Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 374
! ! 374 the street. Most of the time , the items purchased from them are not needed. If you had really needed something, you would have requested your husbands to go to the market and buy it for you. However, buying cloth from the street vendor shows that you ended up purchasing the cloth not because it was needed but because you saw it and then decided to purchase it. Therefore, keep in mind t o refrain from buy ing anything which is unnecessary. Lead a simple life. I am hopeful that y ou will ready yourself before the Call from God comes. Keep the fasts as prescribed to you by Islam. H ow many of you have made up the fasts you missed previously before the next Ramadan ? Make up all the missed fasts before the next Ramadan comes. Live simply so that you become a role model for your sons and daughters. May God Almighty shower H is mercy upon you. Th e children of those parents who have brought them up this way, will pray for their parents and also become a blessing for the co mmunity and nation at large. Thus, inculcate such a spirit of Ahmadiyyat with in yourselves and take with you such seeds that when you leave [this Jalsa ] , your heart is permeated with light and awareness of the truth. May they be the seeds that bear the kind of fruit that you will enjoy all year round and which will improve the life for your children, your spouses, your brothers, sisters, and your neighbors. ! ! !