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finds himself obliged to admit: 'It was towards the end of the 19th century that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad appeared on the scene with his unique message and movement. '31. After admitting that during this period, the British Government patronised the activities of Christian missionaries who were busy propagating Christianity and repudiating Islam, the author of these words. then proceeds to admit that at that point in time, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmad: 'undertook to produce a voluminous work to demonstrate, on one hand, the truth of Islam, the divine origin of the Quran and the prophethood of the Apostle of Allah by rational arguments and to falsify Christianity, Sanatan Dharam, Arya Samaj and the Brahmo. Samaj and others. '32. This voluminous task undertaken by the founder of the Ahmadiyya. Muslim Community fulfilled the purpose for which it was undertaken — a fact acknowledged by many of his critics who admit that Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad: 'possessed a great zeal for the cause of Islam. He wrote his first book,. Braheen e Ahmadiyya in defence of Islam for the demonstration of the truthfulness of Islam, the message of the Holy Quran and the Unity of. Allah and he refuted the claims of Christianity, Arya Samaj, Sanatan. Dharam and Brahmo Samaj by rational arguments. '³³. BRAHEEN E AHMADIYYA APPLAUDED BY MUSLIMS. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's first major defence of Islam, the. Braheen e Ahmadiyya, the first two volumes of which appeared in 1880 followed by the third in 1882 and the fourth in 1884 was infact long 31. Ibid: pg 6 32. Ibid: pgs 25/26 33. Rawat, M: Qadianism. An Anti Islamic Conspiracy: History of the Evolution of Qadianism:. Awake, South Africa: Vol 4. No 1. December, 1984 112