The Criterion for Religions — Page v
Publishers' Note Miʻyārul Madhāhib (written by the Promised Messiahas and published in 1895), makes a detailed comparison of the major religions of the world from the standpoint of reason and hu- man nature. It discusses at length why other religions, particularly Christianity and Hinduism, fail to present the Perfect and Omnipotent God as proclaimed by Islam. The Promised Messiah says: as Islam's understanding of God is very simple and clear, and is in keeping with human nature. Even if the books of all other religions were to disappear, along with all of their teachings and concepts, God, towards Whom the Holy Quran leads, would still be clearly reflected in the mirror of the laws of nature, and His Might and Wis- dom shall be found glowing in every particle. This book has been translated into English by Qādī M. J. As'ad and revised by Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Wakīlut Taşnīf, Rabwah. Chaudhry Sahib was assisted by Mr. Zulqarnain, Raja A. Mannan, Usman Ahmad Ghumman and Dr. Azizur Rahman. We are also grateful to Mirza Anas Ahmad Wakīlul Ishā at Rabwah and his team specially Sayyed Mansoor Ahmad Bashir, Mr. Shahid Mahmood Ahmad and Mr. Shaikh Naseer Ahmad for transliteration of the text and preparing the index. Please note that the words in the text in normal brackets () and in between the long dashes are the words of the Prom- ised Messiahas and if any explanatory words or phrases are added by the translator for the purpose of clarification, they are put in square brackets [ ]. V