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INTrodUcTIoN<br />
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recognized the Khalifah of Allah, the Mahdi—they need to study<br />
the works of the Promised Messiah as and inculcate the habit of<br />
reading them among their children. Therein you will find the<br />
life-giving spiritual water to sustain and foster your faith. As the<br />
Promised Messiah as says:<br />
I tell you truly that those who were revived by the<br />
Messiah as [ Jesus] are dead, but he who will drink of the<br />
cup that has been bestowed upon me will never die.<br />
If there is anyone else who can also utter the life-giving<br />
words that I speak and proclaim such wisdom as I do, then<br />
you are at liberty to conclude that I have not come from<br />
God Almighty. However, if this wisdom and understanding—which<br />
serves as the water of life for those whose<br />
hearts are dead—is not procurable from any other source,<br />
then you have no excuse for the crime of having rejected<br />
the fountain that has been opened from heaven. No one<br />
on earth can stop it. (Izala-e-Auham, Ruhani Khaza’in,<br />
vol. 3, p. 104)<br />
The Jama‘at has already published English translations of over<br />
thirty books of the Promised Messiah as and further publications<br />
continue. The translation of <strong>Barahin</strong>-e-<strong>Ahmadiyya</strong> constitutes a<br />
landmark, because it is widely recognized as his magnum opus,<br />
which laid down the themes which are further elaborated in his<br />
later works.<br />
The Promised Messiah as was informed in a divine revelation<br />
that Allah the Almighty will carry his message to the ends of the<br />
earth. In his own lifetime, the facilities for this propagation had<br />
already started appearing as he says:
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