Our Teaching — Page ix
Foreword to the Present Edition is the English translation of the book entitled Hamaaree Ta’leem, compiled by Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra. A major portion of this book is a condensed version of the sec- tion entitled ‘Teaching’ in the Urdu book Kashti-e-Nuh [‘Noah’s Ark’] by the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian, India. In Kashti-e-Nuh, the Promised Messiah as explained the nature of the prophecy concerning the plague. He declared that whosoever dwelled within the four walls of his home, both in a literal and spiritual sense, would be protected by God from the ravages of the plague. He then proceeded to give the gist of his teachings so that, by adhering to its precepts, people might spiritually enter the ‘four walls’ of his home and save them- selves from the disease. Hamaaree Ta’leem also contains an appendix entitled ‘Ahmadiyya Beliefs’. It is extracted from the book Da’watul-Ameer [‘Invitation to Ahmadiyyat’] by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din