Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 107
89 Chapter 7 THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION ] 13 : 12 [ ْ ِم ھ فُسِ ْ بِاَن مَا ا ْ مٍ حَتّٰ یُغَیُِّو ْ بِقَو اِنَّ اہللَلَ یُغَیُِّ مَا Surely, Allah changes not the condition of a people until they change that which is in their hearts. Some Incidents of the Spiritual Revolution produced by Blessing of Ahmadiyyat Gave up Shirk African brothers have blind faith in talismans and charms; they travel long distances to get one. Forefathers of Alhaj Ibrahim Jikini, a well-known saintly figure of the jama’at were considered experts in this science, in addition to being religious teachers, for several generations. Alhaj Ibrahim Jikini, also learnt this skill from his elders and gained good reputation for that. There is a small village Yalal Ba near Farafenni, the Gambia, where we have a very devoted jama’at. The chief of that village was a non-Ahmadi. He told me once that one of his friends was a Member of Parliament in Senegal. He needed a talisman for some purpose He was told that there was a very skilful talisman maker in the Gambia and that a talisman from him would achieve the purpose. That is why he had come to the chief for him to