Kitab al-Bariyya |
We present below an English translation of Hazrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s Urdu book Kitab al-Bariyya, consisting
of about 70% of the original work. The English translation of the
other 30%, which is a complete and self-contained section of the book,
has already been published under the title A
Brief Sketch of My Life in 1996, and is also available for
reading online.
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| Publisher’s Preface | v, vi | Pages v-vi | |
1. An Essential Notification |
1 | Pages 1-15 | |
| 2. Introduction | 16 | Pages 16-29 | |
| Plans against Jesus and their failure | 17 | ||
| Spiritual ascension of Jesus | 19 | ||
| How God saved the Holy Prophet from his enemies | 22 | ||
| The case against me | 24 | ||
| The acts of God in my assistance | 27 | ||
| Muhammad Husain’s father | 30 | Pages 30-45 | |
| Lekhram’s murder | 33 | ||
| Those prophecies not apparently fulfilled | 37 | ||
| Prophecy of descent of Elijah | 38 | ||
| Revelations about case | 40 | ||
| Similarity with Jesus | 41 | ||
| The false case | 43 | ||
| Opposition to the truth | 44 | ||
| Ways of guidance | 46 | Pages 46-56 | |
| Belief in Divinity of Jesus fails all three tests | 47 | ||
| Teachings have precedence over prophecies | 48 | ||
| Test of reason | 49 | ||
| Test of heavenly support | 49 | ||
| Four religious views refute Trinity | 51 | ||
| Divine signs received by Hazrat Mirza | 52 | ||
| Taking of oaths according to the Christians | 53 | ||
| Further prophecies fulfilled | 55 | ||
| 3. Refutation of Christian doctrines | 57 | Pages 57-63 | |
| Finding God | 59 | ||
| Only means of deliverance from sin | 60 | ||
| Doctrine that Jesus bore curse of sinners | 61 | ||
| Light from above dispels darkness of sin | 62 | ||
| Imperfect nature of Gospel teaching | 64 | Pages 64-83 | |
| Defects of the Christian teaching about God | 65 | ||
| Christian error in concept of paradise | 68 | ||
| Concept of justice and mercy of God | 70 | ||
| Objections against Christian fundamentals | 72 | ||
| How to obtain purification from sins | 76 | ||
| New teaching given by Quran about Unity of God | 81 | ||
| Imperfections of the teachings of the Torah | 82 | ||
| Gospel writers’ unfitness | 84 | Pages 84-101 | |
| Civil and penal laws | 85 | ||
| Mis-statements in the Gospels | 87 | ||
| Living signs in support of Islam | 90 | ||
| Is Elohim plural? | 92 | ||
| Inferior sacrificed for superior, and not vice versa | 94 | ||
| Self-sacrifice | 96 | ||
| My revelations | 99 | ||
| Jesus not proved to be God by his revelations | 103 | Pages 102-110 | |
| Jesus was not God | 106 | ||
| Why this case was brought | 107 | ||
| Other signs in support | 108 | ||
| 4. Repentance of the venerable man of the newspaper Chaudhveen Sadi |
111 | Pages 111-120 | |
| 5. A most important petition for the attention of the government |
121 | Pages 121-137 | |
| Abuses of Christians | 124 | ||
| Abuses of Hindus and Aryas | 128 | ||
| About myself | 130 | ||
| 6. The Legal Proceedings | 138 | Pages 138-153 | |
| Statement of Abdul Hameed, at Amritsar | 138 | ||
| Statement of Dr. Martyn Clarke, at Amritsar | 140 | ||
| Order of District Magistrate, Amritsar | 141 | ||
| Summons to the defendant by Gurdaspur court | 143 | ||
| Statement of Dr. Clarke to Gurdaspur court | 144 | ||
| Supplementary statement of Dr. Clarke, 12th August 1897 | 154 | Pages 154-162 | |
| Supplementary statement of Dr. Clarke, 13th August 1897 | 162 | ||
| Statement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad | 162 | ||
| Statement of Abdul Hameed | 163 | Pages 163-179 | |
| Supplementary statement of Abdul Hameed | 165 | ||
| Supplementary statement of Abdul Hameed | 166 | ||
| Statement of Abdur Rahim, 10th August 1897 | 173 | ||
| Supplementary statement of Abdur Rahim, 13th August 1897 | 174 | ||
| Statement of Prem Das, 10th August 1897 | 175 | ||
| Statement of Prem Das, 13th August 1897 | 177 | ||
| Statement of Maulvi Nur-ud-Din | 177 | ||
| Statement of Shaikh Rahmatullah | 180 | Pages 180-201 | |
| Statement of Maulvi Muhammad Husain | 182 | ||
| Statement of Prabh Dyal | 184 | ||
| Statement of Abdul Hameed, 20th August | 185 | ||
| Statement of Dr. Martyn Clarke, 20th August | 193 | ||
| Statement of Mr. Lemarchand, District Superintendent Police | 194 | ||
| Statement of Waris Din | 195 | ||
| Statement of Yusuf Khan | 197 | ||
| Statement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani | 198 | ||
| Copy of letter from Rev. H. G. Grey, Amritsar | 200 | ||
| Copy of statement of Nur-ud-Din Christian | 200 | ||
| Statement of Nur-ud-Din the Christian | 201 | ||
7. The Judgment |
202 | Pages 202-214 | |
8. Conclusion |
215 | Pages 215-218 | |
9. Appendix |
219 | Pages 219-224 | |
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