Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 79
79 some sacrifice must be made and for every sacrifice , certain emotions are evoked , some of which can cause sadness. The one who owns nothing is not worried about saving anything, but the one who owns something is worried about protecting it from thieves and robbers. Thus , abundance of wealth or government and sovereignty also brings responsibilities with it. Defending Pakistan with our B lood is our D uty Now that th is country is ours , it is our job to protect it. This country can no longer be saved by the blood of the British ; rather it will be saved by th e blood of the Muslims themselves. In this regard some dangerous situations are being created to crush Pakistan and deprive it of its due rights. At this time , I have called the attention of the members of the Jama'at over and over again to the fact that they should rise up and serve the ir country. This is the first step that must be taken to protect an Is lam ic land. After this , a time will also come when wars will solely be fought to defend Islam. But, if one is not ready to take the first step, it cannot be expected of him to be prepared to take the second step. I regret that at this moment [members of the ] Jama'at did not show the bravery that a believer should have. Glorious D eeds of some Ahmadi W omen But I will tell you that some women among y ou have showed themselves to be the most excellent of examples. If those illiterate, uneducated , and poor women can show such a great example, then why can no t the well - off and educated women show a similar example? Our men went to a place to hire recruits. They held a public meeting and asked people to sign up to join the Pakistani army. In those countries, where they are not used to fighting , its people are usually reluctant to sign up at such occasions. Thus, thi s was the case here as well. P eople were asked to sign up, but there was silence from all four sides , and no one rose t o wri te his name down. Then a widow who only had one son and who was not educated either, at seeing the Ahmadi missionary ask over and over again for people to volunteer their names , while everyone hesitat ed to stand up, stood up from the women’s side and call ed her son, “O so and so, why don’t you speak up? Did you not hear that you r K halifa is calling you to go to battle ?” Upon hearing this, he rose and signed up his name t o join