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| AHMAD, HAZRAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD Introduction to the Study of the Holy Quran London, The London Mosque. 1949. First Edition. Translated into English from Urdu by Maulawi Sher Ali, Professor Qadi Muhammad Aslam and Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan. ix, 446pp, Word from the author, chapter headings include Need of the Quran, The Holy Prophet-A Life Sketch, Prophet's Personality and Character, Compilation of the Quran, Characteristics of Quranic Teachings, and Ahmad the Promised Messiah, The Messiah's Promised Son, Translation into other languages, Acknowledgments, index. 8vo/22cm. Blue cloth gilt, light wear in slightly soiled dj with very small chips at 2 corners, 1 inch closed tear tail of front joint, front hinge cracked, otherwise internally clean, tight and very good. Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza (1889-1965) is listed on the title page as Khalifatul Masih II (or second successor to the founder of the Ahmadiyya community, his father Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1836-1908)) and "Head of the Ahmadiyya Community, Qadian" though by the time of actual publication Partition had occurred and his headquarters had switched to Rabwah, Pakistan.. USD 21.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 | £UK 12.75 | JP¥ 1867] Book number: 003112 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| AHMAD, MIRZA MUBARAK Our Foreign Missions Lahore, Printed at Lion Press. N.d. (1958?). Possibly the 3rd edition? vi, 56pp, 13 photo illustrations. 12mo/18cm. Printed blue-green card wrappers, light soil and rubbing, "With Compliments" stamp of Ahmadiyya Foreign Missions Office. Rabwah (Pakistan) on title page, otherwise internally fine. A detailed account of the foreign missionary activity of the Ahmadiyya movement. Mirza Mubarak Ahmad (1914- ) appears to have been the Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Foreign Missions Office at Rabwah in 1960. Rather scarce. USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1156] Book number: 002767 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| AHMAD, HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM OF QADIAN The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam London, The London Mosque/Ahmadiyya Centenary Publications. 1979. Reprint (1896). ix, 115, "A Grand Piece of News for Seekers after Truth.", Five Questions. 8vo/21.5cm. Printed green card wrappers, shelf wear only, internally fine. NF. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (ca.1836-1908) was founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. He presented the contents of this book in Urdu at the 1896 Conference of Religions at Lahore to a five question format. This is one of many editions and reprints. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6 | JP¥ 889] Book number: 002773 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| AHMAD, MIRZA GHULAM The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam Wash DC, American Fazl Mosque/The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. 1953. First American Edition (1896). 199pp, frontis portrait, Note on the Author, Preface, Questions One-Five: Physical, Moral and Spiritual States of Man; State of Man in the After-life; Object of Man's Life and the Means of Its Attainment; Operation of Practical Ordinances of Law in this and the After-life; Sources of Divine Knowledge, Appendix. 8vo/23cm. Blue cloth gilt, light rubbing at extremities in lightly soiled and edgeworn dj with small hole in spine, internally fine. Based on a lecture in Urdu given to the Great Religions Conference in Lahore in 1896. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India (c.1836-1908) was founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9 | JP¥ 1334] Book number: 002772 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| AHMAD, MIRZA GHULAM The Teachings of Islam: A Solution of Five Fundamental Religious Problems from the Muslim Point of View Lahore, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam. 1937. Third Edition (1910). viii, 212, ix-x, [ii] ads pp, Prefaces to First, Second and Third Editions (1910, 1921 and 1937], all by Maulana Muhammad Ali who seems also to have been the principal translator of the work from Urdu to English, The Three Conditions: Physical, Moral and Spiritual; The Existence of God, Attributes of God, Life after Death, Object of Man's Existence, Effect of Actions, Sources of Divine Knowledge. 12mo/18.5cm. Red blind-stamp decorated cloth gilt, shelf wear only, typed presentation slip on ffep of Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at-i-Islam dated Nov 8, 1959 to J.P. Hurley, AmConGen, Lahore signed by Sadrud Din, then President of the Anjuman, text pages slightly browned, otherwise internally fine. Mirzq Ghulam Ahmad (ca.1836-1908), founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, is additionally listed on the title page as being the author of nearly seventy works on Islam. Maulana Muhammad Ali (1875-1951) was President of the Lahore Anjuman prior to Sadrud-Din (1881-1981) and one of the outstanding writers, editors and scholars of the Ahmadiyya movement having witten some ten thousand words in Urdu and six thousand in English during his long life. USD 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 19 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 2490] Book number: 002771 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| KHAN, MUHAMMAD ZAFRULLA The Message of Islam. Foreword by Sheikh Mubarak Ahmad Fazl Mosque, Washington, D.C. Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Inc. 1987. [i], 33pp. 8vo/22cm. Printed wrappers, Author bio data, Foreword by Sh. Mubarak Ahmad, Imam of the Fazl Mosque, Washington, D.C. Brief description of the Islamic faith by one of the most distinguished members of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1893-1985), served as Pakistan's Foreign Minister from 1947 to 1954. He also led its delegation to the United Nations and in 1962-63 was elected President of its General Assembly. He was later a Judge of the International Court of Justice and was its President from 1970-73. He retired to London where he dedicated himself to the Ahmadiyya movement. Copies surprisingly scarce. Only 4 on OCLC: 1 American Jesuit college + Oxford, Cambridge and the British Library. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1067] Book number: 002778 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| VAGLIERI, LAURA VECCIA An Interpretation of Islam. Foreword by Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Rabwah, Pakistan, Oriental & Religious Publishing Corporation Limited. ca.1957. Translated from the original Italian (Apologia dell' Islamismo. Rome:1925) by Dr. Aldo Caselli. 88pp, Reprint of the version published by the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Inc, American Fazl Mosque, Washington DC. Foreword by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Judge of the International Court of Justice and former Foreign Minister of Pakistan), The Rapid Spread of Islam, Simplicity of Islamic Dogma, Meaning of Islamic Rites, Islamic Morale, Islamic Rule and Civilization, Significance of Mysticism in Islam, and Islam and Its Relation to Science. 8vo/21cm. Printed card wrappers, light wear, "With Complements" stamp on half-title of Ahmadiyya Muslim Foreign Missions Office, Rabwah (Pakistan), otherwise internally fine. Laura Veccia Vaglieri well-known Italian orientalist who was at one time Professor of Arabic and Islamic Culture at the University of Naples. This edition a bit scarce. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1689] Book number: 002768 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
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