Foreward
Steps to Exercise
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful We Laud Him and Invoke His Blessings of Peace on the Prophet of Allah And on his Servant, the Promised Messiah
With the Blessings and Mercy of Allah
About two years ago, the Department of Physical Health promised to publish a brief booklet on health. However, due to unavoidable circumstances, the fullment of this promise kept being delayed. Last year, a sincere friend was asked to prepare a booklet. Although the department is grateful to him for preparing a book rather than a booklet full of interesting statistics about games, it could not be published because it was too voluminous and slightly irrelevant to what was needed by the Khuddam at that time. Finally, it was decided that a completely new booklet should be prepared which should be a summary of Islamic teachings about physical health. It should contain instructions from Hadhrat Ameerul Momineen, Khalifatul Masih II, some knowledge about physical energy and such exercises that the Khuddam brothers can carry out daily, with ease and in a short time. Mohtamim Sehat-e-Jismani confesses that it is with regret that the publication of such a booklet was delayed due to a combination of other engagements and oversight. We hope Khuddam will overlook this delay.
After this apology the author and publisher of this book, praises Allah the Benecent as only He can grant knowledge to an illiterate person and only He is the fountainhead of all knowledge. It is only with His Grace and Blessings that this booklet, in its present form, is being presented to the readers. All Praise to Allah for this!
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After this praise, it is incumbent to thank the Holy Prophet of Islam , who so thoroughly explained every angle of physical well-being as well as spiritual health for all of us ignorant people. O Allah, bless Mohammad and the family of Mohammad, grant prosperity to Muhammad and his family; indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Exalted.
The Department of Physical Health would like to acknowledge our debt to the Royal Canadian Air Force for the use of their magazine ‘5B.X. Plan’, from which much valuable information was extracted. Finally, we would like to thank all Khuddam brothers who assisted us in the publication of this booklet. May Allah reward them with the better reward!
1. Mohammad Shaq Sahib Kaiser, Waqif-e-Zindgi 2. Maulvi Abdul Haleem Sahib, Inspector Waqfe Jadid 3. Zia-ur-Rehman Sahib, Accountant Waqfe Jadid
Mirza Tahir Ahmad Mohtamim Sehat-e-Jismani Khuddamul Ahmadiyya Markazia, Rabwah 12. 10. 1965
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