An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 396
396 The Book The fifth and the last part of the Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , which was delayed for about 23 years, the Promised Messiah as started writing this book in 1905, it was altogether a new book. About this book, the Promised Messiah as writes: “The four parts of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah which have been published consisted of such matters unless these are manifested, the arguments contained there in find their fulfilment. It was not to be that the work on the fifth part begins. ” ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah (Part V), preface p. 2, R uha n i Khaz a’ in, vol. 21, p. 3) He further stated: Another reason of the delay was God wanted to divulge that his mission was in accordance with His will and all the revelations that contained in earlier parts are from Him and are not man-made. The great mission of the fifth part of the book was, that it constituted as a harbinger of earlier volumes. It was a great sign of God that He kept me alive till all the prophecies find their fulfilment. Now the time had come that the work on the fifth part should begin and at the time the work on it is beginning represented The Triumph of Truth and it is an acknowledgment of these blessings that I have named this part of the book as The Triumph of Truth and therefore some earlier pages 25 carry the title of the The Triumph of Truth. ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , Part V, preface p. 7, R uha n i Khaz a’ in vol. 21, p. 9) In a ten page preface to the book, the Promised Messiah as said God alone Knows the reason of its delay, but his hench is that God wanted 25 Up to pages 53 of the book and up to Volume 21, page 73.