Advice for Missionaries — Page x
Foreword On 12 March 1916, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra , the Promised Reformer and second successor of the Promised Messiah as delivered a lecture to a group of Ahmadi missionaries which was later published in the form of an essay. Huzoor spoke about the importance of intro- spection and self-reform, and said that a missionary could only be successful both as a preacher and as a guardian of other Ahmadis if they were honest, lived their lives according to the principles of their faith and constantly strove to purify their inner-selves. He also advised missionaries to put the full faith of their trust in God, to be constant in their daily prayers and recitation of the Holy Qur’an, to purchase and build a collection of their own books, and to create genuine ties of friendship with people that were built on love. For Huzoor, the best missionaries were those who drew closer to Allah and who drew people closer to themselves through their knowledge, etiquettes, good