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! ! 142 convey this message to their women. Those men whose wives have not come today for Friday prayers , should a lso inform their wives and encourage them to contribute towards this scheme. I ha ve entrusted this project to the organization, whose name I have chosen to be ‘ Lajna Ima’illah ’ [Association of the Maidservants of Allah]. Here, [in India] there is another organization by the name of ‘Servants of India. ’ We are not the servants of any specific nation. We are only servants and slaves of Allah. “ Lajna Ima’illah ,” mean s t he Organiza tion o f Allah ’s Maids ervants It is for this reason that I have given this name to the organization, and I have entrusted them with this responsibility. I f women had solely initiated this project [of raising funds for the Berlin Mosque] themselves, it might not have been so effective. T herefore , I initiated it on their behalf. Women should not think that it is only the responsibility of the few to collect these funds. Rather , let every woman rise and collect this chanda from her sisters within three months. The l and has been purchased for the London M osque , but because its construction requires a hundred thousand rupees , it has not been completed yet. Such will not be the case with the Berlin M osqu e. Rather, as soon as we collect funds here, we will begin construction there. This is because we believe that this project will be completed. Therefore, as soon as th e money begins to come in, its construction will begin. With this sermon, I invite all Ahmadi ladies to collect fifty thousand rupees within a th ree - month period. Keep in mind that not one penny will be collected from men. If any man donates towards this project , it will be t ransferred to some other scheme. This mosque will be constructed from women’s contributions alone, so that it stands as a monument to women’s sacrifice. I pray that may God Almighty enable the women to accomplish this goal , Am ī n. ( Al - Fazl , February 8, 1923 , p p. 5 - 6)