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345 God there, and make the people recite the ‘ Kalima’ of His Messenger, the way our Sufis (mystic-saints) used to do. If we would do that, then certainly our sacrifice shall bear a resemblance to the sacrifice of Hadrat Ishmael as. We cannot say that our sacrifice would be exactly like that of Hadrat Ishmael as , because the condition of hearts is different. The condition of Hadrat Ishmael’s as heart was different from that of the hearts of the people of our time; but still, it would resemble the sacrifice of Hadrat Ishmael as. Thus, you must offer yourselves for such a sacrifice. ” Narration of the Sacrifices of Missionaries in Africa “To me, something that resembles Hadrat Ishmael’s as sacrifice is that which our Missionaries are offering in East and West Africa. Those are the countries where no one knew the name of Allah the Exalted and His Messenger. However, after reaching those countries, they taught them the name of God and His Messenger. I have mentioned this in an earlier Sermon that in a country in West Africa the Christians declined to publish the Ahmadiyya newspaper in their printing press. Our Missionary- in-charge went to a place to collect donations for establishing our Community’s own printing press. There he met with a man to whom he had preached a lot, but he had not accepted Ahmadiyyat. Later, a local Missionary approached him, but he responded by saying that the chief Pakistani Missionary had preached to him, and it was possible for the river (they were walking beside a river) to start flowing