Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 355
! ! 355 Address to the Ladies as Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 1936 The following is a brief s ummary of Haz rat Khalifat - ul - Masih I I’s ra speech. If at places , the meanings are not clear or th is narrative does not convey that which is characteristic of Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II’s ra speeches, the editor takes full responsibility. After reciting Tashahhud , Surah Al - Fatihah , and Surah Al - Inshirah , Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra said: Each action has an outcome and any work , which does not result in an outcome finds no favor with a wise person. For instance, a farmer works hard in the hopes of an outcome. He plows his land, levels it, sows the seeds, and waters it. He recognizes that his work will not go to waste, for the fruit borne therewith will be many times greater than the effort he put s in. He saw his father and grandfather receive the harvest after they had plowed and planted the seeds. However, he will stop working so hard if he finds that after plowing, leveling, seeding, fertilizing , and watering the crop he no longer receives any harvest , or he no longer reaps a harvest after five or ten seasons. Yet, if h e consistently reaps the rewards of his efforts and o nly very rarely loses his crops, then in that case, he will consult the experts for the cause behind the failure of that season. Consequently, he will act on their advice and have full faith in the positive outcome of his efforts. It is for this reason that he wakes early in the chilly winter mornings to water [his fields] and he happily works in the fields during those sweltering summer days and never tires of hard work. Why is this so? It is because he firmly believes that his efforts and hard work will not go unrewarded and will surely bear fruit. Thus, consider the following question. In the hopes of reaping crops to support his living for the year, t he farmer plants his seeds , worth only a few rupees. He works hard and firmly believes that his