Fazl-e-Umar — Page 357
Fazle Umar 357 spread of Islam and its institutions. “The Tehrike Jadid, therefore, is a forerunner of the New World Order of Islam and is intimately connected with it. This is why the address begins and ends by references to it. ” Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] explained that the Tehrike Jadeed had a uni- versal aspect. It would grow to fulfil a great Islamic purpose and serve to strengthen the foundations of human society. He then proceeded to explain the setting of the Tehrike Jadeed so that its significance could be properly understood. Again through his unique ability to explain difficult concepts he introduced the thought of the time in the simplest terms. He examined the changes going on at the time and how they were likely to affect the future. He began by discussing the increasing gap between the rich and the poor and the attempts to alleviate poverty. He discussed secular movements such as democracy, Socialism, Marx, Lenin and Martov, Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, Principles of Bolshevism and the reactions to it of Nazism, Fascism and Falangists, dangers of Socialism, Communism and its defects. He then moved onto schemes put forward by the religions of Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism to solve the problem of social inequality. The rest of the book is dedicated to the principles laid down by Islam to promote social and economic equality. T H E E C O n OM IC Sy ST E M OF I SL A M On February 21, 1945, Huzur delivered a historical lecture on the topic of “The Economic System of Islam”, under the auspices of Ahmadiyya Intercollegiate Associa- tion, Lahore. This lecture created a great stir in the literary world. This lecture has since been translated into many different languages of the world including English, French and German. An influential organ of the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Commerce, “Information Commercial Industrial” wrote about it in its October, 1946, issue: