Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 394
! ! 394 A ddress to La jna on the Auspicious Occasion o f the Khilafat Jubilee Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra A r esponse to the a ddress p resented b y Lajna Ima’illah Qadian and i mportant a dvice f or w omen. At the blessed occasion of the Khilafat Jubilee on December 27, 1939, Haz rat S ay yeda Umme Tahir, General Secretary Lajna Ima’illah Qadia n , presented a congratulatory address to Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra in which she described the invaluable favors Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra has granted womenfolk. After reciting Tashahhud and Surah Al - Fatihah , Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra delivered the following address in re spon s e : First, I would like to say Jazak u mullah Ahsanal Jaza [ May Allah reward you the choicest reward ] for the address delivered on the behalf of Lajna Ima’illah Qadian. Next, I w ould like them to realize that the work of training women is not done as a favor to anyone but is an obligation from God Almighty laid upon the shoulders of His prophets and their s uccessors. Therefore , the obligation s I fulfill which are according to the commandments of God Almighty are no t favors upon anyone, rather they are a source of procuring a fortune as a provision for myself in the Hereafter. The Holy Qur’ān informs us that both men and women are created for only one purpose and that purpose is to attain nearness to Allah Almighty. Allah Almighty intends for men and women to unite together and come before Him with pure hearts and virtuous intentions and to attain the highest level of nearness to Him. The entire H oly Qur’ān is filled with an explanation of this. T herefore , wherever Heaven is referenced, men and wome n are mentioned together. Although men and women are not mentioned together in