The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 101
T he S ystem of M ush A warat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya Speaking about the great importance and significance of Shura, Hadrat Khalifatul Maslh IIra said: “Our Majlis-e-Mushawarat is not worth ignoring. At pre sent it may not be possible to perceive its significance, for it is yet like a seed, and even the greatest tree is at one time only a seed. When we see that some o f the delegates who come to attend this Majlis belong to small towns and villages, some come from places where there are only four or five Ahmadis, and that most o f the members come only from within India, it is hard to conceive that our consultations have anything to do with our future progress. But, we must remember, the future before us is not as limited as it might appear today, it is indeed a bright and glorious future that awaits us— far brighter and more glorious than any that a victorious nation has ever seen. No nation has ever been given the tiding that it. shall reach such pinnacles o f greatness and splendour that all other nations w ill be as nothing compared to it, and w ill become as weak and insignificant as the menials. But this is exactly what has been foretold about our fu ture through the Promised Messiah33. We have been told that Islam and Ahmadiyyat w ill continue to progress un til other faiths w ill become insignificant and Islam w ill reign supreme over the world. No other nation has ever had such a future. With this in mind, we can understand how our consultations are going to affect the world. I do not speak about the time when representatives o f the Jama'at w ill come from the world over and w ill represent four, five or six people, I rather speak o f the time when the delegates w ill represent m illions o f people, when the decisions taken in this Majlis w ill not affect four or five hundred thousand people, but w ill transform the world 101