Noah’s Ark Noah’s Ark (Kashti-e-Nuh) Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah & Mahdi Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ISLAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LIMITED Noah’s Ark Written by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be upon him, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community First Published in Urdu in Qadian, India, in 1902 Present English translation published in the UK in 2016 Reprinted (with minor corrections) in UK in 2018 © Islam International Publications Ltd. Published by: Islam International Publications Ltd. Unit 3, Bourne Mill Business Park, Guildford Road, Farnham, Surrey UK, GU9 9PS Printed in the UK at: Raqeem Press Farnham, UK For more information please visit: www.alislam.org ISBN: 978-1-84880-072-4 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Contents About the Author ...................................................................... VII Publisher’s Note .......................................................................... IX The Plague Vaccine ............................................................................ 1 Our Teaching .................................................................................... 17 Appendix A ..................................................................................... 127 An Admonition ............................................................................. 129 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 133 Prophecy about the Plague in Verse ...................................... 138 A Request for Donations .............................................................. 139 Glossary ..................................................................................... 141 Index ......................................................................................... 145 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian The Promised Messiah & Mahdi (peace be upon him) About the Author Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, peace be upon him, was born in 1835 in Qadian, India. From his early life, he dedicated himself to prayer, 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 humanity to the achievement of moral and spiritual perfection by establishing communion with God. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, peace be upon him, 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. He continued to receive divine revelations and was thereafter commanded by God to announce that he was the divinely appointed 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, peace and blessings of Allah HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS be upon him. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is now established in more than two hundred countries of the world. After the demise of the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, in 1908, the institution of Khilafat (successorship) was established to continue his mission, in fulfilment of the prophecies made in the Holy Quran and by the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, may Allah be his Helper, is the Fifth Successor to the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, and the present Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. VIII Publisher’s Note The words in the text in normal brackets ( ) and in between the long dashes—are the words of the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, and if any explanatory words or phrases are added by the translator for the purpose of clarification, they are put in square brackets [ ]. References to the Holy Quran contain the name of the Surah [i.e. chapter] followed by a chapter:verse citation, e.g. Surah Al- Jumu’ah, 62:4, and counts Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem [In the name of Allah the Gracious the Merciful] as the first verse in every chapter it appears. The name of Muhammadsa, the Holy Prophet of Islam, has been followed by the symbol sa, which is an abbreviation for the salutation Sallallaahu Alayhi Wa Sallam (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The names of other Prophets and Messengers are followed by the symbol as, an abbreviation for Alayhis-Salaam (peace be upon him). The actual salutations have not generally been set out in full, but they should nevertheless, be understood as being repeated in full in each case. Publisher Facsimile of the original Urdu title page printed in 1902