Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 119
119 The question is , what have you thought about? Lajna Ima’illah has been established for twenty - eight years now or perhaps a little longer. Yet, what efforts have you made and what kind of planning have you done in these twenty - eight years other than the ready - made scheme which has been placed before you. Giving chanda is something that people are eager to do , with the thought that ev eryone else is giving it, so they should too. Some like to collect chanda , to feel good about having money in the ir pocket even if it is someone else’s money. Beggars also like to go about, asking for money and j ust as a beggar does, y ou also ask for mone y. Colle cting c handa is not an accomplishment. The real question to ponder over is which community do you belong to a nd what task are you to accomplish? You are the c ommunity of the one who has been chosen by God and your role is to propel Islam to triumph over the world. It does not take centuries to achieve victory. What have you achieved in twenty - eight years? If you were to put in eight times or even eight hundred t imes as much effort , do you think then you will triumph over the world ? Maybe you w ould [achieve nothing more than ] collect a little more chand a. Sometime s a single person may give as much as forty thousand rupees. Just r ecently a Hindu from Bengal wrote to me for prayers. H e donated ten million rupees for a hospital. T he W orld is Conquered by W inning the H earts The world can only be conquered by winning the hearts of people. This too is like a war ; y ou cannot win a war just by meeting every eighth day and passing a resolution. Our c ommunity is established in America, Africa , and England. H owever, in how many places have you established a Lajna a nd what plans have you devise d so that within a certain number of years, we will gain victory over the worl d? First , you must set goals. Every woman in each country should set a goal that within this number of years , we will win over this country. B ut your example is that you sit , talk , and leave. Lajna is not doing any work which uses the intellect or resembles the work done in fighting [to win] a battle. H ave you thought carefully on any issue ?