This is the third volume of the series bearing the title “The Essence of Islam,” the first volume of which was published in 1979. Like the first volume, it sets out in the words of the Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian himself, a summary of his exposition of four further topics:

• Family and Personal Background
• Status of The Promised Messiah^(as)
• The purpose of the Promised Messiah’s advent
• Propagation, establishment of a holy Jama’at, and instruc...