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Khilāfat And Mujaddidīyat - An expositionḤaḍrat Mirzā Nāṣir Aḥmad, Khalīfatul Masīḥ III rhThis is the English translation of theconcluding speech delivered by ḤaḍratMirzā Nāṣir Aḥmad, Khalīfatul Masīḥ III rhat the Annual Rally of Majlis KhuddāmulAḥmadīyya on November 6, 1977, at MasjidAqsa, Rabwah, Pakistan.After reciting Tashahhud, Ta’awwuz andSūrah Fātiḥa, Ḥaḍrat Khalīfatul Masīḥ III rhsaid:Our Annual Rallies are held every yearbut there have occurred some breaks.It is now the fourth year, since 1973,that this Rally was last held. Due to thisreason, coupled with the slackness of theCentral administrators as I understand,the number of the participating Majālis(branches) is lower in this Rally thanthose of the 1973 Rally, despite the factthat scores of new Majālis (branches)and Jamā‘ats have been established since1973.This year 493 branches have participated,while in 1973, as many as 546 branchestook part in the Rally, with 1954 foreignKhuddām and 1856 Rabwah Khuddām,totaling 3810 Khuddām. What has gonewrong is gone. May Allāh the Exaltedgrant us forgiveness. This mistake shouldnot occur next year. We should continueto march forward.The second thing I would like to sayis that Khuddāmul Aḥmadīyya wasentrusted with the responsibility ofcollecting contributions from theAtfalul Aḥmadīyya for Waqf-i-Jadīd. Theyoung Atfal (boys) and Nasirat (girls)of Aḥmadī families were required topay collectively one hundred thousandrupees (Rs. 100,000) during the currentyear. But even the pledges received sofar amount to nearly 68,000, while theactual amount received is only Rs. 28,000.Hence, I hereby draw the attention of allthe local office bearers of KhuddāmulAḥmadīyya of each branch—whetherthey are present in this Rally or unable toKhilāfat And Mujaddidīyat - An Expositionattend due to slackness—to try to acquirepledges in accordance with the budgetand increase the pace at which they aregetting pledges redeemed. We shouldhave probably received half the amountso far, but even in this respect there is adeficiency of Rs. 28,000. Hence, pay heedto make up for this deficiency. May Allāh,the Exalted enable you to do so.In my inaugural speech on Friday,brothers and children, I drew yourattention to the fact that the grandrevolution launched by the Holy ProphetMuḥammad sa for traversing stages ofadvancement in the last days, has usheredin its second phase. A prediction has beenmade in the Holy Qur’ān regarding thisage. The Ummah of the Holy Prophet sa hasbeen given glad tidings through the HolyProphet sa that:“He may make it to prevail over everyother religion” (9:33),meaning the Islāmic faith woulddominate over all other faiths and isms.Islām Will PrevailI do not interpret ‘Alad-dīni Kullihi asonly religions. Rather, I include all thoseprinciples of civilization, society andeconomics that the human mind hasformed and which people have taken assubstitutes for religion. It means to mymind that Li Yuẓhirahu ‘Ala al-dīni Kullihi( ) not only connotesthat the truthfulness of Islām would bemanifested to the Christians and not tothe atheists and communists, but rather,Islām, with its spiritual, moral, andscientific principles, would also prevailover the communistic order that theyhave established in their country andin the regions under their influence as asubstitute for religion. Islām would alsoconvince them of its worth. Similarly, thenations which have drifted away fromreligion and have formed philosophicalprinciples for practical life shall have toadmit that neither any old creed in thisage nor their own wisdom could lead themto the path of salvation. Consequently,mankind would ultimately turn into oneUmmah and one family under the bannerof the Holy Prophet Muḥammad sa .two Basic demandsThis grand revolution that was initiatedthrough the Holy Prophet Muḥammad sa1400 years ago, as explained earlier, hasushered in its period of advancementwherein it has to reach its climax andhas to acquire final victory. The usheringin of this great phase of the grandrevolution in its final round is makingtwo basic demands from us. It is on thesetwo demands that I would like to focusmy present speech.the first demandThe task of turning mankind intoone Ummah and one family under thebanner of the Holy Prophet sa demandsthat we have complete and durableunity among our own ranks. I statedin the Ansarullah Rally that in the earlyperiod of Islām, in the initial threecenturies of Islām’s first renaissance,there occurred great revolutionarychanges in human life through Islāmand the spiritual beneficence of the HolyProphet sa . Nevertheless, one thing isquite significant and that is the diffusionwhich is very clearly seen in this unity,the unity of the first period of Islām.For instance, we take Fiqh (the IslāmicJurisprudence), which in fact is similarto the general law. When the generallaws are produced in accordance withGodly guidance they are termed asissues of Fiqh. For example, the issuesof bargaining, the issues of solvingthe disputes and fights, the issues ofmatrimonial relations, the problemsof trade, the issues of partnerships11