The New World Order of Islam — Page xx
xv 1905. Later in 1934 Hadrat Mirz a Bash i rudd i n Ma h m u d Ahmad ra inaugurated Ta h r i k-e-Jad i d to prepare the ground for the full implementation of the New World Order of the institution of Wa s iyyat. In the present lecture he elaborates the aims and objectives of Ta h r i k-e-Jad i d and claims that the New World Order in all its aspects, economic, social and religious, as introduced by Ni za m-e-Wa s iyyat , will at the end prevail and a new and genuine revolution will take place. Though the lecture was delivered in the early forties since when the world has changed so much that it seems to be quite different from what it was then, yet the central message and many details of the lecture are still relevant and shall remain so till the true message of Islam gains supremacy in the world and the world, having been convinced of the truth of it, enters the fold of Islam. Keeping this in mind we have given an analytical index, instead of conventional one, to help the reader have full grasp of the drift of the main argument of the lecture and to comprehend its basic thesis. The reader may go through the Analytical Index before reading the book. The name of Muhammad sa , the Holy Prophet of Islam, has been followed by the symbol sa , which is an abbreviation for the salutation S allall a hu ‘Alaihi Wasallam (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The names of other Prophets and Messengers are followed by the symbol as , an abbreviation for ‘ Alaihissal a m (on whom be peace). The actual salutations have not generally been set out in full, but