Khilafat Centenary Souvenir 1908-2008 — Page 174
Khilafat Centenary "I have received your annual financial report for 1996-97. ]azakumullah Ahsanal ]aza. Masha' Allah. Alhamdo Lillah. May Allah safeguard you from evil eye. You are, by the grace of Allah, rapidly strengthening the financial system of Jama' at Ahmadiyya, America. May Allah bless the wealth and properties of members of the Jama' at and continue to grant them the capacity to spend in the way of Allah. This year your Jama' at has achieved a marvelous increase in subscriptions. May Allah make this a source of blessings for all of you. Please inform me of any needs of your Jama 'at that cannot be met from your local budget. We will make them up from Markaz's share. May Allah be with you". Jama'at Ahmadiyya USA has bless y ou , and ma y Allah bless your financial position. Keep up this pace of sacrifices for the sake of Allah. " As a sign of Allah's blessings on the US Jama' at, the graph below provides an overview of financial sacrifices offered by this Jama' at within the last 20 years. It also depicts progress achieved during the era of three Amirs, Hadhrat Sheikh Mubarak Ahmad , Hadhrat Sahibzada Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad and current Amir Dr. Ahsanullah Zafar. Our collection in the Fiscal Year 1987-88 were a little over than one million dollars ($1,062,057). Twenty years later, by the grace of Allah, it stands at more than 13 million dollars ($13,800,706), a progress of 1, 199 %. really made an astounding 20 Years Financial Sacrifices of Ahmad iyya Muslim Commun i ty USA progress in financial sacrifices within the last 20 years. In his address to the concluding session of Majlis-e-Shura,USA via a live MTA telecast on March 29t h 1998 Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV 1 • said, "I wish to inform you that I am very happy with the progress ofJama'at Ahmadiyya, USA. I 1s. ooo ooo oo r 14. 000 000 00 j 12 000 000 00 5 I ~ 10. 000. 000 00. Ameer Miru Muzzafar Ahm. ad S. a. h jb. . - 4000 Am. . . ,. O:t. Ahsan. Ufbh Zabr S:ahfb f) ,Sf,, 3500 3000 l 2500 I l ~ i. . . have especially noticed how M. M. Ahmad has ably steered you through difficult times to ever shining heights of achievements. In the area of finance , you have done wonders with the grace of Allah. So, although the compliment seems to be directed at M. M. Ahmad, ~ 6 000 000 00 Amee•. . . I 8. ' Sheik'h Mubarik Ahmad S:hib • 5J J4,1T7 I '!! 1 500 ~. . ,. . 4. 000 000 00 t 1 000 2 000 000 00 87- 68- 89- 90- 91- 92- 93- 94- 95- 96- 97- 98- 99- 00- 01- 02- 03- 04- 05- 06- M M ~ ~ w m 94 ~ ~ ~ ~ w oo m m m 04 ~ re w he could not have achieved this without your full and loving co-operation that y ou have extended to him unreservedly. And this is a blessing from Allah that the Amir who is guiding a country is being fully co-operated with and fully obeyed, not with formal sense of obedience but with a sense of deep respect and love. " Huzur rta further said, "The rate at which your regular chanda is increasing is amazing, and the figures he gave me were absolutely mind-boggling. In the previous year you had made some specific advance in comparison with the preceding years. This year you have not only kept up the increasing pace but even added some more. The result is that it is a sort of acceleration which you have achieved. May Allah Budget Year The linear graph in the chart above shows a tremendous increase in the number of chanda paying members. When statistics for chanda payers in the USAJama 'at were first started in the Fiscal Year 1989-90 , their total number was 1, 081. By the grace of Allah, this number has now gone up to 3,594, an increase of 232 %. The level of sacrifice and the financial progress made in the era of the fourth Khalifa ra has continued into the present era of the fifth Khilafah aba as well, with the grace of Allah. Commenting on the USAJama'at's report for February 2005, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih y aba, in his letter of April 9 th 2005, wrote to respected Amir Sahib, USA as follows.