Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 81
81 all four of them. ” Finally , she agreed and said, “At least ta ke two. ” So , instead of one young man, she offered two young men and very happily left. This i s the spirit which is the true spirit by which nations progress in the world. Those days are gone when the British ruled this country. At that time , if someone attacked [us], we could say to the British to go and fight because this is your country and not ours. Bu t now , it is our country and we are the ones who will have to be ready to fight the enemy. My Own E xemplary S acrifice in S erv ing Pakistan I do not ask you to do something which I myself did not do. Of all my sons in Pakistan who are of age, other than the tw o who study in college ( a nd they too, have served later) , all the rest have served in the army. A nd I believe we cannot attain th os e principles which lay before us unless we sacrifice. We must conquer the world a nd the world cannot be conquered without sacrifice. No doubt, this conquest is the conquest of hearts, but even hearts cannot be won over without sacrifice. It is the conquest over the heart which creates the most enemies of people. When you go to someone and preach to them about Ahmadiyyat, you give them a wealth of faith , but they are not happy. Instead, they argue with you and actually want you to lose your treasure of faith as well and gi ve you grief. Thus, I call your attention towards your responsibil ities. Your men are showing cowardice, and when they are called upon to come forward, they mak e all sorts of e xcuses. Sometimes they have one excuse, sometimes another. Every excuse they make up is written in the Holy Qur’an in relation to the munafiqeen [ hypocrites ]. Your job is to free your next generations [from hypocri s y]. Your job is to ask your husbands to either make a sacrifice for their religion, or they will have no relationship with you in the future. You rarely get the chance to pick up a sword and do j ihad. Your j ihad [ inner striving or struggle] is to say to your husbands, your fathers, your brothers, and your sons , “I f you are not ready to fight, we will have nothing to do with you. ”