Fazl-e-Umar — Page 318
Fazle Umar 318 grow. Things always move slowly at first but soon gather speed and momentum. It is true that the funds collected by means of wills are at present not very large, but as Ahmadiyyat goes on spreading faster and faster, these funds will also grow. By a natural process they will go on multiplying, so that the day of the complete establishment of the new order will come nearer and nearer. “In short, though Tehrike Jadeed had in point of time been inaugurated after Al-Wasiyyat, it is in effect its forerunner. In other words, it is an Elijah to the Messiah of the new order and it proclaims the ultimate supremacy of the message and principles of the Promised Messiah [as]. Every person who participates in the Tehrike Jadeed helps to foster the system of the Wasiyyat and every person who does this helps in the establishment of the new order. wASI yy AT – T O E STA b L I SH P E AC E & S E C U R I T y T H ROU G HOU T T H E wOR L d “To sum up, the system of Al-Wasiyyat comprises within itself the whole social and economic system of Islam. They are mistaken who think that the fund estab- lished by the Wasiyyat can be used only for the verbal propagation of Islam. This is not correct. The Wasiyyat contemplates both verbal propagation and practical establishment. It no doubt includes missionary effort, but it equally includes the complete establishment of the system under which the needs of every human being should be looked after in a dignified manner. When this system attains maturity, it will provide not only for missionary work but will also help abolish want and distress by making adequate provision for the needs of all individuals. An orphan will not have to beg, nor will a widow have to ask for charity, nor a needy person to suffer anxiety. The system will be a mother to children, a father to youth and will afford security to women. Under this system, not by means of