Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan, Head of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
• Preface by the Compiler and Translator, Dr. Zahid Aziz
• Introduction
• The History of the Case:
  • Start of Legal Action
  • Defendants’ Response — Their Inability to define ‘Muslim’
  • Defendants’ Reasons for calling Ahmadis as Kafir
  • Defendants’ Exception against First Plaintiff Succeeds
  • More Pre-trial Exchanges
  • Defendants’ Special Plea — A New Ploy
  • Defendants fail in filing New Exception
  • Preparation for Trial — Top Pakistani Experts come to Defendants’ Aid
  • 1984 Hearing — Defendants submit Preliminary Questions
  • The Final Phase — November 1985
  • The Trial — Dramatic Opening
  • Ahmadis Present Full Case — Win Judgment
  • The Aftermath:
    • Pakistani Witnesses make misleading Statements
    • Our Reply
    • Muslim Cases in non-Muslim Courts
    • “Non-Muslim can be Judge of Shariat court” — Dr Israr Ahmad
    • Verdict of a Muslim Court
    • Which Party accepts Allah’s Judgment?
• The Final Judgment of the Court:
  • Introduction
  • Plaintiff’s Claim
  • Earlier Judgment by Berman
  • Defendants’ withdrawal from Case
  • Courts deciding Islamic Cases
  • Second Plaintiff’s Uncontested Case
  • Hafiz Sher Mohammad’s Expert Evidence for Plaintiff:
    • Definition of Muslim
    • Hazrat Mirza’s Statements of Belief
  • Cases on Definition of Muslim
  • Hafiz Sher Mohammad’s rebuttal of Defence Case:
    • Hazrat Mirza’s stand on Finality of Prophethood
    • Revelation to Muslim Saints Continues
    • Use of Word Nabi for Saint
    • Hazrat Mirza’s Claims
    • Meaning of Jihad
    • What is Ijma?
    • Fatwas of Kufr
  • Cases on Admission to Mosques
  • Expert Witness concludes his Evidence
  • Second Plaintiff’s Evidence
  • Defendants mislead and Inconvenience Plaintiff
  • Orders granted to Second Plaintiff
• The Evidence Presented in the Case:
  • Who is a Muslim?
    • The Holy Quran
    • How the Holy Prophet converted People to Islam
    • Muslim Authorities on ‘Who is a Muslim’
    • Holy Prophet on Practical Signs of a Muslim
    • The Prohibition of Takfir
    • A Muawwil cannot be called Kafir
  • Beliefs of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and his Followers
  • Issue of Khatam an-nabiyyin:
    • Belief in Khatam an-nabiyyin
    • Meaning of Khatam an-nabiyyin
    • Denial of Claim to Prophethood
  • Revelation in Islam:
    • The Quran and Hadith on Continuity of Revelation
    • Revelation to Companions of Holy Prophet
    • Views of Muslim Theologians and Authorities
  • Revelation and Hazrat Mirza’s Claim:
    • Wahy Nubuwwat and Wahy Wilayat
    • Meaning of Muhaddas
  • Terms Nabi and Rasul for Non-prophets:
    • Distinction between Literal and Technical Meanings
    • Metaphorical and Proper (Real) Use
    • Use of Nabi and Rasul for Saints
    • Summary
  • Claims of Eminent Muslim Saints
  • Muslim Saints and Sufis in India:
    • Introduction
    • Pronouncements of Saints
    • Conclusion
  • Terms and Concepts of Tasawwuf:
    • Tasawwuf and Tariqat
    • Fana fir-rasul
    • Zilli Nubuwwat
    • Buroozi Nubuwwat
    • Masil Anbiya — Like of Prophets
    • Ummati wa Nabi — Follower and Prophet
    • Finality of Prophethood
  • Clarification of Correction of an Error:
    • Letter by Sayyid Muhammad Ahsan of Amroha
    • A Second Recorded Incident
    • Meaning of Muhaddas in Correction of an Error
  • No Claim to Prophethood — Summary
  • Titles Mary and Messiah for Muslims:
    • How a Believer becomes Mary and Messiah
    • Muslim Saints likened to Jesus and Mary
    • Sayings of Holy Prophet Muhammad
    • Views of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
    • Meaning of Messiah and Claim of Promised Messiah
  • Claim to be Messiah not against Islam:
    • Ulama on Claim to be Messiah or Mahdi
    • Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s Views
  • Fulfilment of Prophecies
  • Dignity of Jesus:
    • Hazrat Mirza honours Jesus as Prophet of God
    • Hazrat Mirza’s Reply to Christian Attacks
    • Muslim Ulama criticise Jesus of the Gospels
  • Birth of Jesus:
    • Views of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
    • Arguments from Holy Quran and Hadith
    • Muslim Views
    • Views of followers of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
  • Jihad:
    • Jihad in Holy Quran and Hadith
    • Jihad — Views of Muslim Religious Leaders
    • Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s Views on Jihad
    • Why Hazrat Mirza had to explain Meaning of Jihad
    • Jihad and the British Government
    • Hazrat Mirza’s Statements on Loyalty to British Rule
  • Fatwas of Kufr
  • Attitude towards other Muslims:
    • Funeral Prayers for other Muslims
    • Saying Prayers behind other Muslims
  • Tributes to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
  • Tributes to the Lahore Ahmadiyya:
    • Tributes to Muhammad Ali and Lahore Ahmadiyya
    • Woking Mission under Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
• Supplementary Material / Appendix:
  • Who is a Muslim?
  • Issue of Khatam an-Nabiyyin
  • Revelation in Islam
  • Muhaddas and Hazrat Mirza’s Claim:
    • Concept of Muhaddas in Islam
    • Hazrat Mirza’s Claim
  • Use of Nabi and Rasul for Non-prophets:
    • Earlier Islamic Authorities
    • Hazrat Mirza’s Stand
    • Followers of Hazrat Mirza
  • Ummati wa Nabi — Follower and Prophet
  • Clarification of Correction of an Error
  • Muslims and the British rule of India
  • Munir Report on Fatwas of Kufr
  • Ahmadis and other Muslims:
    • Hazrat Mirza did not call Muslims as Kafir
    • Funeral Prayers for other Muslims
    • Saying Prayers behind non-Ahmadi Imam