Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page ii
Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God An English rendering of Dāfiʻul-Balā'i wa Miʻyāru Ahlil-Istifa' (Urdu) Written by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be on him, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Translated from Urdu into English by: Naveed Ahmed Malik First published in Urdu in Qadian, India, 1902 First English translation published in the UK, 2015 Islam International Publications Ltd. Published by Islam International Publications Ltd. (Additional Wakālat-e-Taşnīf) Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ, UK For further information please visit www. alislam. org. ISBN 978-1-84880-057-1