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APPRECIATION : Next year when, after accepting Ahmadiyyat, I was attending my firstJalsa Salana in London, I was asked to translate Huwor's lec- ture on •The Distinctive Features of Islam" and "Islam - The Misunderstood Religion" by James Mitchener, and after I had completed those, The Holy Qur'an. I was very apprehensive about it since I had never done such work before. So the same year when visiting Greece I searched in bookstores for a Holy Qur'an in Greek, but my efforts were not rewarded. I translated the first two books and in the meantime I was look- ing for a translator who could do the work faster than I could, and with Allah's help we found a lady in Greece. That was in 1986, since then we have translated, edited, and are ready to print some of the books mentioned hereunder: 1. Excerpts from The Holy Qur'an. 2. The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam. 3. Selected Sayings of the Holy Prophet of Islam. 4. Selection from the Writings of the Promised Messiah. 5. Distinctive Features of Islam. 6. Islam - The Misunderstood Religion. 7. Introduction to the Holy Qur'an. 8. Philosophy of the Revival of Religion. 9. Why Islam? 10. The Holy Qur'an. 11. Brief Introduction to The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. I request all my sisters and brothers to pray for me that Allah may help and guide me to complete this difficult task. We sincerely acknowledge help from Salaam Hamid, Kareem Sharif and BasharatAhmad for their kind assistance in preparation of this magazine. 48