Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 343
THE REN AISSANCE OF ISLAM 343 impression was that the intensity of their love bordered on lunacy. They stared at me and went on staring and though they did not give verbal expression to their emotions, their love shone forth from their eyes. On another occasion he said in the same context: 'The great day of the supremacy of Islam has dawned. No power on earth can frustrate it. Islam and Ahmadiyyat are bound to triumph. I assure you that your future is most glorious. ' On 26 June 1970 he called upon Ahmadi doctors and teachers to volunteer their services for work in West Africa, and indicated that in case he found that the number of volunteers did not correspond to the need, he would select the teachers and doctors who would be required to proceed to West Africa under his directions. He announced that he had promised the African countries that he had visited, to establish a minimum of twenty-five health centres and seventy to eighty schools in those countries. A cluster of problems ~ad to be resolved and pushed out of the way, before the scheme could begin to operate. But these were overcome fairly rapidly under the dynamic directions of the Khalifatul Masih and in consequence of his continuous humble supplications to the Divine. The details in each case furnished an astonishing record of beneficent achievement in the face of formidable difficulties. The success achieved by all the institutions that were set up in pursuance of the scheme was most gratifying. The efforts of the devoted physicians and surgeons to bring relief and healing to the suffering people within the range of their activities were often blessed with a degree of fulfilment that was almost miraculous. By the end of 1972 sixteen new hospitals and thirteen new secondary schools had been opened and were in full ope- ration. The success of the medical centres was so remarkable that in. many instances they became self-multiplying. In deserving cases relief was administered free, and yet the income from several of the centres not only enabled the need of suitable buildings and necessary equipment to be met but the surplus helped to establish new health centres in areas