The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page xxxvi
Hadrat Mirza Ghulām Aḥmad, the Promised Messiah and. Mahdi [peace be on him] devoted the whole of his life to the service of Islām. He died at Lāhore on 26 May 1908. . Till the evening of the previous day he was occupied with the composition of a paper designed to furnish a peaceful modus vivendi between the Muslim and nonMuslim sections of the people of the sub-continent, which he designated Paigham-e-Șulaḥ (A Message of. Peace). . He wrote and published more than eighty books in Urdu,. Arabic and Persian, in which he presented a true exposition of the teachings of Islām, based on the Holy Qur'ān and the practice of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him] shorn of all the innovations and incrustations that had been grafted upon them during the centuries of decline. He also set forth in his writings and speeches the life-inspiring philosophy that permeates every commandment, direction and prohibition comprised in the Holy Qur'an, which constitutes the guidance that mankind would need in the epoch that was opened with his advent.