Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 165
! ! 165 Importance and Need for the Education and Training of Ahmadi Women Address to La jna Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra March 17, 1925 This speech was delivered at the inauguration of the S chool for Ahmadi Women in Darul - Masih. [Preface] The date March 17, 1925 , will be a day which is remembered when Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra inaugurated a sc hool for the education of ladies in that holy and blessed h o m e of the Promised Messiah as , where many of God Almighty’s great prophecies were sent down. Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra on various occasions had expr essed his great concern for the education of our Jama'at’s ladies. Due to this concern and attention , Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra consequently inaugurated this schoo l to organize the education of women. Blessed are the women who have had the honor to be admitted to this school, and who will In S ha ’ Allah serve as a foundation for the e ducation of women from among our Jama'at. May God bless their efforts , and may He grant them steadfastness in their purpose so that they may fulfill the grand objectives and aspirations Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra had for their progress in education, which will one day be realized , In S ha ’ Allah. The special effort which Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra has put into the inauguration of this school at Jama'at headquarters , and his drawing the whole Jama'at’s attention to the education of women is a striking example which we cannot ignore for even one moment.