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! ! 456 acquired her education earnestly [for the right reasons]. All these issues pertain to Lajna and they should make the necessary improvements. The secretary for National Lajna should gather reports from all the neighborhoods and report back to me. I am now making it a rule, that at least once a month, or for the time being, once every two months , all the women in Qadian should come together to deliberate upon the shortcomings in th eir neighborhoods and ways to overcome them. It is the responsibility of the local presidents and their secretaries to invite all women to the meetings. If you invite only fifty percent of the women, then you will be slaying the remaining fifty percent, for they will continue to decline in their devotion. The neighborhood meetings should be held o nce a fortnight and the meetings for the m arkaz should also be held once a fortnight. Thus, one Friday or Satu rday night, meetings should be held at a neighborhood level and th e next Saturday, the meeting should be held at the national level. Only by performing this work regularly, will it be beneficial. Do a small amount of work but make it a regular habit. T hen continue to further increase in your work. Take a pledge from every woman that when she leaves her house to attend the meeting, she will not stop by anyone else’s home and will complete her work. Thus, no man will be able to comment that women wander around uselessly in other ’s homes , using the Lajna meeting as an excuse. ( Al - Fazl Newspaper, May 24, 1944; Number:120, Volume:32) ! !