi competitions

Husn - e - Qirat competition

Total 21 participants of Lajna level 1&2 (L 2: 10 + L 1: 11 =21) were participated in the Husn e- Qirat Com-

petition. Following members have secured the positions accordingly.

Nazm competition

Total 21 participants of Lajna level 1&2 (L 2: 10 + L 1: 11 =21) were participated in the Nazm Competition.

Following members have secured the positions accordingly

Urdu Speech competitions

Total 18 participants of Lajna level 1&2 (L2: 8 + L 1: 10 =18) were participated in the Urdu speech Competi-

tion. Following members have secured the positions accordingly.

POSI-TION

LAJNA LEVEL 2 UN-DER 25

REGION LAJNA LEVEL 1 OVER 25

REGION

1st Atifa Tariq Bait ul Huda Nida Mubashar VIC

2nd Nida Ammar Al Sadaqat Fazeelat Islam QLD

3rd Shaista Parveen VIC Ahmadi Najm Bait ul Hu-da

POSI-TION

LAJNA LEVEL 2 UN-DER 25

REGION LAJNA LEVEL 1 OVER 25

REGION

1st Nida Ammar Al sadaqat Hiba tul Shafi Nida Mubashar

Al Noor VIC

2nd Hina Ahmadi SA Humaira Ahad VIC

3rd Maryam Ghayoor Bait ul Huda Saima Fazeel Al Sadaqat

English Speech competition

Total 18 participants of Lajna level 1&2 (L2: 9+ L 1: 9=18) were participated in the English Speech Competi-

tion. Following members have secured the positions accordingly.

Extempore speech competition

Total 16 participants of Lajna level 1&2 (L2: 7+ L 1: 9=18) were participated in the Urdu speech Competi-

tion. Following members have secured the positions accordingly.

Hifz-e-Quran competition

Total 48 members of both levels were participated in the Hifz e Quran competition. Following members

have secured the positions accordingly

POSI-TION

LAJNA LEVEL 2 UN-DER 25

REGION LAJNA LEVEL 1 OVER 25

REGION

1st Subhana Kanwal VIC Khula Usman VIC

2nd Saliha Shafique Al Sadaqat Humaira Ahad VIC

3rd Sofia Ihsan Bait ul Huda Ahmadi Najm Bait ul Hu-da

POSI-TION

LAJNA LEVEL 2 UN-DER 25

REGION LAJNA LEVEL 1 OVER 25

REGION

1st Atifa Mahmood Al Noor Najm Us Saher Bait ul Hu-da

2nd Sana Butt SA Farah Khan Al Sadaqat

3rd Afia Irum VIC Farhat Khurrum Al Sadaqat

POSI-TION

LAJNA LEVEL 2 UN-DER 25

REGION LAJNA LEVEL 1 OVER 25

REGION

1st Sofia Ihsan Bait ul Huda Najm Us Sahar Bait ul Hu-da

2nd Durr e Shahwar SA Nabeela Gulfam Al Sadaqat

3rd Afia Irum Al Noor Ahmadi Najm Bait ul Hu-da

POSI-TION

LAJNA LEVEL 2 UN-DER 25

REGION LAJNA LEVEL 1 OVER 25

REGION

1st Atifa Tariq Bait ul Huda Nabeela Zahoor VIC

2nd Asifa Waheed Al Noor Rahat Nasir Khula Usman Nabeela Gulfam

Bait ul Hu-da VIC Al Sadaqat

3rd Shaista Parveen Humna Imran

VIC Tasmania

Tabana Tahir Bushra Reman Saira Malik

VIC VIC Bait ul HU-da

Besides traditional Ilmi Competitions, the results of following special competitions were also announced and

positions were awarded at the occasion of Ijtema:

SEYEDA NUSRAT JEHAN BEGUM AWARD

Alhamdolillah, this year, Total 63 Lajna members (24 In Stage I and 39 In Stage II) passed successfully the

exam of this award (which was consist of following subjects Holy Quran, Hadith, Kalam ul Imam &

Qaseeda.)

TARJAMA TUL QURAN (PUNJ PARA) COMPETITION

By the grace of Allah, 86 Members have participated in this newly introduced competitions and learned the

split word translation of 5 parts of the Holy Quran.

HIFZ E NAZM COMPETITION

13 members participated in this newly introduced competitions and memorized 4 nazm written by Promised

Messiah AS.

Essay Writing competition

As usual, Taleem department Lajna Imaillah organized the essay writing competition as well. A Total of 37

Lajna members participated in essay writing competition. The names of the position holders are as follow.

Lajna Level 2

ENGLISH URDU

Lajna Level 1

ENGLISH URDU

Abida Mubashar, National Secretary Taleem

1st Afia Chohan Adelaide

South

2nd Iqra Saeed

Qureshi

Logan QLD

3rd Madeha

Rehman

Castle Hill,

NSW

1st Atia Sarfraz Melbourne

South

2nd Sania Farzana Bait ul Huda,

NSW

3rd Zarwa Nadeem Adelaide

South

1st Anmoila Tal-

pur

Melbourne

West

2nd Najm-ul-Sehar Marsden Park

3rd Sehar Bashir Marsden Park

1st Farah Mumtaz

Tahira Zaheer

Castle Hill, NSW

Mt. Druitt

2nd Rakhshanda

Saleem

Adelaide South

3rd Fakhira Shazad Melbourne South

Report : South Australia Regional Waqf - e - Nau Ijtema

Department: Taleem

Alhamdulillah on April 22nd, 2016 the Regional Waqf-e-Nau Ijtema took place at Mahmood Mosque Ade-

laide. The program started with the recitation of the Holy Quran and Urdu poem followed by the welcome

note by respected Regional Sadr Sahiba. By the grace of Allah, we had an attendance of 16 Waqfaat which

was 100% of Waqfaat participation.

The Morning Session started off with Tilawat Competition of the Waqfaat. This was followed by speech com-

petition. At 11:30am the message relay competition started in which Waqfaat needed to remind different

verses from Dur-e-Sameen and Waqfaat showed a lot of interest. At 11:45am we had letter writing session in

which all Waqfaat wrote a letter to our beloved Khalifa. All competitions went smoothly and we had enough

time to prepare Friday Prayer. So, our first session of Ijtema ended with some guidelines by Sadr sahiba and

break started with lunch and at 1:00pm all Waqfaat were ready to offer their Friday prayer at Lajna hall, this

showed a great deal of respect to the program and the Jamaat. During this break the girls also had to do their

Hifz-Quran.

Afternoon Session again started at 2:00pm with Tilawat after which the Waqfaat beautifully recited a Tarana.

After the Tarana, all Waqfaat sat down quietly and patiently. Soon after, the Nazam competition began. As

soon as the Nazam competitions ended everyone got ready for the extempore speech. All the girls participat-

ed and had a good time. All the Waqfaat had excellent knowledge. After we had Namaz-e-Asr. Straight after

the sports competitions began which included marble and spoon race, dodgeball and the observation

memory test. All girls enjoyed it very much. This went for an hour and then we had a break for tea. As soon

as that finished all Waqfaat had a session with the regional Sadar sahiba. All girls payed a lot of attention and

learnt something new. After we had our prize distribution. MashaAllah our day went very well and everybody

enjoyed it very much.

Report : Queenslands Interfaith Peace Symposium

Department: Tabligh

On Sunday the 4th of September, Lajna Imaillah Queensland held an Interfaith Peace Symposium. Majlis Logan with the help of other majalis we began preparations months earlier.

The invitations were prepared much earlier and the distribution of the invitations began early August. Many temples and churches and community centres were visited and the invitations were passed on personally.

Emails were sent personally to each of the district Councillors regarding the Peace Symposium. District po-lice constables were also emailed to grace the event with their presence.

Gift bags were prepared for each guest speaker and our special guests including the female councillors and constables. The gifts for esteemed guests included a jamaat book; Gardens of The Righteous or The Es-sence of Islam, book marks which were printed with the saying of the Holy Prophet PBUH and pamphlets, chocolates and a beautiful mug. Furthermore, little gift bags including a book mark and sweets were prepared for the rest of the guests.

After members and guests registration the program traditionally began with the recitation of the Holy Quran (Surah Al Hujraat v. 11, 12 & 14) by Mrs Fazeelat Mehmood Saihba with English translation by Miss Maliha Ayyaz Sahiba followed by the National Anthem which was recited by a group of Nasirat. Some housekeeping rules were presented by the host Mrs Erum Chauhdary Sahiba.

First was a PowerPoint presentation by the Secretary of Public Outreach Miss Daniya Waris Sahiba and Sec-retary of Religious Teachings Miss Iqira Saeed Sahiba on the topic of Introduction to Islam and Ahmadiy-yat. Once the opening of the session and giving the audience a brief introduction to the community and why we have gathered here for the day was outlined, we moved onto the main program. The first speech to

begin with the topic of Importance of Human Rights in my Religion was the Christian speaker Mrs Tahnee Bresil from the Mor-mon Community. Following the Christian speaker next was Mrs Jatinder Kaur from the Sikh Community presenting with a PowerPoint on the same theme.

Our final speaker of the day was Dr Shahista Kamal Sahiba

speaking on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the topic of Importance of Human Rights in Islam and Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

By the grace of Allah the presentations on the day were great and our audience were engaged throughout the program. Once the speakers were finished presenting and we were good with time we used the precious op-portunity to invite the councillors (right); Cr Laurie Koranski and Cr Stacey McIntosh and Sergeant Julie Williams with her female Liason Officer (left) on the stage to say a few words regarding today. Everything running smoothly and on time the program was concluded with the Regional President Mrs Nuzhat Ayesha Saiba giving a vote of thanks to all guests and presenting the gifts that were prepared for all guests.

After the gifts presentation, Regional Sadar Sahiba lead us in a silent prayer.

Throughout the program we had various activities planned for the guests, we gave them a small tour around the mosque including Sir Clement Wragge library and ex-hibitions which mostly included handmade items and a cultural display which was a big eye catcher.

After the exhibition we slowly led them to the Masroor Hall where the dinner was ready to go. Dinner included a variety of curries, vegetable rice, salads, kheer and soft drinks. During the program there were also refreshments prepared for everyone which included fruit cordial, a varie-ty of tea, coffee, cookies and biscuits. A childcare was also arranged where children had a variety of activities and re-freshments to enjoy during the program.

By the grace of Allah, the day was very successful and ran smoothly. We had 34 guests present and a total of over 100 attendees for the event including the Councillors and two lady constables; Andrea and Julie. There were also 3 male guests who were looked after in Sadar Sahibs office. Few apologies were received prior to the event including some of the councillors. At the end of the day lots of good feedback was achieved, mostly they were surprised by the lively environment and the love and care they received throughout the event. Also, some of the remarks received were that the guests felt warmth, love and felt a positive energy in atmosphere the moment they stepped out of their cars.

Many people left their contact details for any future upcoming events.

The Mormon group ladies expressed their excitement to host us next time. They also showed great enthusi-asm in trying on our colourful scarves and putting on henna. There were also two Korean ladies presenting Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL), one of them being a program coordinator who insisted us to present our community in the International Womens Conference.

Alhamdolillah!

Daniya Waris: Secretary Tableigh, Majlis Logan, QLD

News: Research Cell

Department: Research Cell

Nida Mukhtar (Melbourne) Farah Chohan (Castle Hill) Ayesha Andleeb (Adelaide west) Salma Kareem (ACT) Attia Kaleem (Perth) Munazza Imran (Tasmania)

Attia Usman (Penrith)

Madiha Azhar (Mt Druitt)

Mariyum Janoud (Adelaide)

Maria Khanum Amber Khan Rabia Tanoli Misha Munir

Report: Nasirat Sports Day

Department: Nasirat

By the Grace of Allah, Nasirat and Lajna

Imaillah Sydney, Australia held their Sports

Day 2016 on the 22nd August, 2016, Alham-

dullilah. The day was bright and sunny, help-

ing the day be as successful as possible. Na-

sirat of all three Sydney Regions- Bait-ul-

Huda, Al-Sadaqat, and Al-Noor- enthusiasti-

cally took part in the days activities. The total

attendance of Nasirat on the day was 110.

The program began at 10:00am with Nasirat joining Lajna for the beginning of the day. Both Lajna and Nasirat took part in the parade, representing their respective Regions. As per tradition, Quran Tilawat was recited, followed by an official welcome to the Sports Day and Dua for the success of the program. Nasirat then split from Lajna to conduct their separate sports activities. The first activity held was the 50m races for all groups, with many Na-sirat taking pride in representing their Region from the begin-ning of the program. The Nasirat were reminded that they could only take part in three activities, in order to ensure that the maxi-

mum number of girls got a chance to participate in the various activities. Next, the 3-legged races were held, in which the Nasirat eagerly found partners to take part in the race. Variety relay was the next activity, and while it was getting quite warm by this point, Nasirat ardently participated. Throughout the morning, trays of fruits were brought down so that Nasirat could stay refreshed. A water cooler was also placed near the Na-sirat activities, and they were frequently reminded to stay hydrated throughout the day.

At 1:00pm, all Nasirat were proceeded to the Mosque, as it was time for Zohr Namaz. After Namaz, the lunch was served. The Nasirat then returned to carry on with their activities for Sports Day. Group 3 took part in a Message Relay, while Groups 1 and 2 did some indoor activities, including cricket, soccer and bad-minton. Following this, the final activity, the Observation game was then held, with all groups participating.

The Nasirat then assisted in cleaning up the area used for the days activities, then proceeded to the shade area for prize distribution. Many Nasirat received prizes for the various positions they had ob-tained throughout the days activities, and these Nasirat will Inshal-lah be going on to participate in Sports held during National Ijte-ma 2016. This marked the end of another successful Sydney Sports Day 2016, a feat that would not have been possible without the enthusiastic participation of all Nasirat involved, and the team of volunteers that helped during the course of the day.

Amtul Malik Najam Akhtar

National Secretary Nasirat Australia

Report: Nasirat Eid Milan

Department: Nasirat

Eid milan celebration was planned to celebrate on the Nasirats exami-

nation day which was due on 17th July. The day was started at 10:50

AM. The details of the program are as follows:

The highlight of the day was mehndi & nail art stalls organized with

the help of 5 volunteers for the day. These stalls were free & nasirat

enjoyed a lot & had mehndi & nail art. Very special thanks to those

lajna who offered their services & time in organizing these activities.

May Allah give them the best reward. Ameen

Special Parcel game was planned for 3 groups & nasirat participated with great enthusiasm and interest.

A competition of handmade items was launched for Eid milan event for which the information was sent be-

forehand to nasirat regarding the competition. Items were judged & awarded by the secretory exhibition.

We will continue this competition on the different throughout the year to enhance Nasirats creative skills.

Food was served to the nasirat. Majalis were assigned following dishes to bring on the day for Nasirats lunch.

Eid gifts were distributed after prayer. For the gift(Eidi) it was decided to give beautiful studs for group 1 &

group 2 & little crochet bags for group 3. At the end of the program Nasirat were asked to help in cleaning

& windup.

I would like to acknowledge all volunteers include teachers, parents & Lajna to make this event very success-

ful. May Allah give them the best reward. Ameen

Amatul Malik Najam Akhtar, National secretary Nasirat Australia

Report: ACTs Masroor Academy Excursion

Department: Masroor Academy

Sunday 25th September was a day full of joy for

the younger students of the ACT Masroor Acad-

emy. Nasirat and children up to 10 years of age

had the opportunity to visit KidCity which is an

indoor play centre in Mitchell. Lajna staff of the

Academy accompanied the children on the ex-

cursion. Six children aged 2-10 years and four

mothers/teachers met up at the venue at

10.30AM. We bought tickets for the group and

zealously entered the play area. Huge slides,

climbing equipment, bouncing enclosures and

arcade machines were a welcome sight for the

children. The fun started immediately and continued non-stop until about 12PM when the staff told the chil-

dren that we would soon leave to have lunch. This message sent the already active children into a super-active

mode as they wanted to leave nothing untried. Mothers were eventually able to settle everyone for a group

photo. We decided on Hungry Jack's for lunch and drove to the nearest outlet.

The group took some time to decide on the menu and place an order. Now, the children realised that they

were actually hungry (yeah, mum was right after all in taking me out of KidCity). After having spent so much ener-gy everyone appreciated their burgers, fries, drinks and ice cream. Happy faces and satisfied tummies said Al-

lah Hafiz to each other about an hour later.

The Academy staff and mothers also enjoyed the great spring weather and friendly chat. We thank the Presi-dent of ACT Jama'at and Deputy Principal Sahiba of Masroor Academy for organising this excursion. The children are already looking forward to the next excursion of the Academy.

Report: Castle Hills Fundraising Event

Department: Khidmat-e-Khalq

Humanity Firsts mission is to serve disaster struck and socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and families in the poorer communities of the world. Because caring about the less fortunate is at heartWhen a community, family or individual becomes disadvantaged Humanity First can help lessen the burden without discrimination of race, religion, colour or culture.

Our quest is to be active members in this process and through a fundraising event raise money for this char-itable cause.

Day at the park : There were homemade cakes, gulab jamuns, channa chaat, biryani, samosas, and more!!

Lajna arrived nice and early at 10am with their kids to enjoy the delicious food and each others company. Kids played in the nearby park while the ladies sat on picnic blankets near the lake and watched on. Our

older Lajna shared their wisdom with all and healthy discussions took place. The Humanity First cupcakes were amazing!

This Majlis event was attended by over 95 people including the kids, a great turnout.

Thanks to the efforts of all involved Castle Hill Majlis managed to raise $550 on the day and this money has been donated to Humanity First to help those less fortunate. Jazakallah to all the volunteers for their efforts and to those who donated. Alhamdolillah our event was very successful and we are looking forward to another one during the summer holidays Inshallah.

Saima Khan, Secretary Khidmat-e-Khalq: Majlis Castle Hill

The Editors Desk

Dear Readers, Asalamulaikum

The next newsletter will be published in January 2017, inshallah. Members are encouraged to send in

any announcements or any news that might be relevant to the next issue of the newsletter. Please ensure

that any material sent is in .doc (Word document) format, includes the report writers name and any

image attached is done so without any borders or effects.

Members are also requested to submit articles, essays and recipes that can be included in the Ad-Duha,

to be issued this year, during the Jalsa Salana. To submit your submissions, please contact your Majlis

Secretary Publications (Ishaat).

The 2016s second issue of Al-Meezaan will be also be issued at Jalsa Salana, this year, Inshallah.

Jazakallah, Wassalam

The Editor.

newsletter: july-september 2016

Lajna Imaillah Australia

Editor: Amber Khan Editor -in-chief: Sabiha Farooq Managing Editor: Anjum Khan