The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page ix
P r e f a c e Hadrat KhalTfatul Masih IVrh, in his Friday sermon on 31st March, 1995, (while Majlis-e-Shura was in session in Rabwah), said: “The Jama1at should publish an introductory book about the system o f Mushawarat that is currently established in the Jama1at. . . I assign to Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya the task o f publishing this book. Thereafter Tehrik Jadid w ill get it translated and publicize it around the world. ” Accordingly, Muhammad Aslam Shad Mangla Sahib was assigned this task by Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya. He, along with Yusuf Salim Sahib and Rafiq Ahmad Javed Sahib, did the hard and crucial work of collecting the required material and putting it into two covers. Upon instructions from Chaudhry Hamidullah Sahib, Waldl A‘la, Tehnk Jadid, Rabwah, the task of translating the book into English was assigned to Wakalat Tasnrf, Rabwah. The initial groundwork for the translation was done by the late Mian Muhammad Afdal Sahib. May Allah reward him for his labour of love and grant him a lofty station in heaven. The translation was then revised and finalised at Wakalat Tasnifby: • Raja Ata-ul-Mannan • Syed Tanwir Mujtaba • T ahir Mahmood Mubashar • Kashif Imran Khalid We are grateful to Maulana Muniruddin Shams Sahib, Addi tional Wakilut Tasnlf, London, for his assistance and valuable suggestions in the course of this translation. We are also grate IX