The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 40
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 40 extreme hypocrisy. And those, of whom he is called the leader, hold the same beliefs, and have the same views, as those of his. Now, according to my commitment, I write below the Announcement in Arabic and Persian. And, being truthful, I do not fear any one, except God Almighty. In view of the elegance of the arrangement of the text, and because there is a complete concord between the two, I deem it appropriate that I should write the actual An - nouncement in Arabic and then translate it into Persian, so that each of the Announcements should have been written independently, as it were, and so that the Arabic Announcement, which every one of the non-natives can - not easily understand, should also be translated. Hence, after having written both these Announcements, I will attach them to the [manuscript] of this book. و َ بِاہلل ِ التَّوْفِیْق [It is Allah Who enables one to achieve his purpose]. The writer, the humble one, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. 21 February 1899.