The Living Fulfillment of the Promised Messiah’s Wish in the Age of Technology: MTA and Jalsa Salana

Wish of the Promised Messiah (AS)

Over a century ago, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expressed his heartfelt desire:

میری بڑی آرزو ہے کہ ایسا مکان ہو کہ چاروں طرف ہمارے احباب کے گھر ہوں اور درمیان میں میرا گھر ہو اور ہر ایک گھر میں میری ایک کھڑکی ہو کہ ہر ایک سے ہر ایک وقت واسطہ ورابطہ رہے۔

“It is my great desire that there be such a house where the homes of my friends surround it from all four sides, and in the middle would be my own house. And there should be my window in each of their homes through which there may be a constant connection and communication with each one at all times.”

_{[Seerat Masih Maud (AS) by Hazrat Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti (RA), p.39-40]}

A Wish in a World Without Media

The Promised Messiah (AS) had a beautiful spiritual yearning to remain close to his followers. In the physical world, we can imagine the windows of homes opening towards a central mansion. However, in a spiritual context, such a thing is hard to imagine – and it was especially unimaginable at the time.

Hazrat Maulvi Abdul Karim Sialkoti’s (RA) biography of the Promised Messiah (AS) was published in 1900. At that time, there was no concept of satellite TV, internet, or live broadcasts. Even the idea of speaking to someone in another city, let alone another continent, in real time sounded impossible. So how could the homes of millions, even billions of followers around the globe open toward one central figure?

Fulfillment of Promised Messiah’s Spiritual Wish

Muslim Television Ahmadiyya (MTA)

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) was a divinely appointed Messiah and Mahdi of God, and it is God Almighty who fulfills the desires of His chosen ones. Consequently, Allah fulfilled this sacred desire 26 years ago, in 1992, through MTA—a channel that enters homes through what resembles a window: the television. No one could have imagined this far-fetched wish of the Promised Messiah (AS) coming true. However, it is God Almighty who made sure to fulfill it.

Interestingly, early televisions were also quite literally built like windows, as they consisted of boxy screens with wooden shutters that opened outward, just like a real window. Even today, the shape and feel of a TV screen still carries that symbolism. And through this “window,” the voice and image of Khalifatul Masih, the spiritual successor to the Promised Messiah (AS), is present in Ahmadi homes across the world. Through this spiritual window that is the MTA, his sermons, messages, and heartfelt guidance reaches all our living rooms and hearts alike.

Jalsa Salana Through MTA: The Fulfillment of a Global Spiritual Vision

Nowhere is this vision more beautifully fulfilled than during Jalsa Salana held each year, especially the UK Jalsa, where thousands gather in person, while millions more tune in from across continents. During the Jalsa, the Khalifa addresses the global Jama’at, and every Ahmadi household becomes part of this unified experience.

During the live global transmission of Jalsa Salana, MTA often shows this beautiful montage of screens—like windows into mosques, mission houses, and homes all over the world. You see Jama’ats gathered in different time zones, different cultures, different languages, all tuned into the same live Jalsa broadcast. And right in the middle is the window of Huzoor (aba), from where his voice is reaching into every single window worldwide.

This right here is the perfect, beautiful fulfillment of the Promised Messiah’s wish, on the biggest stage possible.

Fulfillment of Promised Messiah’s Revelation

Support from the Heavens and the Earth

More than a century ago in 1897, the Promised Messiah (AS) also received the powerful revelation:

اَلْاَرْضُ وَالسَّمَاءُ مَعَکَ 

“The heavens and the earth are with you.”

_{[Siraj Munir, Ruhani Khazain, Vol. 12, p. 83-84]}

The “support of the heavens” in this revelation vouchsafed to the Promised Messiah (AS) is a clear reference to MTA. Today, thanks to the global reach of MTA, we are now able to have, experience, and witness the powerful spiritual gatherings of Jalsa Salana from anywhere in the world.

No matter where we are, we can stay connected to Khalifatul Masih through MTA: his very own window into our homes. Just take This Week with Huzoor as an example. What a blessing it is that, through this window, we stay updated and spiritually connected to Huzoor’s weekly activities.

Fulfillment of Promised Messiah’s Dream

Floating Without Moving

At approximately 12:40 am on December 2nd 1908, Ahmad (AS) also saw a vivid dream:

I saw [in my dream] that I was about to perform my ablutions when I felt that the ground underneath me was soft and hollow and that there was a cave running below it […] At that time I felt that I was floating about in the air inside a hollow space equal in circumference to the distance between here and the house of Navväb Sähib. I floated in it from one side to the other. Syed Muhammad Ahsan was standing on its bank and I called him and said: Jesus walked on water but observe that I am floating in the air, and I am the recipient of Divine grace in a greater measure than he was […].

_{[Tadhkirah, English Version, p.603]}

This powerful dream of Ahmad (AS) once again hinted at something far ahead of its time. It also signalled that he (AS) would receive far more favours of God than Jesus (AS).

Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (RH), Khalifatul Masih IV, connects this dream of Ahmad (AS) to MTA stating that ‘floating in the air’ is a clear reference to satellite technology and that the dream has found its fulfillment in the satellite channel MTA. He stated that this dream is again a powerful sign that the heavens are in support of Ahmad (AS), and that this humble Jama’ah will continue to rise and prevail like never before, as he expressed in the following words:

“I know that as Hazrat Masih Maud (AS) said: ‘Now it is decided that the air of the heavens will be subdued for the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and in all the ranks that are related to the heavenly journeys, the slaves of Hazrat Masih Maud (AS) will be given an advantage over all other nations and people of the world.’ So this is the beginning of the heavenly journey. These waves of MTA that descend from the sky all over the world are the beginning of this journey. There is still much that is to come. You cannot even imagine what the coming centuries will see, despite seeing all this, how much greatness has been created.”

_{[Al-Fazl International, July 4, 1997, p.4]}

Today, Ahmadis around the world are spiritually “floating” with Huzoor (aba) through the airwaves of MTA. We move with him, pray behind him, and listen to his sermons, all without being physically present.

In this way, MTA has become the spiritual window of Ahmad (AS) into the homes of all Ahmadis — a living fulfillment of his wish, revelation, and dream, and a testimony from the heavens in support of the Promised Messiah (AS).

Conclusion

• The Promised Messiah’s (AS) wish over a century ago has been beautifully and completely fulfilled in our time. Our devices and MTA have become spiritual windows, connecting all us Ahmadis across the world to the main house in Islamabad, where our beloved Khalifa resides.
• This is also a clear and powerful sign of the truthfulness of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS). The promise “the heavens and the earth will support you” is being fulfilled in front of our eyes.
• In Jalsa Salana each year, we are witnessing that vision come to life on the biggest stage, where the Khalifa’s voice reaches into homes of all Ahmadis through MTA – Huzoor’s spiritual window in our homes.

Additional Resource

“The place that the Mahdi had longed for—MTA is that very place.”
Al-Fazl International, July 24, 2020,