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370 progress. Every Ahmadi, therefore, should show the same dedication shown by the companions of the Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) fourteen hundred years ago. Now too, the knives of the enemy search for our throats and that is why I ask ‘Where are those who would cheerfully put themselves under these knives and attain the blessings of Allah?’ The spirit of dedication should be reborn with great vigour in our Jama’at, because the world is thirsty and no one except Ahmadis can extinguish this thirst. Unless we have ‘waqifeen’ in sufficient numbers, we cannot do this work. That is why, I ask again ‘Where are the sisters of Hadrat Hajira ra who would dedicate their children in the way of Allah and where are those brothers of Hadrat Ishmail as who would renounce the world and shun the pleasures of the world for Allah and would present themselves to spend their lives in the wilderness?’” (Al-Fazl, Rabwah, 4 th May, 1966) The Youth should Dedicate their Lives for the Faith “Not only East Africa but the whole world demands that our Ahmadi youth dedicate their lives in greater numbers and be trained here in the centre. Then, they should preach Islam abroad. At this time one way is to induct young men into the Jami’a Ahmadiyya and to train them to be ‘Murabbis’ (Religious Teachers). But the numbers which enter the Jami’a and the long duration of their training means that they do not contribute even a thousandth