Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 120
120 Create a Plan to A chieve your G oal In war , it is important to thoroughly consider everything. The number of forces needed ; th e number of fighting forces , doctors , laborers and planes and th e total expense. Hence , a g eneral carefully considers all angles and then present s them to the g overnment and the government present s it to the people. Have you ever planned anything a round a certain region ? You have only appointed secretaries for the sake of prestige and title. I have repeatedly brought to your attention that your team is not appropriate. Appoint a well - educated secretar y who is proficient in English and Arabic and is capable of written cor respondence in both languages. I have heard that every time a proposal is suggested in a Lajna meeting , two or four [women] stand up and say that it will cost money. Mice h oard provision in their burrows , and you hoard money a lso. Are the funds there to be hoard ed like mice ? All that is happening is mere talk. When asked, the g eneral s ecretary claims that a great deal is being accomplished. Can you explain the scheme you have organized for even the small est country? Literature is a crucial requirement in the tabligh of Islam. I suggest publication s in the form of small pamphlets. European women are very capable; if there was such an organization in America it would have be come renowned worldwide. If you were in contact with the American Lajna , you could have asked them for the type of literature they need. Such literature could be sent to them , which include s teachings specific to women. They would have taught each other and pointed out to their men that , ‘Y ou did not give us these teachings, but Lajna has sent us this information. ’ In this way, a new awakening would be borne among them. We have become tired from repeatedly emphasizing t abligh , but you never volunteered [ to do Tabligh ] for a single country. If this was America, they would have gone from place to place and done tabligh. Some women would have been converted through men and some men would have been converted through women. Whereas here, t here is no [ Tabligh ] scheme for any of the countries. Lajna has been established in England for only a year and y ou have not even ke pt in touch with the m.