Mubarak Mosque, Qadian
The Mubarak Mosque or Masjid Mubarak is a mosque, located in Qadian, in the Gurdaspur district of the state of Punjab, India. It is considered as the first mosque built after the founding of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It is located in the heart of Qadian, in the rear of the Aqsa Mosque, the first mosque of Qadian.
History
The foundations for the mosque was laid in 1882 and the mosque was opened in 1883 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement.Religious significance
In Ahmadi theology, the mosque holds divine importance, as the building of the mosque was the first divinely task assigned to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad by God. In the Revealed Sermon, Ahmad alludes the mosque to Sura Bani Isra'il Verse 2 - in relation to the Mi'raj.Expansion
The mosque was first expanded in the 1907, prior to the death Ahmad, and the second expansion took place in 1944 during the reign of Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad.Architecture
Inscription
The entrance to the mosque has the following inscription in Arabic:When translated into English, the inscription reads: