Bahishti Maqbara
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rabwah, Punjab |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 31°45′42.64″N 72°55′1.24″E / 31.7618444°N 72.9170111°ECoordinates: 31°45′42.64″N 72°55′1.24″E / 31.7618444°N 72.9170111°E |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community |
| No. of graves | over 10,000 |
Bahishti Maqbara (English: The Heavenly Graveyard), located originally in Qadian, India and then in Rabwah, Pakistan is a religious cemetery established by the Ahmadiyya Community as a directive from the community's founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, made known in his booklet Al-Wasiyyat. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad established it in his will after he saw an angel showing him the place of his burial.
In 1905, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community wrote a publication titled Al-Wassiyat (English: The Will). In it, he describes establishing a cemetery for members of the community who are more spiritual than materialistic. At the time, finding a suitable piece of land in and around Qadian was costly and as such, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad proposed a piece of land from his own property.
He also proposed that for anyone to be buried in Bahishti Maqbara, the following three requirements be fulfilled:
To date, there are two cemeteries dedicated as Bahisti Maqbara. The first is located in Qadian, India and the second, in Rabwah, Pakistan.
On May 26, 1908, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad died and was taken by train to Batala. From there, he was carried to Qadian where he was eventually buried in Bahisti Maqbara. Thousands of members of the community arrived in Qadian for funeral prayers while prominent leaders within the community unanimously agreed Hakeem Noor-ud-Din should lead the community as the first successor to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. As Khalifatul Masih, Hakeem Noor-ud-Din led the funeral prayer for Mirza Ghulam Ahmad the same day.
Although the original cemetery was established in Qadian, after the partition of India when the community moved its headquarters to Rabwah (Pakistan), another branch of the cemetery was established there.
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