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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-30 |title=Introduction to Masjid Mubarak and Hujra – Jalsa Qadian 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eby6yzXi2tI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Eby6yzXi2tI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=2020-04-04 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-30 |title=Introduction to Masjid Mubarak and Hujra – Jalsa Qadian 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eby6yzXi2tI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Eby6yzXi2tI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=2020-04-04 |website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
=== Religious significans ===
=== Religious ===
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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roose |first=Eric |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Architectural_Representation_of_Isla/tDhoNLbM45gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mubarak+mosque+qadian&pg=PA58&printsec=frontcover |title=The Architectural Representation of Islam: Muslim-commissioned Mosque Design in the Netherlands |date=2009 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=978-90-8964-133-5 |language=en}}</ref> In [[the Revealed Sermon]], Ahmad alludes the mosque to [[Sura Bani Isra’il]] Verse 2 – in relation to the [[Mi’raj]].<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-23 |title=مسجد اقصیٰ و مسجد مبارک قادیان |url=https://www.alfazlonline.org/23/12/2022/75184/ |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Daily Alfazl Online |language=ur}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roose |first=Eric |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Architectural_Representation_of_Isla/tDhoNLbM45gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mubarak+mosque+qadian&pg=PA58&printsec=frontcover |title=The Architectural Representation of Islam: Muslim-commissioned Mosque Design in the Netherlands |date=2009 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=978-90-8964-133-5 |language=en}}</ref> In [[the Revealed Sermon]], Ahmad alludes the mosque to [[Sura Bani Isra’il]] Verse 2 – in relation to the [[Mi’raj]].<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-23 |title=مسجد اقصیٰ و مسجد مبارک قادیان |url=https://www.alfazlonline.org/23/12/2022/75184/ |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Daily Alfazl Online |language=ur}}</ref>
Mosque in Qadian, Punjab, India
The Mubarak Mosque or Masjid Mubarak (Urdu: مسجد مبارک, lit. ‘Blessed Mosque’) 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.[1] It is located in the heart of Qadian, in the rear of the Aqsa Mosque, the first mosque of Qadian.
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.[2]
Religious significance
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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.[3] In the Revealed Sermon, Ahmad alludes the mosque to Sura Bani Isra’il Verse 2 – in relation to the Mi’raj.[4]
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.[4]
The entrance to the mosque has the following inscription in Arabic:
- مُبَارِكٌ وَّ مُبَارَكٌ وَّ كُلُّ اَمْرٍ مُّبَارَكٍ يُّجْعَلُ فِيْهِ
When translated into English, the inscription reads:[1][5]
“This mosque is a source of blessings, is blessed itself, and every blessed deed will be performed in it.”
