Hazrat Umar Farooq — Page 5
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. INTRODUCTION ‘Hadhrat Umar Farooq’ is one of the booklets in the series, prepared by the Children’s Book Committee. It contains the life history of Hadhrat Umar, Khalifat -ul-Rasool the second, may God be pleased with him. It also contains a brief account of the system of his government, his reforms and the battles Muslims had to fight during his Khalifat. The aim of this publication is to tell our young readers how the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and early Muslims underwent various trials and how their firm belief in Allah helped them overcome the enemies. We hope that children and parents will welcome this publication, as it will inspire the children to model themselves along the footsteps of their famous heroes. The present generation has a tremendous lot to learn from the past. Indeed this is a most useful book to have in any library. The Children’s Book Committee has been working under the supervision and guidance of Hadhrat Khalifat-ul- Masih IV. Mr. Rashid Ahmad Chaudhry, Chairman of the Children’s Book Committee and the members of his team, namely Masroor Ahmad, Kaleem Mirza, Mohammad Farooq Chowdhry and Mansoor Saqi deserve our thanks for producing this booklet. May God bless them. We would also welcome any suggestions and comments for improvement. The Muslim readers are urged to say, “May Allah be pleased with him”, whenever the name of Hadhrat Umar or any other Companion of the Holy Prophet appear in the text and “Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,” whenever the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad appears in the text. Muneer-ud-din Shams, Additional Vakil-ut-Tasneef London. 5