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> Speeches,
Articles and Sermons (Vol. I) by Imam Kalamazad
Mohammed
> Acknowledgements / Dedication /
Foreword Acknowledgements
/ Dedication / Foreword:
Acknowledgements:
Dedication: They gave me all they had, and more. Sometimes through misty eyes I look back wistfully... but I hope for the fulfilment of Allah's promise both ways: "And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith - We unite them with their offspring and We shall deprive them of naught of their work" (52:21). May Allah bless them, their forebears, their progeny, their friends, their helpers and their community. Kalamazad Mohammed
Foreword: Allah has rightly chosen the author, an English schoolteacher, for a very noble task, viz., propagating Islam in modern English to the masses, a task which he has been ably carrying out, with great zeal, devotion and enthusiasm. In a time when our peaceful religious Movement, the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, has been missing its great authors of the past, e.g., Maulana Muhammad Ali, Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, etc., the author has shown a beacon of light to the young Ahmadiyya generation, that has been in great need of religious scholars who can quench its spiritual thirst, in this materialistic age with all its adherent problems. Nearly a century ago, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement (the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, and the Mujaddid or Renovator of the fourteenth century Hijrah), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, was vouchsafed a prophecy by Allah: "I will cause thy message to reach the farthest limits of the world." I can say with absolute confidence that the author, belonging to a small village in Trinidad, has indeed done his part in bringing this prophecy into a living reality. The speeches, articles and sermons that collectively form the pride of this book, touch all aspects of life, such as morals, faith, heart-touching experiences from the lives of the pious people of the past, etc. They all give tremendous insight into the knowledge flowing forth from the Holy Quran, the Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the literature produced by the religious sages of the past. I must also specifically mention the effort put in by the author to make accessible, through English rendering, the wisdom expounded by the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam in his books. The core text of this book will certainly prove to be a manual par excellence for the masses around the globe, belonging to different castes, classes, colours, countries and creeds, to enlighten their minds preoccupied by worldly woes. The popularity of this book will be of paramount interest to me, since, as the Webmaster of www.aaiil.org, I have already glimpsed through it. I have been making available, over this past year, the speeches, articles and sermons contained within the covers of this book, on the Official Website of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at-i Islam, and I am overjoyed to say that thousands of people, ranging over 120 countries, the number of which keeps on increasing every day, Alhamdulillah, have read with great interest the literature penned by the most impressive author of this book, Masha-Allah. I congratulate the author on this publication, and hope this heralds many more to follow. I also pray from the depths of my heart that Allah may give the author many a chance to continue his dedicated service to Islam. In closing, I recommend this book to every household as a handy companion in the never-ending quest to acquire the boundless knowledge of the most enthralling religion of all – Islam. Webmaster, 8 October 2000 Books
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> Speeches,
Articles and Sermons (Vol. I) by Imam Kalamazad
Mohammed
> Acknowledgements / Dedication /
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