Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 430
! ! 430 Reform your Practical Life and Establish Lajna Ima’illah Everywhere Address to the Ladies at the Occasion of Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahm u d Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 26, 1942 After Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz , and the recitation of Surah Al - Fatihah , Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra said: W hile traveling by car o n my way here, I noticed that the roads and market places were full of men while the Jalsa Gah is all but deserted. Now that I am here on your side , I find the same. The Qadian Jalsa is a religious obligation. It is a place to seek religious knowledge, not a playground nor a fair where you come to eat. Of three hundred and sixty - five days in a year, you spend three hundred and sixty - two days doing what you please and you come to Qadian for only three days. Yet, you spend even that time w andering about here and there and you believe you have fulfilled your obligation to God? In fact , at this point, the condition of my heart is such that I do not even wish to make a speech. That which I say now, is only because I am forcing myself to do so. Beware! Lip service does no good. No nat ion in this world, whether it be religious or worldly, can make progress until their actions concur with their words. The companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa accomplished more and talked less. The Holy Qur’ān refers to the hypo crites as those who frequently spoke concerning the Prophet Muhammad sa. The hypocrites would join in the Holy Prophet’s sa gatherings and claim , ‘ We swear upon God that you are a Prophet of God. ’ The faithful did not swear such oaths. There is no record of the believers swear ing such oaths, but the Holy Qur’ān does mention the hypocrites as repeatedly making oaths that the Prophet was the Messenger of Allah, although they were of the liars.