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Publisher’s Note Please note that, in the translation that follows, words given in parentheses ( ) are the words of the Promised Messiah as. If any explanatory words or phrases are added by the translators for the purpose of clarification, they are put in square brackets [ ]. Footnotes given by the publisher are marked ‘[Publisher]’. The Promised Messiah as has included external letters and ref- erences in this book. To ensure that readers can easily distinguish between the Promised Messiah’s words and these documents, we have inserted grey sidebars. References to the Holy Quran contain the name of the s u rah [i. e. chapter] followed by a chapter:verse citation, e. g. S u rah al-Jumu‘ah, 62:4, and count Bismill a hir-Ra h m a nir-Ra hi m [‘In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful’] as the first verse in every chapter that begins with it. Throughout the book, the Promised Messiah as cites his earlier works, such as Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya. In those places, we have given the corresponding page number to the 2021 edition of R uha ni Khaz a ’in, as the first editions are rare and not easily accessible. Where an English trans- lation of such a book has already been published, we have cited it. Where we have included verses from the Bible, all references are taken from the King James Version (KJV). The following abbreviations have been used: s as s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam, meaning ‘may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him’, is written after the name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as.