Life of Ahmad — Page 341
341 CHAPTER 31 VICTORIA INVITED TO ISLAM The need of a press at Qadian was being keenly felt. The work was increasing every day and it was too inconvenient and expensive to have everything printed at a great distance. Therefore, Ahmad as asked Shaikh N u r Ahmad ra of Amritsar to start a press at Qadian and it was set up in the Golkamra in August; 1892. This marked a great change in the history of Qadian. This press was known as 'Riy ad-e- Hind'. The A ’ i na Kam a l a t-e-Islam was written in 1892, though it was completed and published in February 1893. It appears to be the first book 71 printed at the Qadian press. This work is of unique importance. As its name shows, it is a mirror through which the beauties and excellences of Islam can be seen. Muhammad Husain 71 The number of copies produced was 1,400. It covered about 700 pages including a message of about 250 pages in Arabic and Persian addressed to the learned people of India, Arabia, Persia, Turkey, Egypt, Turkistan and Afghanistan. This was added to the book at the suggestion which Maulaw i Abdul Kar i m ra made to Ahmad as on January 11th, 1893. Its price was fixed on August 10th, 1892, at R. 1 without postage but later, as the book grew in volume, it was fixed at Rs. 2 without postage.