Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya

199 Pages·2012·22.02 MB·English

Barahin-e-Ah madiyya

Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya
Arguments in Support of the Holy Quran &
the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa
by
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
The Promised Messiah and Mahdi as,
Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at
Published under the auspices of Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Imam and the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at,
Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah as, may Allah the Almighty be his help
Islam International Publications LTD.
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya—Parts I & II
Arguments in Support of the Holy Quran
and the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa
Written by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, may peace be on him,
Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at
First published in Urdu in Qadian, India 1880
First English translation published in the UK 2012
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Contents
About the Author .............................................................................vii
Publishers’ Note .................................................................................ix
Acknowledgements .........................................................................xiii
Foreword ...........................................................................................xv
Introduction ...................................................................................xvii
Part I

Announcement .....................................................................................1
An Urgent Appeal by the Author ......................................................5
Conditions of Muslims and Prayers ................................................15
The Challenge ......................................................................................46
Part II

Hasty Response of the Detractors of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya .....65
An Important Announcement .........................................................69
An Important and Unavoidable Appeal ........................................71
Preface ...................................................................................................85
Glossary ...........................................................................................161
Index ................................................................................................165

About the Author
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as was born in 1835 in Qadian, India.
From his early life, he dedicated himself to prayer, and the study
of the Holy Quran and other scriptures. He was deeply pained
to observe the plight of Islam, which was being attacked from all
directions. In order to defend Islam and present its teachings in
their pristine purity, he wrote more than ninety books, thousands
of letters, and participated in many religious debates. He argued
that Islam is a living faith which can lead man to establish com-
munion with God and achieve moral and spiritual perfection.
Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as started experiencing divine
dreams, visions and revelations at a young age. This communica-
tion continued to increase and he was commanded by God to
announce that God had appointed him to be the same Reformer
of the latter days as prophesied by various religions under dif-
ferent titles. He also claimed to be the Promised Messiah and
Mahdi whose advent had been prophesied by the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa. In 1889, under divine command, he started accept-
ing initiation into the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which is
now established in more than 200 countries.
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After his demise in 1908, the institution of khilafat (succes-
sorship) was established to succeed him, in fulfilment of the
prophecies made in the Holy Quran and by the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa. Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aba is the Fifth
Successor to the Promised Messiah as and the present head of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Publishers’ Note
Please note that, in the translation that follows, words given in
parentheses ( ) are the words of the Promised Messiah as. If any
explanatory words or phrases are added by the translator for
the purpose of clarification, they are put in square brackets [ ].
Footnotes given by the publishers are marked ‘[Publishers]’. All
references, unless otherwise specified, are from the English trans-
lation of the Holy Quran by Hadrat Maulavi Sher Ali ra.
The following abbreviations have been used. Readers are urged
to recite the full salutations when reading the book:
sa sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam, meaning ‘may peace and bless-
ings of Allah be upon him,’ is written after the name of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad sa.
as ‘alaihis-salam, meaning ‘may peace be on him,’ is written
after the name of Prophets other than the Holy Prophet
Muhammad sa.
ra radiyallahu ‘anhu/‘anha/‘anhum, meaning ‘may Allah be
pleased with him/her/them,’ is written after the names of
the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa or of
the Promised Messiah as.