It is my intention to make such arrangements for the propagation of the Faith of Islam, that public speakers and preachers should be sent to all parts of India to invite the people to the truth, in order to adequately convey the message of Islam to the world. But in our present state of weakness and limited numbers, this plan cannot be fully implemented. At present, it is proposed that if Hazrat Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan Sahib of Amrauha—who is a great scholar, faithful, trustworthy, pious and most sincerely devoted to Islam—should agree, then, as far as it is possible for him, this duty can be assigned to him. Maulawi Sahib is greatly skilled in teaching children and lecturing on the Holy Qur’an and Hadith as well in delivering sermons and homilies and in discussions and dialectics. It will be a happy thing indeed if he could take up this task.
As a man with a family cannot do without means of subsistence, my foremost concerns is to make the best arrangement to provide adequately for Maulawi Sahib. I therefore suggest that every affluent member of our Jama‘at should fix a specific sum of money, according to his means, to contribute towards his subsistence and continue to do so as long as it is the will of Allah, the Exalted. This world is a temporary abode and preparation should be made for the Hereafter with good deeds. Blessed is the person who is ever engaged in providing for the Hereafter.
Anyone who, in response to this announcement, is ready to contribute towards this noble cause, should inform me accordingly. Peace be on him who follows the right path.
Announcer:
Ghulam Ahmad
Qadian, District Gurdaspur
May 26, 1892