Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page iii
ABOUT THE AUTHOR The Promised son ra of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as ; the manifest Sign of Allah, the Almighty; the Word of God whose advent was prophesied by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and the Promised Messiah as as well as the past Prophets; a Star in the spiritual firmament for the like of which the world has to wait for hundreds of years to appear; the man of God, crowned with a spiritual halo from which radiated such scintillating rays of light as would instil spiritual life into his followers and captivate and enthral those who were not fortunate to follow him; an orator of such phenomenal quality that his speeches would make his audience stay put for hours on end, come rain or shine, deep into the late hours of the nights while words flowed from his tongue like honey dripping into their ears reaching the depths of their soul filling them with knowledge and invigorating their faith; the ocean of Divine and secular knowledge; the Voice Articulate of the age; without doubt the greatest genius of the 20 th century; a man of phenomenal intelligence and memory; an epit- ome of the qualities of leadership; the one whose versatil- ity cannot be comprehended— Hadrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad ra (1889-1965), Mu s li h Ma‘ u d (the Promised Reformer) was the eldest son and the second successor (Khal i fa) of the Promised Messiah as. He took charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a ‘at at the young age of 24 when the Jam a ‘at was still in its infancy and nourished it to its maturity for more than 50 years with his spiritual guidance, prayers, blood, tears and toil. Not only did he fortify the foundations of the Community laid down