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220 Background According to Hadrat Maul a n a Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra , this book was written in May 1898 in two parts, first part in Urdu and the other part in Arabic. However, its general publication took place with the permission of Hadrat Mirz a Bashir-ud-Din Ma h m u d Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II ra. In 1897, a renegade from Islam, Dr. Ahmad Sh a h Sh a ’iq (formerly Medical Officer of Lad a kh, turned Christian and was living at Oxford), wrote a book Ummah a tul Mu’min i n, attacking the wives of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad sa. It was printed at the R. P. Mission Gujranwala and published by a Christian, Parshotam D a s, as the agent of the author in India. One thousand copies of this book were sent free to Muslims. The Promised Messiah as received a copy on February 15, 1898. The book wounded the hearts of Muslims deeply and caused considerable excitement among them. The Promised Messiah as saw that this agitation was going to produce a bad effect upon the peace of the country. ( Life of Ahmad by A. R. Dard ra , edition of 2008, p. 580) The Book In this book, al-Bal a gh Y a Fary a d-e-Dard , the Promised Messiah as said: “It has wounded the feelings of millions of Her Majesty’s Muslim subjects living in the Punjab and other provinces of India by its abusive, scurrilous and contemptuous tone and by using the most indecent and insolent epithets and grossly offensive language against our lord and master, the Seal of the Prophets, the holiest of the Holy, Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a sa and has so severely affected Muslim hearts by its shameful and disgraceful falsehoods and fabrications that its harmful effects will extend to our posterity. ” (page 1 of the book, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 12, p. 369) The Promised Messiah as rejected the idea of presenting a Memorial to the Government which he described as acknowledging the defeat