Approaching the West — Page 10
A pproaching the West—10 Lord to grant us one more prayer, that our benefactor the Empress, before leaving this world, may find her way out of the darkness of man-worship with the light of ‘L ā Il ā ha Illall ā hu, Mu ḥ ammad-ur-Ras ū lull ā h,’ [There is no God but All ā h and Mu ḥ ammad is His Messenger]. Do Almighty God as we desire, and grant us this humble prayer of ours as Thy Will alone governs all minds. Amen! This prayer was translated and read out in six languages– Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Pashto and English. (Jalsa-i- A ḥ b ā b, R ūḥā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Vol. 12; pp. 288-300) On the initiation of the 20th century, he decided to publish an English monthly magazine with the objective to inform and educate its readers about important current topics with particular emphasis on Isl ā mic perspective. Consequently, the first issue of The Review of Religions was published in January 1902. It was well-received in some Western countries. Ḥ a ḍ rat A ḥ mad (peace be on him) expressed the purpose of the magazine in the following words. As the members of our Jam ā ‘at are already aware that the principle purpose of my advent is to remove all the fallacies and the misconceptions which have been caused by Christianity, and to invite people to the true Isl ā m. This objective has also been described by the Holy Prophet Mu ḥ ammad (peace be upon him) in such words that the Messiah will “break the cross. ” To fulfill this very mission,