Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 419
! ! 419 Address to the Ladies at the Occasion of Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 27, 1941 The address which Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra delivered to the ladi es of Jama'at - e - Ahmadiyya at Jalsa Salana was as usual , noted by Mohtarma [Respected] Amtul Salam , Nusrat Girl ’ s School. It is being published with a note of thanks to her. It is important to mention that as she is not a professional at taking notes at speed, t he speech may not have been noted down in its entirety. Yet , her efforts are praiseworthy and may God reward her for her hard work. (Editor , Misbah ) After the recitation of Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz , and Surah Al - Fatihah , Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra recited the following Qur’ān ic verses: َﺗ ۡﺤ ِﺘ َﻬ ﺎ ِﻣ ۡﻦ َﺗ ۡﺠ ِﺮ ۡی َﺟ ّٰﻨ ٍﺖ ا ﻟ ّٰﺼ ِﻠ ٰﺤ ِﺖ َﻋ ِﻤ ُﻠ ﻮ ا َو ٰا َﻣ ُﻨ ۡﻮ ا ا :َِّ ۡﻳ َﻦ ُا ۡد ِﺧ َﻞ َو َﺳ ٰﻠ ٌﻢ ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ َﺗ ِﺤ َّﻴ ُﺘ pُۡ n َر ِّﺑ pِۡ ِﺑ ِﺎ ۡذ ِن ِﻓ ۡﻴ َﻬ ﺎ ٰﺧ ِِ ۡﻳ َﻦ ا َۡﻻ ۡﻧ ٰﻬ ُﺮ َا َﻟ ۡﻢ َﺗ َﺮ َ ۡﻴ َﻒ َﺿ َﺮ َب ا ُّٰﷲ َﻣ َﺜ ًﻼ َﻛ ِﻠ َﻤ ًﺔ َﻃ ِّﻴ َﺒ ًﺔ َﻛ َﺸ َﺠ َﺮ ٍۃ ' َﻃ ِّﻴ َﺒ ٍﺔ َا ۡﺻ ُﻠ َﻬ ﺎ َﺛ ﺎ ِﺑ ٌﺖ َّو َﻓ ۡﺮ ُﻋ َﻬ ﺎ ِيف ا ﻟ َّﺴ َﻤ ﺂ ِء ُﺗ ۡﺆ ِۡۤ ُا ُﻛ َﻠ َﻬ ﺎ ُﻛ َّﻞ ِﺣ ۭۡني ِﺑ ِﺎ ۡذ ِن َﻳ َﺘ َﺬ َّﻛ ُﺮ ۡو َن َﻟ َﻌ َّﻠ pُۡ ِﻟ ﻠ َّﻨ ﺎ ِس ا َۡﻻ ۡﻣ َﺜ ﺎ َل ا ُّٰﷲ َﻳ ۡﻀ ِﺮ ُب َو n َر ِّﺑ َﻬ ﺎ “And those who believe and act righteously, will be admitted into Gardens through which streams flow, wherein they will abide by the command of their Lord. Their greeting therein will be, 'Peace. ’ Dost thou not see how Allah sets forth a parable of a good word? It is like a good tree, whose root is firm and whose branches reach into heaven.