Tadhkirah — Page xiv
XIV English edition is now being published by the Additional Vak a lat-e-Ta s n i f. This translation is revised by the English Translation Section (based in USA) of Additional Vak a lat- e-Ta s n i f. It is prepared under the guidance of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V aba , who gave his time liberally for this project. My humble self had the good fortune of sitting in H u du r’s blessed audience and working closely on this project. Special Characteristics of this Edition: Some of the special characteristics of this edition are as follows: • The direct verbal revelations are given in the original words; • Wherever the Promised Messiah as has himself translated and/or explained a revelation in Urdu, our English translation/explanation is based on it and is given in the text, because the understanding bestowed upon the recipient of the revelation is its best explanation. • Revelations not translated by the Promised Messiah as are, in general, translated in the footnotes. Where exceptions were deemed necessary the translation by the publishers have been italicized and given in brackets []. • Translation of revelations containing the words of the Holy Qur’an—if they have not been translated by the Promised Messiah as himself—has been done in consultation with the translation of the Holy Qur’an by Hadrat Khal i fatul Mas i h IV rht or by Hadrat Maulav i Sher Ali ra.