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139 the real guarantor of your welfare and safety. It has not prescribed Purda for women to get them into any difficulty or to give them an inferiority complex. It aims to establish a woman’s dignity and respect through it. Thus, do not consider it a burden nor think that people will take you to be illiterate because of it. You have to please Allah the Almighty. Do not focus on worldly fashions and take care of Purda in accordance with all its preconditions. ” (Message at Annual Ijtimā‘ Lajna Imā’illah Germany 2017, Annual Report 2016-2017 Lajna Imā’illah Germany) Advice to Pray for Continuous Guidance Prayer is very important to stay safe from satanic influences of all sorts and to spend our lives treading steadfastly on the path of piety. Therefore, Huzoor Anwar atba described the topic while addressing Ahmadi women, ‘to follow the commandments of Allah the Almighty with the help of prayers’ and said: “Allah the Almighty listens to prayers and is aware of the state of hearts. Therefore, with honest intentions of achieving this objective, every Ahmadi man and woman is directed to pray to Allah the Almighty to safeguard the guidance which He bestowed upon us and to prevent satanic thoughts from overpowering us. If this (protection) is in place, then the worldly enjoyments, worldly fashions, or the inferiority complex that what will people say if we do not conform to the norms of the world, will become insignificant. Faith and Jamā‘at will be of significance. The Ahmadi girl will be mindful of her Haya. She will not think casually about posting her picture on social media. Instead, the injunction of Purda from Allah the Almighty will prevent her from doing so. It will cross her mind that there is some kind of wisdom in every commandment of Allah the Almighty and the