Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 168
168 Some Miscellaneous Issues Address at Jalsa Salana Delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - D in Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra December 27, 1953 Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra said : “… Once again this year, because I am unable to deliver a separate speech in the women’s Jalsa section, therefore I would like to say a few things at the beginning of this speech , keeping their wishes and needs in mind. Most of the things that I will address in the men’s Jalsa will also be applicable to the women , howeve r there are a few points I would particularly like to say to them. ” Translation of the Holy Qur’an in the German Language The first thing in this regard is that I had proposed a scheme to Ahmadi l adies to take on the financial responsibility for publication of the Holy Qur’an in the German language, so that their chand a could be used to pay for its publication. Prior to this, we were able to build the London M osque with the women’s donations. Now, this is the second responsibility assigned to them. Hence for their information, I announce that the German translation of the Holy Qur’an has been completed by the blessings of Allah. It has already been reviewed and sent to the press. I am hopeful that it will b e published within the next three to four months In S ha ’ Allah [God willing]. Donations t o B uild Holland Mosque I had made another proposition to women regarding donations for the Holland M osque. In the collection of this fund in the first year , women le d the men , h owever later when the men’s scheme was given an expanded vision, the women ’s contribution s fell relatively behind. Initially, I stressed this project more because women had also built their own Lajna Hall in the interim, w hereas the men were unable to [build theirs] yet.