Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page xxii
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I xxii tions of bai‘at in his concluding address at the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at UK, on July 27, 2003. In his concluding address at the Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at Germany, on August 24, 2003, H u du r aba explained the fourth, fifth and sixth condi- tions of bai‘at. On August 29, 2003 in his Friday Sermon, H u du r aba explained the seventh and eighth conditions of bai‘at in Frankfurt, Germany. The ninth condition was addressed in his Friday sermon on September 12, 2003 at the Fa d l Mosque in London. Finally, the tenth condition of bai‘at was addressed in his Friday sermon on September 19, 2003 at the Fa d l Mosque in London. These were followed by three Friday sermons on September 26, October 10, and October 17, 2003 in which H u du r aba narrated the marvelous spiritual changes which took place among the Ahmad i s after taking the pledge. These speeches and sermons were delivered by H u du r aba in Urdu. After his additional revisions, the sermons on the conditions of bai‘it were published in book form in July 2004 and the English translation was published in July 2005. We are now pleased to bring out the present edition which includes the three sermons on the spiritual changes resulting from bai‘at. In translating the verses of the Holy Qur’an, we have followed the translation given by the revered speaker in Urdu. When he did not translate any verse we have adopted the translation made by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rta (if available) or by Maulav i Sher ‘Al i ra. It should also be noted that the ‘new edition’ of Malf uza t refers to the edition published recently in five volumes from Qadian. References to Malf uza t that do not specify ‘new edition’ refer to the edition published