Claims of the Promised Messiah (as) — 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 laid out 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 now being published for the first time. This sermon was delivered on April 5, 1985 at the Fa d l Mosque, London, and deals with the common objections made against the holy Founder of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at. The translation of this Friday sermon was done by Dr. Nas i m Rehmatull a h and revised by Pir Waheed Ahmad, Arshad Ansari and Mubasher Ahmad. The translation team headed by Munawar Ahmed 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 Abdul-Wahab Mirza, Luqman Tahir Mahmood and sev- eral other team members. 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.