Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page v
CONTENTS PUBLISHERS’ NOTE _________________________________________ I FOREWORD TO THE PRESENT EDITION____________________ IV PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION _________________________ VI HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT_______________________________5 DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE MOVEMENT________________9 WHAT SHOULD BE THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF RELIGIOUS CONFERENCES ____________________________________________33 THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTS OF RELIGION ____________________36 THE FIRST OBJECT OF RELIGION___________________________39 T HE I SLAMIC C ONCEPTION OF G OD ___________________________ 39 R ELATION OF M AN TO G OD _________________________________ 62 T HE W AY BY WHICH M AN CAN E XPRESS HIS R ELATIONSHIP WITH G OD 67 T HE M EANS WHEREBY M AN CAN A TTAIN TO G OD AND THE P RACTICAL R EALIZATION OF THIS O BJECT IN THIS L IFE _____________________ 86 THE SECOND OBJECT OF RELIGION _______________________164 M ORALS _______________________________________________ 164 D IFFERENT S TAGES OF M ORAL Q UALITIES _____________________ 196 W HY ARE G OOD AND B AD _________________________________ 205 M ORAL Q UALITIES S O C ALLED ? ____________________________ 205 M EANS OF A CQUIRING G OOD M ORALS AND OF A VOIDING E VIL O NES 210 THE THIRD OBJECT OF RELIGION _________________________234 S OCIAL A SPECT OF I SLAM __________________________________ 234 R ELATIONS BETWEEN THE R ULERS AND THE R ULED. _____________ 264 M ASTER AND S ERVANT ___________________________________ 264 T HE P OWERS AND D UTIES OF THE I SLAMIC S TATE _______________ 271 T HE D UTIES OF S UBJECTS __________________________________ 277 R ELATIONS BETWEEN M ASTER AND S ERVANT __________________ 278 T HE R ELATIONS BETWEEN THE R ICH AND THE P OOR , AND THE P OWER AND A UTHORITY OF O FFICIALS _____________________________ 281 I NTERNATIONAL R ELATIONS ________________________________ 293 R ELATIONS BETWEEN THE F OLLOWERS OF D IFFERENT R ELIGIONS ___ 304 THE FOURTH OBJECT OF RELIGION _______________________306 L IFE AFTER D EATH _______________________________________ 306 T HE NATURE OF THE R EWARDS AND P UNISHMENTS OF THE L IFE AFTER D EATH ________________________________________________ 316 W HERE AND IN W HAT F ORM WILL THE P UNISHMENTS AND R EWARDS OF THE N EXT W ORLD M ANIFEST T HEMSELVES ____________________ 325 W ILL R EWARD AND P UNISHMENT BE E VERLASTING ?_____________ 333 W ILL THERE BE A CTION IN H EAVEN OR WILL IT COME TO AN E ND ? __ 334 THE EFFECT OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH AS ON HIS FOLLOWERS ___________________________339 INDEX ____________________________________________________361