Owing to a heavy demand of the book all of a sudden, I was called upon to send this Second Edition to the press urgently and could not find time for the two chapters which I had promised to add to the second edition. I have, however, dealt with these two subjects, Ethics and State, in a later work, A Manual of Ḥadīth, and have also included a chapter on State in another work of mine, The New World Order, and I would refer the reader to these two books for necessary information on these subjects. The book is therefore going to the press as it was printed first with very insignificant changes only.
MUḤAMMAD ‘ALĪ
PRESIDENT
Aḥmadiyyah Anjuman Ishā‘at Islām
Lahore
LAHORE
Muslim Town
1949