Fazl-e-Umar — Page 355
Fazle Umar 355 7. Minarets 8. Public Hall of Audience 9. The Cabinet, Privy Councils 10. Offices and Departments 11. Canals 12. Gardens 13. Free Public Kitchens 14. Libraries and Bookshops T H E n E w wOR L d O R d E R OF I SL A M This book is a translation of an address delivered by Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] to an Annual Gathering on 28 December 1942. In the preface, Mr M. Aslam summarises the subject matter of the book in the following words: “The Address answers the question — how does Ahmadiyyat, the True Islam, propose to deal with the problem of social inequality in the world? The Ahmadi- yya solution is the solution of Islam shaped under Divine guidance for present day needs by the Promised Messiah [as]. It builds on Islamic teaching and emphasises the progressive nature of that teaching. “The social teaching of Islam was expounded — by Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] himself — in 1924 in his ‘Ahmadiyyat, the True Islam’, and has since become well known. It consists of the statutory prohibition of interest, the tax of Zakat and the division of inheritances. It also includes general instructions regarding voluntary contributions by individuals which leaders of Islam from the earliest times have organised in different ways and devoted to the service of society. “The Promised Messiah [as] has instituted among his followers a system of