The Devotion of Life — Page 205
205 “I promise that with the Grace of Allah the Exalted and with His Empowerment our Community will present thirty people for Tabligh whose allowances will be met from the pledged money. If the expense exceeds this, the Community will still meet the allowances of its missionaries. I also promise that if more people are needed, our Community will Insha’Allah (God Willing) provide hundreds of such individuals who will have had a lifelong experience of Tabligh. ” The newspaper ‘Hamdam’, wrote regarding this generous invitation of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra : “In light of the enthusiasm and zeal of the Ahmadiyya Community it is almost certain that they will donate fifty thousand Rupees, rather, more than this, for the purpose of prevention of apostasy. Regrettably though, in the next few weeks, one cannot entertain even a feeble hope of collecting one hundred thousand Rupees let alone nearly a million from the general Muslim populace. ” (‘Hamdam’, 18 th March 1923 ref: Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya Ki Islami Khidmat p. 43) Overwhelming Response from the Ahmadiyya Community The Ahmadiyya Community responded most overwhelmingly to this ‘Tehrik’ (call) and one and a half thousand Ahmadis offered their honorary services to Huzur ra. Among those who came to the forefront for this