The Essence of Islam - Volume III

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Jan 2004 · The Essence of Islam: Extracts from the Writings, Speeches, Announcements and Discourses of the Promised Messiah Book 3 · Islam International Publications Ltd

About this ebook

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 thirteen further topics:

• Natural, Moral and Spiritual States of Man

• Faith, Certainty and Insight

• Effort and Natural Aptitude

• The Need for Prophets

• Prophethood in Islam

• The Messiah and His Second Coming

• Dajjal or the Antichrist

• Dhulqarnain

• Gog and Magog

• Women

• The Veil

• Proper Upbringing of Children

• Repeated Challenges

About the author

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), the holy founder of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, born in Qadian, a village in rural Punjab, India, was the Divinely appointed Reformer of the latter days and the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. He was sent by God in fulfilment of the prophecies contained in the Holy Bible, the Holy Quran and Hadith, with the express task of rediscovering Islam in its pristine purity and beauty, and bringing mankind back to the Creator.