The Devotion of Life — Page 368
368 him) today, will invoke blessings on him. Those days will definitely come, but these premonitions place some responsibilities on us too, which we must carry out. We will have to offer supreme sacrifices. When we sacrifice our all in the way of God, He will bestow all His blessings on us, and when that happens, we will not be short of anything. ” Then Huzur rh said, “Some of the preaching centres that Hadrat Fazle Umar ra established in different countries of the world ceased to function for various reasons. Your first task is to reactivate these centres as soon as possible and whenever possible. In addition, Missions need to be established in some new places immediately. Mosques need to be built in some countries but for this the first need is for Missionaries. Ahmadi children and youth will have to come forward for this and parents will have to dedicate their children. ” (Al-Fazl, 24 th February, 1966) Drive for post-Retirement ‘Waqfe Zindagi’ Time was needed to train young new ‘waqifeeen’ , but Huzur rh wished to establish and expedite the work of new Missions abroad as soon as possible. Thus, in the first year of his Khilafat, during Jalsa Salana 1965 he said: