Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 339
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 339 cash contributions to serve as'the capital of the Foundation. This was a gratifying indication that the spirit of devotion and sacrifice that had inspired the Community under Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II had not only survived the shattering shock of his death, but had in effect been stimulated by the consciousness that a heavier burden of responsibility now rested on the shoulders, of. every member of the Movement. As soon as the Foundation was set up it began to occupy itself with the study and formulation of such projects as were designed to forward the purposes for which the Foundation had been set up. For instance, it initiated a project for the purpose of stimulating the intellectual capacities of those members of the Movement who were interested in scholastic pursuits. It announced that it would make five awards every year of the vq. lue of one thousand rupees to each scholar who would prepare and submit to the Foundation a thesis on any of the diverse intellectual topics specified by the Foundation, which in the estimation of the Foundation gave proof of high intellectual endeavour. The response to this initiative of the Foundation has been encouraging but has not been as enthu- siastic as it had been hoped. The Foundation is continuing the project and expects that in the course of time the standard and number of theses submitted to it every year will continue to nse. With the development of Rabwah as the Headquarters of the Movement, the need of an adequate library to which the intellectual sections of the Community could have free access had been felt. But the Sadar Anjuman Ahmadiyya had not been able to make financial provision for the housing of such a library and providing the necessary cognate facilities. The Foundation came forward with the offer that it would under- take the construction of the building and other facilities pertaining to the library on some suitable siteto be provided by the Anjuman. The offer of the foundation was accepted, the building was erected and on completion was handed over to the Sadar Anjuman. As a result of the opening of new Missions of the Move-