Selected Urdu Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page xi
Foreword The Promised Messiah as was raised in these latter days, in accord- ance with the prophecies in the Holy Quran and A ha d i th, to bring about the ascendancy of Islam over all faiths, to vanquish the Dajj a l [Antichrist] and to cultivate true piety and Islamic zeal among the Muslims. As he has repeatedly pointed out, his struggle is not of the sword, but of the pen. To achieve his objectives, the Promised Messiah as engaged in many debates and wrote more than 90 books and numerous announcements. The Promised Messiah as has penned his poetry in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian; however, his concern was not the poetry itself, but the conveying of the Message through it. He himself articulates this in an Urdu couplet: قّلعت ی ہ ںیہن ھچک رعش و اشرعی ےس اانپ � ےہ ہ ی ا ِس ڈبھ ےس وکیئ ےھجمس سب ّدماع � I have no concern with poetry; Should anyone understand [the Message] through the means of this genre—this alone is my true intent. His poems are a testimony to his heartfelt efforts to convey his mes- sage in any way that would make people understand. The universal theme in his poetry is the absolute perfection of the Oneness of Allah, the magnificent status of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as , and the grandeur of the Holy Quran—the final scrip- ture revealed by Allah the Exalted—and the superiority of Islam over all other faiths. These poems are often recited in the meetings and ceremonies of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.