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xxxiii The Promised Messiah as beautifully delineated in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, volume 5, page 117, R uha ni Khaz a ’in volume 21, page 147, the magnitude of his vast work in his words: “The treasures that laid buried for more than a thousand years; are now being distributed by me to the one who is ready to accept them. ” The Promised Messiah as , over a period of 25 years, unlocked these spiritual treasures single-handedly. Here, it is worthwhile to quote a reference from the S i ratul-Mahd i by Hadrat Mirz a Bash i r Ahmad ra , volume 2, page 417, edition of 1927, published by Nazarat Ish a ‘at Qadian. Hadrat Maulav i Sher ‘Ali states that the Promised Messiah as once observed that the members of our Jam a ‘at should read our books at least three times, and the one who does not study our books, I have doubt about his faith. This observation is a pointed reminder to undertake such a study. This book, An Introduction to Hidden Treasures of Islam , comes handy to begin this noble mission for Ahmad i Muslims to dive into this matchless ocean. It has been edited and compiled on the basis of the first set of 23 volumes of the Promised Messiah as ’s writings painstakingly collected and compiled by Hadrat Maul a n a Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra and started publishing from 1957. An outstanding stalwart of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II, Second Successor of the Promised Messiah, may Allah be pleased with him, Hadrat Maul a n a Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra wielded his pen as an erudite scholar. The amount of research and scholarship that he displayed in preserving the sanctity of the original text of the writings of his master is simply remarkable. In a note to this gigantic work, Hadrat Maul a n a Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra writes: “Printing errors, whether of the print or of calligraphy, whether out of a lapse or minor slip, is not surprising. Therefore, we adopted a process that books of the Promised Messiah as in whatever