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Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad was born in Qadian, India, in 1928 to Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad and Hadhrat Maryam Begum. He obtained his early schooling at Qadian and joined Government College Lahore in 1944. After graduating from the Ahmadiyya Missionary College Rabwah, with distinction, he obtained his honours degree in Arabic from the University of the Punjab. In 1955, he visited England for the rst time with his father who advised him to remain behind to improve his knowledge of the English language and Western customs. He secured admission at SOAS, university of London, where he remained for two and a half years. By the end of 1957 he had not only visited most of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales but also most of Western Europe. After completing his education, he dedicated his life to the service of faith. In October 1958, he was given charge of “Waqf-e-Jadid”, the department for propagation of the highest grades of virtue and for fostering the welfare of Ahmadis. In 1965 he served as Mohtamim Sehat-e-Jismani, Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Markazia, Rabwah which is when he wrote this book in Urdu. From 1960 to 1969 he was appointed Vice-President and then Sadr Majlis Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Central (Markazia). In 1979 He was elected as Sadr Majlis Ansarullah Central (Markazia). He was elected as the head of the Ahmadiyya Community in 1982. The anti-Ahmadiyya ordinance, promulgated on 26 April 1984, compelled him to leave Pakistan and settle in the UK. Within a few years he trained and organised thousands of men, women and children as voluntary workers to help him discharge his global responsibilities. One of his achievements, MTA, (Muslim Television Ahmadiyya) televises twenty-four hours a day, and reaches all the continents in most major languages of the world. He was also a renowned homeopathic physician, a prolic writer, a highly gifted poet and a keen sportsman. He passed away in April 2003 aged 74. Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad