Real Revolution — Page 187
187. Service of Humanity. The fourth point to which I desire to draw. your special attention is service of humanity. . Those of you who live in the rural areas, or have anything to do with them, should undertake all kinds of toil, even work with your own hands, to bring your villages to a proper standard of cleanliness and hygiene. Public roads in the towns in India, and streets and hutments in the villages are, as a rule, woefully dirty. It is the duty of our Community to give immediate attention to this matter. The teaching given by the Holy Prophet in regard to cleanliness and refinement can be put into practice only if every member of. the Movement, young and old, ceases to look upon manual labour as in any way derogatory, and begins to make almost a fetish of cleanliness. . Villages with a majority of Ahmadi population should become proverbial in this respect, so much so that a stranger, on visiting these villages, and noticing the clean and neat streets and homes. should at once conclude that it must be a village inhabited for the greater part by Ahmadis. . Department of Justice. Fifthly I desire to impress upon members of the Movement that, except in cases where the law of the land makes it obligatory, no dispute among. Ahmadis should be taken to the law courts. All