Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 320
! ! 320 A Summary of the Address to the Ladies a t Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 1931 This speech was delivered to the ladies by Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra at the Jalsa Salana in December 1931. Due to inexperience in taking notes , no woman could record the entire speech. Therefore , only portions of the speech are presented below. Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra s aid : L ast year , I instructed ladies to rea d the book Kashti - e - N u h [Noah's Ar k ]. I would now like to question you. C ould the sisters who have read or listened to Kashti - e - Nuh please stand up. ( When the ladies stood up, Huzoor said ), It appears that word has not truly spread throughout the Jama'at. However, to a certain extent, I hold Lajna Ima’illah responsible for not expressing more enthusiasm concerning th is announcement. The Qur’ān ic Ruk ū‘ which I have just recited , I picked it at random when I opened the Holy Qur’an to recite. I read it without any set intention because I do not prepare a specific topic when I come to speak at the women’s convention, as I know that ladies do not listen attentively. God Almighty says, “ I s end down water from the clouds. ” Many women and men believe that the cloud is an animal , which drinks water from the ocean, but rain is the release of w ater vapor. There is no doubt that a cloud is comprised of polluted water, but it pours down after it is cleansed in the machine of God Almighty. In the same manner, God Almighty has given each of you His blessings ; your brain, your intellect , etc. , which are cleansed through Allah ’s revelation and thus you are able to be come pious. The way in