The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 229
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya also help us so that we may not remain entangled in mere talk, and our efforts may lead us to concrete results. May our thoughts take such a practical shape that no power may be able to stop us. Our meetings always begin with prayer. For the future I prescribe that the work on all the three days o f Shura should start with prayer, and should also be a prayer at the end o f the concluding session. Thus we shall pray four times during the Shura: on the beginning o f the first and second day, and then at the beginning and end o f the third day. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1952, pp. 1-2] H olding S hura U nder the C anopy of P rayer In the opening address on the occasion o f Mushawarat 1967, Hadrat Khallfatul Masih IIIrh said:. “You have not come here for any personal gain. You have all come so that you may forget your personal inter ests, disregard your own biases and dispositions, and advise the Khalifa regarding the proposals that are put before you in the form o f the Agenda, while praying to God and partaking o f His help. I pray that Allah’s angels may guide you. Let them point out the path and may you be able to follow it, and may you be able to offer the right suggestions. The right suggestions are not necessar ily those that are accepted at the end o f the day, but every suggestion (whether it is accepted or not) which you of fer with sincerity and purity o f intention is the right suggestion. And I have come here so that when I have listened to your view s I should reach a decision and make a resolve, putting full faith in the living powers o f my Lord and trusting Him to bless everything that I do or get 229