Selections from the Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page vi
Headquarters. More than a century has lapsed since Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of claimed to be an apostle sent by Allah Almighty. Ironically, since the initiation of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, there have been many hostile movements launched against the Community. The most well known among these are the anti Ahmadiyya movements of 1953, 1974 and 1984. The 1984 movement, however, was launched with the full support of General Ziaul Haq's Military Junta in Pakistan which promulgated an Ordinance restricting the basic and fundamental human rights of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan. As a result of this ordinance thousands of Ahmadi Muslims have been subjected to the most terrible persecution which varies from imprisonment to physical torture and also genocide. Yet despite intense controversy and excessive hostility, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has continued to make rapid progress in all parts of the world and it continues to march forward as the true Voice of Islam and although it has had to make immense sacrifices, every hostile movement against the community has been frustrated by the grace of Allah. In fact, as a result of the hostilities, Ahmadi Muslims have reacted with immense resolve and a spirit of rejuvenation which has increased the Community's pace of progress many times over. This selection from the writings of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be on him, was made by Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV,may Allah have mercy on him, the Supreme Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from 1982 to 2003. This selection covers the following important subjects. :- 1. Allah the Exalted 2. The Divine Appearance 3. God's Treatment of People Loyal to Him 4. The Holy Prophet 5. The Holy Quran 6. The Mission of the Promised Messiah 7. The Objective of Founding the Community vi