Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 170
! ! 170 satisfactory outcome , there is hope that they have been guided to the right path , which will lead to their progress. Now , attention should be directed towards women. We have established t his school f or that very purpose , the inauguration of which occurs today. Due to it bein g in its initial stage , t here wi ll be less attention paid to it, but that is the case for the beginning of all endeavors. I recall our high school, which is now a magnificent building , the equal of which the inspector has said cannot be found in India, let alone in the Punjab. On the first day of its inception, t he boys were forced to sit on a small rug next to Mirza Nizam - ud - D in’s well. Later , the boys were taught in the guesthouse for a few days and afterwards, we built a building of mud and bricks. Compared to that, the start of this women’s school is far better. They sit on benches with attached desks , while the boys used to s i t on rug s. They sit in their own building, while the boys sat in someone else’s. Although it is only this school’s beginning , it is much grander than the high school ’s opening. Today , this opening seems insignificant. However, if the women work with enthusiasm, then as evidenced by His attribute, ‘ t he Merciful ’ , and as it is proven from Allah ’s practice that He does not waste any person’s efforts , t his school will prosper in the same way as our high school has. A time will come when it attains such a status that it will be without equal , not only in India , but in the entire world. Since Qadian is Umm - ul - Qura [mother of towns], j ust as the people here will be model s in religious matters , similarly this school will be a model in education the world over. Hence, we should not be discouraged by its humble beginnings. I n time i t will develop , and progress beyond anything we can fathom because it will be one of the many bounties from God and n o one can estimate when Allah’s bounty will arrive, not even by one minute. Thus, I inaugurate this school with the hope and appeal that these women will work with courage and perseverance. It will also be their job to draw the men’s attention towards this a nd if they try , they will indeed be successful. The Promised Messiah as used to say that a mother’s milk only flow s when her baby crie s. It is true that men have authority and resources , and oftentimes women tau nt and say , “ If men won’t do