Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 291
29 DECEMBER 1905 The Blessing of the Promised Messiah's Companionship The Madrasah was discussed. The Promised Messiahas said: It is essential for the students to come here and study in this place. The person who comes and spends a week in my com- pany will become greater than any maulawi of the East or the West. Many people of the Jama'at should, therefore, be trained in front of me so that they become preachers and teachers for future generations and bring people to the right path. ¹ 291 29 DECEMBER 1905 A general meeting of the auspicious Ahmadiyya Movement was held on the morning of 29 December 1905, at 9 o'clock in the new guest house. All the guests, who had come from different cities and towns, were present. Respected Khwāja Kamāl-ud-Din delivered a long speech. The import and essence of this speech was that the purpose and goal of the Promised Messiah, may peace and blessings be upon him, is the uni- versal spread and propagation of Islam and to create a community of ours here that-being distinguished on account of its academic and practical abilities-serves toward that end. Therefore, for three days, the issue of the modern management of the Madrasah was considered. 1. Badr, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 3, dated 12 January 1906