Fazl-e-Umar — Page 210
Fazle Umar 210 ings and beliefs of the Movement was prepared and printed. In short everything in the Movement was charged with new life and a new spirit under the impact of the scheme. The most striking activity of the scheme was the network of foreign missions that was progressively spread into many countries of the world, so that there is scarcely a region in which missions have not been established by now, or at least into which the literature of the Movement has not penetrated. Some idea of the progress made so far in the achievement of the purposes of the Tehrik may be formed from the fact that the budget of the Tehrik has risen from the original Rs. 27, 500 to more than Rs. 3. 5 billion in 2006. The total participants in the scheme were in excess of 482,000 members. 111 This does not take into account extraordinary expenditure that is incurred in respect of special projects in different parts of the world. As time has passed the Tehrik has added to its original objectives diverse types of beneficent projects; schools, dispensaries and hospitals have been opened in widely separated regions of the earth. Mosques have been built in all the continents. For all these projects finance had to be provided through special funds running into thousands, and on occasions into millions of pounds sterling. There are flourishing branches of the Movement in more than 200 countries, while individual members and small groups are scattered all round the globe. All this activity is instrumental in the effort of achieving the ultimate purpose of the Movement, namely, the cultivation of the highest moral and spiritual qualities, seeking all the time to establish communion with God for the purpose of winning His pleasure and rendering beneficent service to His creatures without any discrimination.