The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 230
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya done. As I make a resolve, I pray that may Allah guide us in our righteous acts, for just as we stand in need o f His guidance in our deliberations, so do we require His suc cour in their implementation. May Allah bless our meagre efforts and produce from them momentous results that are momentous in His eyes also. We neither care for the world, nor do we look to it All our expectations are with our Lord, and our heads are prostrate before Him. We seek His help and support and we are sure that when we have wholly become subservient to Him in His eyes, He w ill bless us with a new life and a new spirit, and w ill cause armies o f angels to descend for our assistance. And He w ill enable us to accomplish that for which He sent the Promised Messiah3 5 in this age. Islam shall become victorious over all false religions, Satan shall suffer the fi nal defeat, and the truth shall triumph. Let us therefore begin our Majlis-e-Shura with the prayer that may Allah, by His grace, accept from us even that which has not come to our minds and which has not been uttered by our tongues. He is the Knower o f the unseen, while our knowledge is imperfect and so are our actions. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1967, pp. 5-6] O pening A ddress As already mentioned, the regular proceedings o f Shura begin with recitation from the Holy Quran and collective silent prayer. Then Hadrat Khalifatul Masih delivers the opening address, in which he usually mentions the objectives o f Shura, and gives instructions as to how the Shura is to be conducted and how the delegates should express their views. This address can be brief or lengthy depending on the circumstances. 2 3 0