The Devotion of Life — Page 347
347 Missionaries who are working in East and West Africa are the closest in resemblance to Hadrat Ishmael as. Those countries are still jungles; no other country in the world is a jungle. America is populated. Europe is populated; and the Middle East is also now populated; but many areas in Africa are still unpopulated. Our Missionaries have to take long journeys and it is with extreme difficulties that they convey the message of Islam. God reserved these countries for us so that our young men could work there and gain semblance with Hadrat Ishmael as. Thus, by the Grace of Allah, our young men are working in the jungles of Africa. ” A Scheme for this Country (India/Pakistan) “I think we can start working on similar lines in this country as well. Therefore, I desire that there should be some young men who have zeal to follow in the footsteps of Hadrat Khawaja Muin Uddin Chisti ra and Hadrat Shahaab Uddin Sohrawardi ra ; they should, like the young men who devote their lives to ‘Tehrik-e-Jadid’, devote their lives directly to me so that I may put them to work for the education of the Muslims. They should take directives from me and keep on working in this country. Our country is not a wilderness as far as its population is concerned, but spiritually speaking it has degraded into a great wilderness. Even today, it needs many ‘Chistis’ and ‘Sohrawardis’ and ‘Naqshbandis’. If such persons do not come forward, if people like Hadrat Mueen