Their Ulema — Page viii
[ viii ] Since much of our literature is currently being confis- cated by the government of Pakistan, sincere seekers of truth may have difficulty finding the answers. This series of Friday sermons present the response to these allegations by Hadrat Mirz a Ta hir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV rta , the then Imam of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, to these allegations. This response to the White Paper was first published in Urdu in 1985 and the English translation is being published now. This sermon was delivered on March 22, 1985 at the Fa d l Mosque, London and deals with the character of the so-called Muslim divines of this age. The translation of this Friday sermon was done by Jal ee l Akbar and Professor Dr. H ameed Nas ee m. The translation team; headed by Munawar A. Saeed, under the direction of Vak a lat-e-Ta s n i f London; finalized this series of Friday ser- mons for publication. Important contributions were made by Salm a n Muhammad S a jid and several other team mem- bers. M ay Allah bless them all. A m i n. This book uses the system of transliteration adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society. at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u pre- ceded by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word honour. th , pronounced like th in the English word thing.