''Hadhrat Ahmad'' is an English-language biography of
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad (13 February 1835 – 26 May 1908) was an Indian religious leader and the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. He claimed to have been divinely appointed as the promised Messiah and Mahdi—which is the metaphoric ...
, the founder and first
Khalifatul Masih of the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, written by his successor,
Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad. The book was first published in 1967, and re-issued in 1985, 1995 and 1998.
Summary
The following points are explained by the author in this book, related to the life of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
*The early chapters of the book explain about his background and his early life including his birth, childhood and studies.
*In the next part of the book, his professional life is explained.
*The book next explains his services as a religious scholar including his famous book ''
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya
''Al-Barāhīn al-Ahmadīyyah 'alā Haqīqatu KitābAllāh al-Qur'ān wa'n-Nabūwwatu al-Muhammadīyyah'' (Ahmadiyya Arguments in Support of the Book of Allah - the Qur'an, and the Prophethood of Muhammad) is a five-part book written by Mirza Ghu ...
''.
*The author then explains about Mirza claiming to be the
Promised Messiah and
Mahdi
The Mahdi ( ar, ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, al-Mahdī, lit=the Guided) is a Messianism, messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the Eschatology, end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice. He is said to be a de ...
and the rest of his life.
References
1967 books
American biographies
Books of Islamic biography
Works by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
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