A Message for Our Time — Page 9
A Beacon of Peace After reciting tashahhud, ta’awwuz and bismillaah, 1 Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aba, the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said: All distinguished guests, Assalaamo alaikum wa Rahmatullaahe wa Barakaatohu —peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all. First of all, I would like to thank all of our guests who have graciously accepted our invitation and joined us at this special and joyous occasion, where we are inaugurating our new mosque in this city. It is a fact of life that human beings are such creatures who cannot survive without social interaction and without developing 1 This is the traditional Islamic opening in Arabic for an address. For the benefit of readers, we have presented its translation in the Glossary. [Publisher]