The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 454
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in jama 1 at - e -A hmadiyya the Khalifa be able to participate in all the important oc casions and Majalis that are held in the formal and physical Markaz o f Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya. It is my heart’s desire that this may only be a temporary w ill o f God, and may there not come a time when we are forced to remove even our formal headquarters from Pakistan and establish them in some other land. From this point o f view , this year seems to be a very im portant one. I see extraordinary events unfolding before this year is out, and these events w ill have consequences reaching far into the new century. The events that are go ing to characterize the next century are going to be defined in the very first year o f the second century o f Ahmadiyyat. You should therefore offer special prayers during these blessed days o f Mushawarat, so that what ever is decreed for us may be good for us both outwardly and inwardly. And may God soon bridge the distances that have come between us and my participation in your meetings may not just be spiritual, but physical as w ell. And may I not see you only through the eyes o f imagina tion but may derive satisfaction by seeing you with my physical eyes also. The extraordinary patience and resolve and determination which has been shown by the Jama'at in Pakistan is go ing to be written in the history o f the Jama'at in golden letters, and with time these letters w ill become even more brilliant and luminous. By the grace o f God, you have earned great honour which has brightened your otherwise obscure future. This period o f hardship is a temporary one, and it is indeed in its last throes. But your time o f contentment and happiness shall be an interminable one, whose dividends you shall reap in this world as w ell as in the hereafter, and whose blessings your children and your 4 5 4