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! ! 166 Thus, the responsible functionaries in all Ahmadi Jama‘ ats should turn their attention towards this as soon as possible. In addition, they should study the following speech to appreciate the importance and need for the education of women. Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra delivered this speech on March 17 after Zuhr prayers, at the inauguration of the training school for Ahmadi women at Markaz - e - Silsila [ Jama'at Headquarters]. Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra stated, “ The matt er of education is such a vital and essential principle , that since the beginning of human history , people have draw n attention towards it. A fter humans were born or created t he first act which God Almighty performed is as follows : ُﻛ َّﻠ َﻬ ﺎ ا َۡﻻ ۡﺳ َﻤ ﺂ َء ٰا َد َم َﻋ َّﻠ َﻢ َو “ And He taught Adam all the names. ” (Holy Qur’ān Ch. 2: V. 32) Which means, Haz rat Adam as was taught the truth of all things. In fact, the real purpose of a name is to identify something; and to identify something means to understand its truth. The only way to differentiate one thing from another is to enumerate its qualities and features. Take the example of a mango and a cantaloupe. W e can identify them simply by c omparing the ir appearance and taste. If they did not have different qualities and features , they could not be differentiated. It is for this reason that in the Arabic language, the divinely revealed names which were initially given to things , testify to their truth. Therefore , ا َۡﻻ ۡﺳ َﻤ ﺂ َء ٰا َد َم َﻋ َّﻠ َﻢ [ He taught Adam the names ] (Holy Qur’ān Ch. 2: V. 32) could also signify that the reality of all entities was revealed to Haz rat Adam as. This does not mean that the entirety of philosophy, science, and the knowledge of each and every discipline was taught to him in completion. Rather, he was given whatever knowledge was needed to function at the time. It is evident by this , that the root of all sc iences is established through revelation. K nowledge was the first thing which