[And peace be upon whoso follows the guidance.]
I have decided to enumerate and publish, in the form of a booklet, all the objections that are raised by diverse sects and various people against Islam or the Quranic teaching or our lord and master, the esteemed, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; and their criticism of my personal matters; and the suspicions and doubts they hold within their hearts with respect to my revelations and my divine claims; then, I shall begin answering every objection and question in this sequential order.
Therefore, addressed to all the Christians, Hindus, Aryas, Jews, Zoroastrians, atheists, Brahmans, naturalists, philosophers, antagonistic Muslims, etc. it is announced publicly that it is incumbent and obligatory for anyone—if he is a sincere seeker after truth and has any objection pertaining to Islam, or pertaining to the Holy Quran and our lord and master, the Best of Messengers, or pertaining to my own self, my divine office, or my revelations—that he should write down that objection in legible handwriting and send it to me so that all those objections may be collected in one place and published in book form after arranging and enumerating them, and then a detailed answer may be provided systematically for every one of them.
[And peace be upon whoso follows the guidance.]
ANNOUNCEMENT BY
Humbly, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian,
District Gurdaspur, the Punjab
10 Jumada ath-Thani 1308 AH