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296 extend it further and ask the devotees to try and ask a few of their friends to do Waqf. In this way this Movement will carry on extending with the Grace of Allah the Exalted and will continue till the Day of Judgment. Just as I said last time, now is the time for harvest, only people are needed to reap it and this is no exaggeration that there is tremendous inclination among the Western people towards Islam. I was not well and could not hold lengthy talks, still I noticed that each time I presented my arguments the Europeans quickly gave in and would understand the reality. Anyway, this is the ‘Tehrik’ that I make to the Community and I believe that without this we could never be successful in the propagation of Islam. Think on this and deeply reflect on this that if the Movement of Waqf was not to continue, then how could your claim be considered truthful that Islam shall be the dominant religion in the world? It could never be that one fine morning you woke up and recited SubhanAllah (glorification of Allah) three times and the President of USA and all members of the Congress would accept Islam and would declare that they have abandoned Christianity. If we wish to spread Islam in the true sense then we have to make endeavours. The fact is that unless real effort is made for the propagation of Islam no result can be obtained. If we wish to spread Islam then each one of us Ahmadis should make a pledge that we will offer a friend, or relation devoting them for the