The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 190
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a r e t h e T r u s t e e s o f S h u r a On another occasion, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said: “If you go back and immediately start pressing the mem bers o f your Jama'at to arrange a meeting so that you may convey to them the message that you have to con vey, the members w ill become mentally prepared to accept the new proposals, and when they hear the details, they w ill become fully convinced. I also want to remind the representatives that their duty is not only to convey to their Jama'ats the proceedings o f the Shura, but to keep reminding them o f these matters continuously and persistently. The responsibility o f the representative who attends the Shura does not end with the closing o f the proceedings here, for he remains the representative o f his Jama'at for the whole year and it is his duty to keep reminding his people o f the decisions that have been taken here. Hence you should not consider yourselves representatives for just three days. When an individual is elected as a representative, from that day to the day when elections are held for the next M ajlis-e- Shura, he continues to be the representative o f his Jama'at. Just as it is the duty o f a representative to con vey the opinions o f his Jama'at to us, it is also his duty to convey our decisions and our points o f view to them. He first comes to us as the representative o f his Jama'at, and then goes back to them as our representative. It is his duty, till elections are conducted for the new Majlis-e-Shura, to consider him self a representative and to keep telling his Jama'at about the proposals approved here. You should not think that your representation o f Shura has terminated today. Your representation is not yet over and it w ill con tinue till the end o f the year. It is your duty, till the next 190