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out a perpetual punishment. They were the Israelites. God said to Hadrat M osesas, ‘Tell your people to send their representatives, so that I may reveal My Word to them. ’ When Hadrat M osesas brought this message to his people, they refused to go with him and told him to go himself. Upon this God declared that He would not re veal His Word to them, and would instead raise a Prophet from among their brethren. People who do not hold the Jama'at in due esteem, also do not realize that it is God’s favour upon them that they have been chosen to participate in this M ajlis, which is going to mould the future o f the world. Representation in this Majlis is such a great honour that even a monarch o f the entire world would feel honoured to be part o f it. The Jama'ats, therefore, need to be most careful when elect ing their representatives and should choose the best people to represent them. I am pleased to note that awareness about M ajlis-e- Mushawarat is growing in the Jama’at, and some Jama’ats insist on their right o f representation and choose the best people to represent them, but, on the whole, Jama'ats are still not giving full attention to this matter. This year the attendance is better than last year, but this is not because Jama'ats have realized their responsibility, it is because when I saw that the best people were not be ing selected for Shura, I sent invitations to some veterans o f the Jama'ats, and some good workers, and some young men whom I wished to involve in the affairs o f the Jama’at. These people are not the representatives o f their Jama’ats, they are in fact my representatives, for they were not chosen by their Jama’ats, nor did their Jama'ats show any eagerness to choose the best people as their _______ T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadtyya ________ 143