Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 487
The Te^chln^ of Tslm HAZRAt MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, and Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, Qadian. This book deals with the following five fundamental doctri- nes of religion from the Muslim point of view^: (1) The physical, moral and spiritual condition of man. (2) the state of man in the after life, (3) the real object of the existence of man and the means of its attainment, (4) the effect of actions in the present life and the life to come, (5) the sourc- es of Divine knowledge. Opinions. Late Count Tolstoy expressed the following opinion on one of its parts ; " I approved very much two articles. How to get rid of ' Sin' and 'Life to come. ' The idea is very profound and very true. " Theosophical Book Notes : "The best and most attractive presentation of the faith of Muhammad which we have yet come across. " The Indian Spectator: "An exposition of the teachings of the Koran in a very attractive form. . . there is nothing disputatious and nothing which is not druwn direct from the Koran. " The English Mail : " A summary of really Islamic ideas. " The Indian Review : "A very entertaining and~ pleasant reading, lucid, comprehensive and philosophical evokes admiration. The book deserves to be in the hands of every Muhammadan student and also in the libraries of those who wish to know something of Muhammadan religion. "