Truth About the Split — Page xii
xii In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. We praise Him and Invoke His blessings upon His Exalted Prophet sa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ He alone is the Helper! May His grace and mercy be with us! FOREWORD A book like this dealing with differences which have led to the secession of a few hundred members from the main body of the Ahmadiyya Movement is of little direct value to our missionary work. I had therefore no intention of publishing any such book for circulation in countries which, being unfamiliar with Urdu, knew little about the split which some individuals sought to create in the Community. But as Maulawi Muhammad Ali M. A in his book The Split , has already given publicity to these matters among people and in countries to whom such knowledge could be of little benefit and as such publicity is likely to prove injurious to the spread of the Ahmadiyya Movement, I am compelled to write a reply to his allegations and to publish it in countries affected by his propaganda. I do so in the hope that my reply may serve as an antidote to the poison with which the Maulawi Sahib has sought to prejudice the minds of people, and that for all seekers of truth and lovers of