The Devotion of Life — Page 161
161 was to train and produce such people who were prepared to fulfil the injunction of the Holy Quran: “There should be among you a party who invited to goodness!” Of course, there are many who come out of this school who go into other employment. This is because not everyone is capable of performing the same work. Among the English people, there are many who study Law but do not become Barristers after graduating from Law School. Many of them proceed to do other business. Similarly, many who graduate from Madrassah after completing their education, go on to look for other employment. But this Madrassah was not established for the purpose of finding other employment. Its real purpose was to prepare Missionaries. Now this is the second stage that we can see this Madrassah developed as a College. As far as preaching is concerned, this College should be such that it should not only provide knowledge in religious subjects, but also teach other languages that are essential. Some people should be provided expertise in English, some in German, some in Sanskrit, some in Persian, some in Russian and some in Spanish, because it is important for a Missionary to be fluent in the language of the country where he is being appointed. Apparently, all this talk sounds like a dream; but we have seen many such dreams come true. We have more certainty of the fulfilment of our dreams than those who believe in the fulfilment of the visible and apparent. We are only laying the foundation now. There was a class for Missionaries in the Madrassah Ahmadiyya but there is no doubt that everything