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Fazle Umar 209 “Even if you should all abandon me God will provide me with resources from a hidden source. But it cannot be that what God Almighty told the Promised Mes- siah, the scheme for which he has disclosed to me, should not happen. It is bound to happen even if I am abandoned by everyone. In such a contingency God will descend from heaven and will complete the construction of this mansion. ” On another occasion he said: “We shall not coerce anyone, nor shall we embark on a campaign of civil dis- obedience, we shall respect the law, and despite all this we shall discharge all those responsibilities with which we have been charged by Ahmadiyyat. We shall carry out all the obligations which God and the Holy Prophet [saw] have imposed on us, and yet the purpose of our scheme will be achieved. The Captain of the Ark of Ahmadiyyat will steer this Holy Ark between fearful rocks and will bring it safe to port. This is my faith and I am firmly established in it. The reason of those to whom the leadership of Divine movements is committed is placed under Divine guidance; they are bestowed light by God Almighty, and his angels guard them. They are supported by the gracious attributes of God. When they pass on from the world and present themselves before their Maker, the projects they embark upon continue to make progress and God Almighty makes them successful and prosperous. ” The Community made an eager response to every one of the demands made by the Khalifatul Masih and from the very start the Tehrike Jadeed began to produce very encouraging results. In the beginning the Khalifatul Masih had made participation in Tehrike Jadeed voluntary, but before the expiry of its initial period of three years he made it compulsory upon the whole Community and made it permanent. Large numbers of volunteers were trained to work in various capacities in the different branches of the scheme. Literature needed for the exposition of the purposes, teach-