Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 465
! ! 465 Translations of the Holy Qur’ān into Foreign Languages and Lajna Imai’illah Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - din Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra “. . . I hereby announce that I will bear the expense for the translation of the Holy Qur’ān into the Italian language. Of the six remaining translations, I have suggested that the Lajna in India should come together to bear the expense of one translation and this translation should be in the German language , for it was actually the Lajna who intend ed to build the mosque in Germany…” “ … Women have the right to participate in this task , which is why I have mentioned women. I have mentioned those whose rights were undeniable in thi s regard … and this chanda should be collected by the end of March 1945 … I have been told that Lajna Ima’illah will pay for two t ranslations. If this is realized, then the outside Jama ‘ ats will be responsible for o nly one [remaining] translatio n …” ( Misbah , November 1944, p p. 8 - 9)