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the S ystem of mush A warat in J am A' at - e -A hmadiyya is not being paid to Tarbiyyat, the shortcomings o f the concerned Nazarat can be pointed out. A member made a suggestion about the translation o f the Holy Quran. This was correct and justified. Such observations keep me up to date with the thinking o f the members and also draw my attention to the relevant issues. There is no time for it now, but members should remember this in future. When the budget is presented in other organizations, the members sometimes propose a reduction in the expenses o f a Department in order to criticize its work. But this is not necessary in our case. Members can express their opinions without resorting to such tactics. ” V y [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1937, pp. 137-138] W hy some I ssues N eed to be D iscussed B eforehand Once, some members o f a sub-committee misunderstood a proposal and thought that it was aimed at establishing a university by the Jama'at. Commenting on their rec ommendations, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra observed: “The report has been read out, but I w ill now deviate from the routine and w ill state my own observations be fore inviting members to offer their views. Let me first explain what w ill happen if we take up the proposal as understood by the sub-committee. The committee mem bers seem to have thought that the proposal was aimed at establishing a university under the British Charter. I be lieve that it is a mere waste o f time to discuss such a proposal at this juncture, because w e do not have even a fraction o f the money and resources that are required to establish such a university. . . A nd even if w e are able to establish a university under the British Charter some 30, 40 or 50 years from now, it is useless to discuss it now. 299