The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 1
ISLAM The essay of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Ṣāḥib, the Chief of Qadian, which was read out by Maulana Abdul Karim Ṣāḥib Sialkoti, in Lahore in the Conference of Great Religions Dharam Mahutsu on 27th December 1896. 10 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلَّى عَلَى رَسُولِهِ الْكَرِيمِ It is necessary that a claim and the reasons in support of it must be set forth from a revealed book. In this auspicious Conference the purpose of which is that those who have been invited to participate in it should expound the merits of their respective religions with reference to the questions that have been formulated. I shall today set forth the merits of Islam. Before I proceed to do so I deem it proper to announce that I have made it obligatory upon myself that whatever I state will be based upon the Holy Quran which is the Word of God Almighty. I consider it essential that everyone who follows a book, believing it to be revealed, should base his exposition upon that 9. This is Hindi expression for Great Religions. 10. This sentence is by the conveners.