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114 things a nd it is because of this that I have come late. Had I come on time, then I would ha ve had to deliver a longer address. Thus, I thought it appropriate to address you for a few minutes. ” After this Huz oo r ra said : “ Today I would like to draw the attention of the Ahmadi ladies to the following… There was a time when Ahmadiyyat was very weak. Very few people had joined Ahmadiyyat and Muslims generally thought of Ahmadiyyat as a joke and considered it as [ insignificant as ] lice, mosquitoes, or a bug. We were considered so insignificant that if a maulvi declared us disbeliever s , the public would accept it right away. Now it is very clear that their thoughts have been proven wrong. The Jama'at that was in hundreds has now transformed into hundreds of thousands. At the time of the demise of Ha z rat Masih Mau ‘ud as , the Jama'at was very small in number as compared t o today , b ut even at that time , the Promised Messiah as expressed his great pleasure that his mission had been accomplished and the time for his departure had arrived. Now we see that the Jama'at has spread by the thousands in various countries of the world. Attendance at the last Jalsa in Qadian had r eached forty thousand people within t he Jam a‘ at. And now great numbers of people have joined the Jama'at in various countries like Indonesia, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Abyssinia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, England, Germany, Holland, United States of America, Mauritius, Malaya, Borneo, Ceylon, Burma, and many other countries, which I cannot recall at this moment. Now , the opponents have decided to completely suppress the [Jam a ‘at]. The public and the g overnment are conspiring together. In this situation, wh ere the opponents are so focused in their opposition, it is incumbent upon us to become fully involved in tabligh. However, the greatest obstacles in this effort are the women. I gave a speech in Quetta and some government officials were also present. When these men went home and their wives learned where their husbands had been, they said, ‘ If you wish to meet with Ahmadis, then send us back to our home s. ’ Bec ause the se men were weak in their faith , the y were scared off. ” Then Huz oo r ra said : “A woman thinks that she is inferior in intelligence, but I disagree. I agree that women do not receive as much opportunity as men when it