Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 15
Stories abound when the Promised Messiah sold his wife's jewe lr y to serve food to those who had come to attend a Jalsa in Qadian, or when he appealed to his follow- ers in Kapurlhala to raise Rupees 60 (less than 2 dollars in current terms) in order to print and circulate a pamphlet. The mes s enger, Hadhrat Munshi Zafar Ahmad (RA), who was also from Kapurthala went to Kapurthala and raised the whole amount himself through sale of his wife's jewelry without telling anyone about it. Later, when the Kapurlhala Jamaal heard about it , they were mad that the opportu- nity to serve the Jamaat was denied to them. Such was the spirit and enthusiasm which prevailed and indeed still prevails. Ahmadiyyat today, with Allah's grace and bounties, stands established in all continents of the world and is ever growing. Here in USA there were only a few chapters of the Jamaat in 1955 with a total budget of less than twenty one thousand dollars ($20,676) but now the budget exceeds$ 6 mil- lion and has 45 chapters and 31 Mosques and mission houses. We cannot sit back on the good performance of financial sacrifices by the USA Jamaat. Without similar success in Tabligh and Tarbiyyat, the picture remains incom- plete. Both these areas are of critical importance and our efforts so far have not pro- duced the desired results in accordance with Hazur's expectations. Given the basic resistance in the Western countries, a very serious, innovative and sustained all-out effort is needed. A fresh comprehensive Tabligh program is planned to attain Hazur' s target of 100,000 Baits around the start of the new millenium. The trickle which started joining the movement now grows into a torrent when last year alone 3 million new members joined the worldwide Ahmadiyya Movement In Islam. Under inspiring, most dynamic and forward-thinking leadership of Hadhrat Khalifaful Masih IV (ABA), our future promises to be even more explosive than our past. The fulfillment of Allah's prophecies will dazzle the world and leave it aghast. lnshaallah. Look how those, who made it their life-Jong mission to stop Jamaat's progress b y whatever dubious and sacrilegious means and tactics, failed miserably to frustrat e Allah's divine design. Not too long ago an all powerful dictator who claimed tha t he was determined to completely "eradicate the cancer of Ahmadiyyat" fell igno - miniously from the skies, as his aircraft crashed like a pack of cards into dust unde r the wrath of Allah as indeed as publicly predicted weeks in advance by Hadhra l Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA). Indeed if you listen carefu ll y, you can hear the foot step s of Islam' s soldier ~ marching fearlessly towards their divinely destined goal. We stand in all humility , determined and dedicated, to spread the message of Isla m with all our dedication and resources so that the di vine mission of the Promise d Messiah , Jf SJ, who claimed to be the humblest servant of the Holy Prophet an d Khatam~Nabiyeen, Hadhzrat Muhammad (SA), moves to its inevitable zenith i n the ulti,ate triumph of Islam over all other faiths with mighty signs of Allah. Q-. . >f'. Our limited and totally inadequate results in Tabligh underline that our efforts nee d to be broadened to match the phenomenal success achieved by Ahmadiyya Jama at in other countries (particularly in Africa and As ia) where last year alone a Bai 'a r target of 3 million was attained with Allah's Grace and Bounty. This should be th l- focus of our special attention and resolve. Let us then rededicate ourselves afresh with speed and vigor and ever strong mot i vation to our divinely destined goal with humility in our hearts and prayers on o u1 lips so that the next celebration, 50 years from today, take us closer to our ultima t. : goal of making Islam, and its true teachings in the service of humanity, the dom ·- nant faith and people's free choice all over the world.