The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement
A Short Study of the Life of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian
by Maulana Muhammad Ali
3rd Edition (2008): Edited by Dr. Zahid Aziz
Summary
Publication Information
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Summary
This is a short biography of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam—Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian. It deals with his life history, claims and refutes some allegations against him.
Publication Information
Publisher: Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore Publications U.K., 15 Stanley Avenue, Wembley, U.K., HA0 4JQ
Editions: 1st Edition, 1937; 2nd Edition, 1984; and, 3rd Edition, 2008 (Produced on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement)
Editions: 1st Edition, 1937; 2nd Edition, 1984; and, 3rd Edition, 2008 (Produced on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement)
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We are thankful to the Webmaster of ahmadiyya.org for having provided us with the material of this booket that allowed us to prepare this online text version.
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Table of Contents:
- About the Book
- About the Author
- Preface
- 1. The First Forty Years:
- 2. Religious Dedication:
- 3. Mujaddid of the Fourteenth Century Hijra:
- 4. Mahdi and Messiah:
- 5. Opposition:
- 6. Diverse Work and Activities:
- 7. Final Days:
- 8. Not a Prophet:
- 9. Jihad:
- 10. Charge of attacking Jesus:
- 11. Disservice of the Ulama:
- 12. The Ahmadiyya Movement:
- Appendix 1: Obituaries in the Muslim Press
- Appendix 2: Western Views on the Ahmadiyya Movement
- Appendix 3: Maulana Muhammad Ali and Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad:
- First Assessments
- Appoints Maulana as Editor of the Review of Religions
- Maulana to Correct Errors in Ahmadiyya publications
- Wants People like Muhammad Ali to be Produced
- Appoints him Secretary of the Anjuman’s Executive
- Gives Pen to the Maulana
- Directs the Maulana to write a Book about Islam
- English Translation of the Holy Quran