Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din a lawyer by profession, was a member of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement

Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement

The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam Lahore , also known as the Lahoris, formed as a result of ideological differences within the Ahmadiyya movement, after the demise of Maulana Hakim Noor-ud-Din in 1914, the first Khalifa after its founder,...

 and the author of numerous publications about Islam

Islam

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 and the Ahmadiyya movement

Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious revivalist movement founded in India near the end of the 19th century, originating with the life and teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer of the end times, who was to herald the Eschaton as...

.

Life

Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din was born in Punjab, India, and received his education at the famous Forman Christian College

Forman Christian College

Forman Christian College University, or FCCU, is a chartered university in Lahore, Pakistan, named after its American-born founder, Dr. Charles William Forman.- History :...

, Lahore. His grandfather, Abdur Rashid, a famous poet, was at one time chief Muslim Judge of Lahore during the Sikh period. In 1893 he joined the Ahmadiyya Movement and became a close associate of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Mīrzā Ghulām Aḥmad was a religious figure from India and the founder of the Ahmadiyya Community. He claimed to be the Mujaddid of the 14th Islamic century, the promised Messiah , and the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the end days...

, Founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. He served the Movement and the Founder in various leading capacities. Through Ghulam Ahmad’s teaching and influence, the Khwaja was inspired to become a successful lecturer, orator and missionary of Islam, and gave powerful lectures before large multi-faith audiences in many countries.
In 1912 he proceeded to England

England

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 and laid the foundation of the “Woking Muslim Mission and Literary Trust

Woking Muslim Mission

The Woking Muslim Mission was founded in 1913 by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din at the Mosque in Woking, 30 miles southwest of London and was managed by members of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement . It was run by Lahore Ahmadiyya missionaries until the mid-1960s.- Woking Mosque :The Woking Mosque was built by...

” as well as The Islamic Review.

From 1912 till his death, he devoted his life to the propagation of Islam. Besides visiting England several times for lengthy periods, he also toured other countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, including his home country of India, delivering lectures on Islam. He performed his second Hajj in the company of Lord Headley

Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley

thumb|Lord Headley with [[Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din]]Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley , also known as Shaikh Rahmatullah al-Farooq, was an Irish peer and a prominent convert to Islam, who was also one of the leading members of the Woking Muslim Mission alongside Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din...

, the famous British Muslim convert and the Khwaja's close friend and associate.

Literary Work

Below is a partial list of English books by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, which can be read online:

(Urdu books by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din are also accessible online.)

• Al-Islam
• Ethics of War
• The Existence of God
• Five Pillars of Islam
• God and His Attributes
• The Great Revolution
• The Holy Quran and the Bible
• Introduction to the Study of the Holy Quran
• Islam and Christianity
• Islam and Civilisation
• Islam & Other Religions
• Islam to East and West
• Jesus — An Ideal of Godhead and Humanity
• Muhammad the Most Successful Prophet
• Mysticism in Islam
• The Problem of Human Evolution
• The Quran a Miracle
• A Running Commentary on the Holy Quran
• The Sources of Christianity
• The Status of Women in World Religions and Civilisations
• The Strength of Islam
• Study for an Atheist
• Study of Islam
• Sufeism in Islam
• Unity of the Human Race
• The Vicegerent of God on Earth
• Woman from Judaism to Islam
• Worship and Sacrificialism

External links

• An Interview with Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din Sahib - His Missionary Work in England, Special to the "Rangoon Mail", Islamic Review, October, 1920 (Vol. 8, No. 10) pp. 362–366