FOREWORD
This is the second volume of the series bearing the title 'The
Essence of Islam', the first volume of which was published in
1979. Like the first volume it sets out in the words of the
Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian
himself, a summary of his exposition of eighteen further
topics which are listed in the table of contents. The first
volume has had a very encouraging reception, and it is hoped
that the second volume of the series will be accorded the same
degree of reception. It will be appreciated that the topics
included in this volume deal with a variety of subjects on
which the teachings of Islam are not widely known. This
volume should help seekers after truth to arrive at a true
understanding of these teachings, at a time when a great deal
of interest has been stimulated in various aspects of Islam, in
consequence of the disparity between the true teachings of
Islam and the practice of certain sections of orthodox Muslim
communities in that context.