The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 91
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya place in the future. And I am horrified to note that if that step had not been taken in time, what would have hap pened to the future generation when discussions o f such nature came up later on. Now , despite the fact that my sermons are reaching directly to all the Jama'ats o f the world, as far as possible, and on Shura my derivations and observations have also been conveyed to all Jama'ats, yet here and there speakers stand up and ex press their view s in a style which is so alien to Ahmadiyya viewpoint and Ahmadiyya traditions. So that is why it is highly essential for a Khalifa to be there, not theoretically there, but practically, to watch the trends o f the Jama'ats universally, and to be personally familiar with the trends o f thought everywhere in the world, and the style in which those thoughts are expressed. We have the special blessings o f Allah in this period that Ahmadis as a whole, with very few exceptions— one in a million, or less than that— are totally committed to the word o f the Khalifa. And they accept that word, not in formality, but with all their heart. So, with the grace o f Allah, these corrections are made, which could have commanded such respect and such love as in the early period o f Ahmadiyyat. As we have noticed, those who remember the time o f Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra when he gave his opinion at the end o f a discussion. . . every heart changed and every mind changed and submitted to the final verdict o f Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra. Now I am so glad that this was not only limited to the attitudes o f Ahmadis to him. Later on I saw the same attitude vis-a-vis Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh III* throughout the history o f Shura when he presided, and then the same was passed on to my era. With the grace o f Allah, this is now spreading 91