Fazl-e-Umar — Page 320
Fazle Umar 320 Many Companions of the Promised Messiah [as] , and many devoted servants of his heavenly Community are buried here. Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] sent a message to the members of Ahmadiyya Jama’at, USA and enjoined upon them to join the sacred institution of Wasiyyat. He also indicated that several burial plots would be purchased for these Moosian in dif- ferent parts of the country in the following words: “Once you have studied the whole document carefully (referring to Al-Wasiyyat written by the Promised Messiah [as] ), you will fully grasp its grand purpose and objective but I also request Brother Khalil Ahmad Nasir that he should arrange that the purpose and objective of Al-Wasiyyat should be explained to you by representatives of the Movement in detail at your respective centres. In compliance with the spirit of Al-Wasiyyat, the Ahmadiyya Association of the United States of America will arrange the purchase, as early as possible, of a suitable plot of land in some central locality which may be dedicated as the place of burial of those who make their wills in compliance with the conditions set out in Al-Wasiyyat and the rules promulgated from time to time by the Head of the Movement and the Central Ahmadiyya Association and Tehrike Jadeed. I am convinced that once this project is put into effect in the United States, it will quickly gather force and thousands of your country men, maybe even millions, will in due course join this scheme and thus swell the number of those who shall continuously devote their efforts and substantial portions of their income and properties to the objects mentioned in Al-Wasiyyat. As the number of such sincere and devoted Ahmadis increases it may become necessary to establish similar burial places in different parts of the country, and this shall be done from time to time as necessity shall require. ” (Review of Religions, January 1956, p. 8–14).