Foreword

Tajalliyat-e-Ilahiyyah is an unfinished book of the Promised Messiah(as), written in 1906 and published posthumously in 1922.

The book covers important subjects of Divine knowledge and spiritual insight. It opens with an account of the precision with which the Promised Messiah’s prophecies regarding earthquakes had been fulfilled, and foretells the coming of five more terrible catastrophes. In this context, Huzur(as) also explains the philosophy behind Divine chastisement.

The difference between Divine and Satanic dreams, an account of the fulfilment of the prophecy regarding ‘Abdullah Atham, and a profound prophecy about global acceptance and victory of Ahmadiyyat—the true Islam—are but a few of the many singular themes discussed in this book.

The original English translation, which was done by Mr. Mubarak Ahmad Nazir (Canada), has gone through several revisions. For these we are indebted to Mr. Malik Mahmood Ahmad (Islamabad), Mr. Munawwar Ahmad Saeed (USA), Ms. Uzma Aftab (Lahore). I am also very grateful to Mr. Ata-ul- Mannan Raja and Mr. Tahir Mahmood Mubashar of Wakalat Tasnif, who very ably assisted me in the whole project. Last but not least, we are grateful to Maulana Munir-ud-Din Shams, Additional Wakilut Tasnif, London, for his kind help and suggestions. Mirza Anas Ahmad M.A., M. Litt. (OXON) Wakilul Isha‘at, Tahrik-e-Jadid, pointed out to me mistakes in the final revised draft of the English translation, so the final revision was done by me. He also found the references of Ahadith mentioned in the book. On page 9 the Promised Messiah(as) had made a reference to the Holy Quran without giving the verse, this, too, was supplied by him. I am very grateful to him, and his team, especially Shaikh Naseer Ahmad who did most of the work of formatting and desktop publishing and Shahid Mahmood Ahmad, Sayyed Mansoor Ahmad Bashir who did the final proof reading of the manuscript. May Allah reward them all.

Muhammad ‘Ali Chaudhry
Wakilut Tasnif,
Rabwah.