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ix Introduction Hadrat Sahibz a da Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928-2003), the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jam a ‘at) from 1982-2003, began a series of lectures in Urdu at Jalsah S a l a nah (the Annual Convention of the Community) in Rabwah, Pakistan, in 1982, the year in which he was elected Khal i fatul Mas i h, on the subject: (—The Three Creative Principles) * The second lecture was delivered the following year, in December 1983, also in Rabwah, Pakistan. In 1984, H u du r migrated to England where he delivered two more lectures on the same subject at Jalsah Salana, UK. The first of these (i. e. , the third lecture of the series) was delivered on 2 nd August 1987, and the second (i. e. , the fourth and last lecture of the series) on 24 th July 1988. The first lecture was translated into English and published in 1996, by Islam International Publications Ltd. , England, under the title: —The Three Creative Principles. * H u d ur rh himself gave this title to the English version of these lectures. (Publishers)