Russian author Count Leo Tolstoy on The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) Russian author Count Leo Tolstoy on Prophet Mohammad (saw)Famous Russian author Count Leo Tolstoy read the English translation of The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, by the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and observed: “I approved very much of ‘How to get rid of sin’ and ‘The Life to come’. The ideas are very profound and very true.”