Ark of Noah

Introduction

  • A Foreword by the Translator

    Brief background By way of setting the context, it was in the year 1902 that the British Government in India made extensive arrangements for plague vaccination in the province of Punjab—in pre-partition India—bringing in many doctors from England for that specific purpose. The idea was to vaccinate the entire population of Punjab simultaneously and thereby…

  • Book Cover (Original)

    The original book—and whose English translation you hold in your hands—is entitled Kishti-e-Nuh. It’s the work of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who was the Muslim Reformer of the 14th Century Hijrah as well as the Promised Messiah and Mehdi. (More details here.) It was published on October 5, 1902. The original book cover—it bears a…

  • Introduction

    British Government’s Vaccination Plan Nothing will afflict us save that which Allah has ordained for us. He is our Patron; and on Allah let the believers rely (Al-Bara’at, Ch:9, Verse:51). This is an occasion to pause and gratefully reflect on the compassion that the noble British Government of India has shown to the subjects of…