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xxxv fill into the hearts of others. Their holy words would always fit the occasion perfectly and fulfilled the needs of the time. They would not speak to entertain their addressees or tell them false tales. They find the people ailing, drowned in diverse spiritual afflictions, and give them counsel in order to cure them, or dispel their doubts through conclusive arguments. Their words are few, but house a treasure of vast meaning. Thus, it is this very principle that my humble self keeps in view. As such, the door of dialogue and discourse remains open so that I may speak to my guests and visitors in accordance with the respective capacities, requirements and ailments which afflict them. To view evil as a target towards which one shoots the arrows of one’s vital counsel in order to prevent sin and reform the morals of others just as dislocated limbs must be restored is not possible fully unless people are cured face to face. (Ruhani Khaza’in, Volume 3, Fath-e-Islam, pp. 15-17) Therefore, in view of the education, moral training and reformation of our community, Al-Shirkatul Islamiyyah has changed its initial plan and is now publishing the blessed Malfuzat of the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, earlier than what was previously decided. About the Present Volume The text of this volume has been reproduced from Malfuzat, Volume 1, published in December of 1936, by the community’s central directorate of publications in Qadian. This first edition was arranged and compiled primarily by the efforts of Chaudhary Ahmad Jaan Sahib (Director Finances of Tahrik Jadid), Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Sahib (Maulvi Fazil and currently serving as missionary in Lahore) and Maulvi Abdur-Rashid Sahib (Maulvi Fazil). May Allah grant them the best of rewards. This edition of Malfuzat comprises a collection collated from various newspapers and periodicals that spans from 1891 to 1899. Malfuzat-e-Ahmadiyyah, Part 2, which was compiled by the late Raja Manzur Ilahi (from the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement) contained extracts from the following sources: Al-Hakam, vol. 13, no. 19, pp. 3-4 (under the title ‘Before 1873’); Al-Hakam, vol. 7, no. 36, pp. 10-11 (under the title ‘Near 1879’); Al- Hakam, vol. 6, no. 23 (under the title, ‘Near the Time of 1879’); Al-Hakam, vol. 6, no. 44-45 (under the title ‘Before 1879’); Al-Hakam, vol. 6, no. 46 and Al-Hakam, vol. 7, no. 3 (under the title ‘Prior to 1879’); Akhbar-e-Aam Lahore, printed on