Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 68
68 Address at the Inauguration Ceremony of Rabwah Address at first Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra Rabwah April 16, 1949 Organizational D ifficulties Due to being the I naugural Jals a After the recitation of Tasha h hud , Ta’awwuz, and Surah Al - Fatihah , Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra said: As you [ladies] have been likely hearing since yesterday, this Jalsa is indeed an inauguration of Rabwah. According to the prophecies of God Almighty we have had to leave Qadian for some time a nd it is necessary for us t o temporarily establish a place to be used as the headquarters of our organization in order to maintain our Jama'at activitie s, and from where we can continue the work of propagati ng the message of Islam in the world. Because this is a temporary arrangement , we have had to bring everything from outside. As a matter of fact , you cannot even find an earthen oil lamp in Rabwah, b ut it was important to have electricity for the loudspeakers to function. Th erefore, we brought electrical generators from Lahore. Loudspeakers were also brought from Lahore. Even the workers h ave been brought from elsewhere , a nd sometimes they left the job and r a n away, and so the progress of work comes to a standstill. Tents and partitions also came from Lahore. In fact, those working h ere are also from Lahore. The women and the girls who are here serving food also came from Lahore. Some of the people for cleaning came from Lahore as well. The water carriers were brought from the surrounding areas. So, in fact , there is nothing from her e. Thus, it is not impossible for problems in its organization to arise. In fact, mishaps are bound to happen a nd if something goes well, i t will be a coincidence. So, you must understand the real reason and the importance of this Jals a. This Jalsa is not for the sake of speeches.