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231 four times , ‘ O Lord ! L et this British house fall. ’ He used his words very cleverl y so that someone could interpret it another way as well. He thought if a Briton asks me, I will say that I meant, ‘ O Lord ! T his British house is a church, this house is a church, this house is a church. ’ B ut his real meaning was ‘O Lord ! L et this British house fall, O Lord ! L et it fall, let it fall, let it fall. ’ This shows the grand wish he harbored in his heart, which was for these Christian churches to fall a nd for Muslims to prosper once more and thus the name of the One God may spread throughout the world. Ye t , the Muslims do not even have the courage to take a practical step towards bringing down the house of Christianity, or to str ive to build the House of Allah in th ose countries that are full of disbelie f and Shirk [associating partners with God]. It is o nly our Jam a ‘ at who is doing this work a nd this is proof of th e fact that God Almighty established us firmly up on the right path. Significance of Purdah for Ahmadi Women Friday Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra Murree, Pakistan June 6, 1956 After Tasha h hud , Ta’aw w uz and recitation of Surah Al - Fatiha h , Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra recited the following verse from the Holy Qur’an : ِا َّن ا ِّ ۡﻳ َﻦ ِﻋ ۡﻨ َﺪ ا ِّٰﷲ ا ِۡﻻ ۡﺳ َﻼ ُم “Surely the true religion with Allah is Islam. ” (Holy Qur’an Ch. 3: V. 20) After this , Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra said : God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an that only such a [level of] faith is acceptable in wh i ch one complete ly submi ts oneself and adopts perfect obedience and where none of the commandments of God