Meanings
- the Jalsa Salana – an annual convention of the community.
More than 40,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community descended on East Worldham yesterday (Friday) for the start of Jalsa Salana UK.
2023 July 29, Paul Coates, “Jalsa Salana UK sets a new record attendance at East Worldham”, in Farnham Herald, archived from the original on 29 Jul 20232 more examples
The three-day Jalsa Salana usually attracts 35,000 people from around the world but this year it has been scaled back to 4,000 invited guests each day.
2021 August 7, “Jalsa Salana: Thousands head to Alton farm religious gathering”, in BBC NewsWith their Khalifa taking up permanent residence in the United Kingdom in 1984, the Ahmadi have held their Jalsa Salana [International Assembly], usually in the last week of July, each year, at this location.
2008, Simon Ross Valentine, Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at : history, belief, practice, →ISBN, page 77
Origin
- Urduجَلْسَہ سَالَانَہ“annual convention”
- EnglishJalsa Salana
Borrowed from Urdu جَلْسَہ سَالَانَہ (jalsah sālānah, “annual convention”).
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