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xiv M a ja ] are all taken from one volume collected edition of these books, published by Darussal a m, Riy ad , Saudi Arabia. When the author gives an explanatory translation of a verse of the Holy Qur’an its literal translation is given in a footnote under the verse. At the end I must express my gratitude to Allah that I had the great honour to have ample opportunities to sit at the feet of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih , the fourth when he was revising and polishing this lecture for the publication. I express my deep gratitude to Mr. Saleemur Rahman of Canada who translated a portion of the first part of the lecture from Urdu into English as well as to Mr. Mubashar Ahmad of USA who did the rest of the translation into English. I am also grateful to H ab i bull a h Z i rw i who did initial pasting of the verses of the Qur’an and other Arabic excerpts. Finally I thank Mirz a Anas Ahmad, M. A. M. Litt. ( OXON ), Wak i lul Ish a ‘at, Ta h r i k Jad i d, Rabwah, for revising the translation and editing the manuscript to make it ready for publication. Mirz a Anas Ahmad was ably assisted by his team, especially by Shaikh Na s eer Ahmad who was mainly responsible for pasting and desktop publishing of the manuscript. Mun i rud D i n Shams Additional Wak i lut Ta s n i f London