The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page vii
PUBLISHERS' NOTE. This is the fourth volume of a set comprising of an. English translation of the extracts from the writings, speeches, announcements and discourses of the. Promised Messiah, Ḥaḍrat Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad of. Qādiān [may peace be upon him], the Holy Founder of the Aḥmadiyyah Muslim Community (18351908). . The book presents the extracts from the works of. Haḍrat Mirza Ghulām Aḥmadas himself relating to the following four topics: • Family and personal background of the Promised Messiahas • Status of the Promised Messiahas •. The purpose of the Promised Messiah's as advent • Propagation and the establishment of a holy community and instructions. The original compilation, in Urdu, Arabic and Persian, from which these extracts have been rendered into English, was collated with great care and diligence by the late Syed Mir Dāwūd Aḥmad, may. Allāh reward him for his labour of love. He published his selection in the form of a book, Hadrat. Mirzā Ghulam Aḥmad Qadiani, alaihissalāto wassalām, apnī tehrīron ki rū sey, or 'Haḍrat Mirzā