Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 144
144 Nations Cannot Progress without Proper Training of their Women and Children Friday Sermon Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra Rabwah, Pakistan November 2, 1951 After the recitation of Surah Al - Fatiha h , Ha z rat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra said: Today, I would like to draw the attention of the community to the fact that no nation can progress without strong moral training. Flaws in the Training of our Children In the last few days, I have received information , which i ndicates flaws in the moral training of our children. The root cause for th is is the inadequate training of our women. As times change , our methods should be adjust ed accordingly. In the outset of Ahmadiyyat, not a single woman who was educated according to modern standards joined the fold of Ahmadiyyat. This is the reason that the mentality of all [Ahmadi] women was simila r to the mentality of a child. O r it was similar to that of an elderly woman w ho expresses her issues and in reply it was sufficient for them to hear simply what the Holy Qur’an states or what the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said. They were satisfied with this and felt no further need for argument s and there was nothing else to prevent them from acting upon our beliefs. Now however , education is common among women, and it has enlightened their minds. That time has long gone when you tell a woman that such and such is written in the Holy Qur’an and she will exclaim, “ Subhan a llah , this is how i t is written in the Holy Qur’an. ” Or, when you tell her that this is how it is written in the Hadith , she w ould exclaim, “ Subhan a llah ! T his is how it is written in Hadith ” a nd there would be no need for further evidence.