- - B AR A H I N E A H M A DI Y Y A saw ART . . he romised essiah and ahdi as BAR AHIN- E- AHMADI Y YA Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas of Qadian claimed to be the same Promised Messiah and Mahdi that the Holy Prophet Muhammadsaw prophesied would come to rejuvenate Islam and restore its original lustre. During his early life, Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas saw a dream in which he handed a book of his own authorship to the Holy Prophetsaw. As soon as the book touched the Holy Prophet’s blessed hand, it transformed into revive a dead person lying nearby. as was inspired with the following interpretation: Allah the Almighty then put it in my mind that the dead person in my dream was Islam and that Allah the Almighty would revive it at my hands through the spiritual power of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It is this very book—Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya—which is to be instrumental in revitalizing Islam in the latter days in accordance with the grand prophecy of the Holy Prophetsaw. Its subject matter is of universal importance and, as such, it will prove to be a source Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya cannot be overstated. Barahin-e-Ah madiyya Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Arguments in Support of the Divine Origin of the Holy Quran & the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi as, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Published under the auspices of Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Imam and Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah as, may Allah the Almighty help him with His powerful support Islam International Publications LTD. Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya—Part IV Arguments in Support of the Divine Origin of the Holy Quran and the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw Written by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be on him, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community First published in Urdu in Qadian, India, 1884 First English translation published in the UK, 2016 © Islam International Publications Ltd. Published by Islam International Publications Ltd. (Additional Wakalat-e-Tasnif) Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ, UK For further information, please visit www.alislam.org ISBN 978-1-84880-880-5 Contents About the Author ..................................................................................vii Publisher’s Note ......................................................................................ix Foreword ..............................................................................................xiii Introduction ...........................................................................................xv List of Topics in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV ......................................1 The Perilous Condition of the Muslims & the British Government ..........................................................................5 Chapter One ..................................................................................................15 Section One ...................................................................................................49 Footnote Number Eleven ............................................................................71 Sub-Footnote Number Three ..................................................................273 Sub-Footnote Number Four ....................................................................425 About Myself and My Book ....................................................................441 Glossary ...............................................................................................443 Index of the Verses of the Holy Quran .................................................449 Index of Revelations of the Promised Messiah as ...................................453 Index of Topics .....................................................................................463 Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian The Promised Messiah & Mahdi as 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 communion with God to achieve moral and spiritual perfection. Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as started experiencing divine dreams, visions, and revelations at a young age. In 1889, under divine command, he started accepting initiation into the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The divine revelations 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 different titles. He claimed to be the same Promised Messiah and Mahdi whose advent had been prophesied by the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is now established in more than 200 hundred countries. After his demise in 1908, the institution of khilafat (successorship) was established to succeed him, in fulfilment of the prophecies made in the Holy Quran and by the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw. Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aba is the Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah as and the present head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.