Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 126
126 one generation and make them righteous. H owever , it is women who have the capacity to revolutionise a whole future generation , “…it is only women who can challenge Satan permanently. If women decide that they are going to make the future generations servants of religion , then who will Satan corrupt? The future generation is not influenced by Satan but by their mothers, but mothers can make the mistake of letting them go so that they become the bait hunted by Satan…You must understand your responsibilities. ” 74 He continued that we should aspire to make our near ones and relatives exceed those before them, in the extent of their righteousness and capacity for sacrifice. This would indeed establish Allah Almighty ’ s teaching in this world, until the advent of the Hereafter. Hudur pointed out that even the eminent Muslim leaders of the past did not have this intrinsic skill, which is within women to instil faith in their offspring. Because a woman teaches a child to speak and is his first contact with human nature and all human ex periences, he initially learns everything from her. Thus, she can become the means for establishing the “ Kingdom ” of Allah Almighty on earth as it is in the heavens. This appreciation and acknowledgement by Hudur of the fundamental role a woman plays in the upbringing of a child , suggests that his mother Hadrat Amman Jan ra did indeed greatly influence Hudur. (Although he was also exceptionally blessed to have the auspicious guidance of his father a prophet, - the Promised Messiah as. ) This is corroborated by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV ru in his book " Sawaneh Fazl - e - Umar ", that Hadrat Amman Jan ra fulfilled a fundamental role in the moral training of Hadrat Musleh 74 ibid.