The Future of Ahmadiyyat — Page 13
‑ 13 ‑ do so in such a large gathering and indicated that he thought his end was near because the prophets of God are called back when their mission achieves success. Hence, back then a gathering of 700 people was considered a manifest sign of Allah the Exalted, whereas today at a regular gathering in Qadian there are usually 3000 to 4000 people. Again, it used to be that during the Jalsa Salana a gathering of 700 hundred people was considered a great sign and now our circumstances are such that at the Jubilee Jalsa, 42,000 people were in attendance. No doubt this is a miraculous rate of progress, but it is still not such that it makes the world think that it cannot compete with Ahmadiyyat. True progress is that which makes the enemy succumb. Such a victory has not yet been achieved by us even in Qadian and indeed cannot be attained until people from the north, south, east and west