In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
We praise Him and Invoke His blessings upon His Exalted Prophets (as)
He alone is the Helper!
May His grace and mercy be with us!
A book like this dealing with differences which have led to the secession of a few hundred members from the main body of the Ahmadiyya Movement is of little direct value to our missionary work. I had therefore no intention of publishing any such book for circulation in countries which, being unfamiliar with Urdu, knew little about the split which some individuals sought to create in the Community. But as Maulawi Muhammad Ali M. A in his book The Split, has already given publicity to these matters among people and in countries to whom such knowledge could be of little benefit and as such publicity is likely to prove injurious to the spread of the Ahmadiyya Movement, I am compelled to write a reply to his allegations and to publish it in countries affected by his propaganda. I do so in the hope that my reply may serve as an antidote to the poison with which the Maulawi Sahib has sought to prejudice the minds of people, and that for all seekers of truth and lovers of righteousness it may serve as a fingerpost to the straight path of divine guidance.
It is with this object that I offer this book to all seekers of truth. I pray that God may bring the truth home to all. For, guidance belongs to Him and comes from Him alone. He alone is aware of secrets of our hearts, and He alone knows what belongs to the Unseen. Nothing is hidden from His sight, and no mystery is outside His ken. “God, our Lord, guide us to Thy straight path, and confirm us in Thy eternal faith, and inspire into our hearts truth and uprightness and grant to us the will to eschew disorder and disturbance! Humiliate our enemies and help us in our struggle! Thou art the Lord of all lords and the Best of all judges! And our last prayer is that Allah’s name may be glorified, the Lord of all the worlds!”