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! ! 526 religion]. Women will no t lag behind. Therefore , attend to your religion. Teach those who are illiterate. If in some places , there are no literate women , then request mature wom e n from Qadian, who do not require a man to accompany them , to visit that town for four to five months to educate the se women. When you learn to read and write in your own language, you will understand your religion all the better. I advise y ou to first set up a Lajna auxiliary and then set up a system of education. Organize yourselves. If you learn how to read and write, you will be able to preach very easily in your area. Y ou will then see that the membership of the Jama'at will grow , not by the hundreds , but by the thousands, In S h a ’ Allah. After this, Haz rat Khalifa t - ul - Masih II ra led the silent prayer. Four Important Exhortations 1 - Congregational Prayers 2 - Establishment of the Lajna Ima’illah 3 - Truthfulness 4 - Work E thic Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmood Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 28, 1946 Men should establish Lajna Ima’illah wherever it has not yet been formed. Many women have complained to me that men do not cooperate with them. Some [men] even stop them from attending Lajna meetings. Then , there are some [men] who create obstacles when the women wish to establish Lajna Ima’illah. This is dangerous. Un less women work side by side with men in the service of religion, we cannot progress. If women do not work side by side with us to construct that outside structure of Islam, then they will bring this structure crumbling down from within. B ring your child to the meeting. Advise and exhort him in good teachings. Let him hear matters of faith. However, if your wife is not imbued with that same