Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 263
! ! 263 ِﻓ ۡﻴ ِﻪ ِذ ۡﻛ ُﺮ ُ ۡﻢ [“… wherein lies your glory and eminence ;”] (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 21: V. 11 ) T hat is, i t contains provisions for your spiritual development and knowledge. The Holy Qur’ān is not a charm. It contains wisdom and principles. Until you comprehend it, the Holy Qur’ān will be of no benefit to you. Th ere must be hundreds among you who have stated some fact s of information. However, if you are asked about the source of your knowledge , you would never mention the Holy Qur’ān to be the source of that information. Instead, the source of your information would be books, magazines, novels or the publication of an author. In many cases, for the women of our Jama'at the source would be a book of the Promised Messiah as. Not even one amongst you would say that you had understood a certain point after pondering over the Holy Qur’ān. How dark the situation is that you remain so ignorant of the Holy Qur’ān which contains such treasures equally for all mankind in this world. If the door to the Holy Qur’ān is closed t o you, what more can be expected of you? How One Woman Progressed I will tell y ou the story of a woman who was little versed in writing and reading. At present, I am not sure if she knew how to write, but it is certain that she was able to read. She recited the Holy Qur’ān as the Holy Qur’ān should be recited, not for the expectation of Heaven or for the fear of Hell ; s he did not read it as a habit or to show off. Rather , she recited it with the understanding that this was God’s Word and with the awareness that it contained all knowledge. As a result , al though she was never apprenticed to anyone, she became a teacher for the whole world. Who was that woman? Her name was Haz rat A ’isha h ra. That Lady Surpassed Many Men in her Comprehension of t he Holy Qur’ān She [ Ha z rat A’isha h ra ] understood the Holy Qur’ān the way it should be understood. Her one single example shamed the men of the