What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 39
( 39 ) deal. with. it superficially, pointing. to the advantages which accrue to Islam and Muslims through a separate organisation such as Ahmadiyyat is. On the ~ther hand, we may deal with it more pro- foundly, starting with the purp~se of God in. sending religious teachers and raising religious communities. To deal with the question in a superficial manner; I would say that a Jarnaat is not made by nu. mbers. Individuls, large or small in number, do not become a Jarnaat (or organised group) until they are united by· some purpose, and until they have resolved to work together for that purpose in accordance with some plan or programme. When we have a body of individuals united in some purpose, then, however small their number, we. have a Jamaat. Individuals not united in purpose and not bou~d together by any plan of action, may be called a· herd, a crowd, a people, but· not a Jam~at.