The Devotion of Life — Page 354
354 The kind of Teachers Needed for ‘Waqf-e-Jadid’ In addition to the above mentioned requirements, other qualifications needed in a teacher are stated here by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rh : “So, today, first I make the announcement about the new year of ‘Waqf-e-Jadid’, and secondly I want to say that the implication of this announcement should not be that I raise a call and that call is published in the newspaper, and people keep silent and go off to sleep! The announcement of the new financial year means that you should feel in your hearts that a new year is coming. One of the responsibilities is that of ‘Waqf-e-Jadid’. You should focus on this responsibility. You should provide all the amount of money that is needed for this Scheme and sacrifice in different ways and aspects. The number of teachers that we need should also be provided. We need devotees with enormous eagerness in their hearts, the eagerness that comes to the hearts of those who are sincere and possess love of God, who are willing to suffer in His cause and to raise His name while imbued with His love; those who have true faith in the Promised Messiah as and fully recognise his status. There should be zeal in an Ahmadi’s heart that all Ahmadis may reach the high level of spirituality where the Promised Messiah as wanted to take them. We need devotees with this fervour in ‘Waqf-e-Jadid’”. (Al Fazl, April 4, 1967)