The New World Order of Islam — Page xii
vii PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION HERE follows the English version of an address, delivered by the late Am i rul-Mu’min i n, * Hadrat Mirz a Bash i rudd i n Ma h m u d Ahmad, to the Ahmadiyya Annual Gathering on December 28, 1942. A verbatim Urdu report of the original was issued in December, 1943, and again in April, 1944, and in March, 1945. The English version is being issued to give wider publicity to the important subject matter of the address. The address answers the question—'How does Ahmadiyyat, the True Islam, propose to deal with the problem of social inequality in the world?' The Ahmadiyya solution is the solution of Islam shaped under divine guidance for present needs by the Holy Founder as of the Ahmadiyya Movement. It builds on Islamic teaching and emphasises the progressive nature of that teaching. The social teaching of Islam ** was expounded by * T he Leader or Imam of the faithful (publisher) ** A lecture on The Economic Structure of Islamic Society , delivered by the Am i rul-Mu’min i n at Lahore, has already been published. It can be had from the Oriental Religious Publishing Corporation Ltd. , Rabwah, Pakistan.