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419 whereby parents dedicate their child before its birth in the manner of Hadrat Maryam as who prayed thus: É b > u ‘ ’ Î o Τ Î ) ß N ö ‘ x ‹ t Ρ š s 9 $ t Β ’ Î û © Í _ ô Ü t / # Y ‘ § y s ã Β ö ≅ ¬ 7 s ) t G s ù û © Í h _ Ï Β ( y 7 ¨ Ρ Î ) | M Ρ r & ß ì Š É Κ ¡ ¡ 9 $ # Þ ΟŠ Î = y è ø 9 $ # ∩⊂∈∪ ‘My Lord, I have vowed to Thee what is in my womb to be dedicated to Thy service. So do accept it of me; verily, Thou alone art All Hearing, All Knowing. ’ (3:36) This prayer so pleased God that it was preserved forever in the Holy Qur’an. Hadrat Ibrahim’s as prayer about his progeny is a similar prayer and resulted in the birth of Hadrat Ishmail as. On 3 rd April 1987 in his Friday Sermon at the Fazl Mosque, Huzur rh announced the blessed scheme of ‘Waqf- e-Nau’. A Blessed Scheme to Welcome the Next Century “Thus, I thought that I should motivate the entire Jama’at to dedicate their children in the service of God, in addition to gaining spiritual offspring through ‘Dawat Illallah’. They should pray, ‘O God, grant us a son, but if you decree a daughter, then we offer our daughter in your service. ’ Mothers should offer whatever is in their wombs. Fathers should repeat