Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 184
184 converts. As butter is made from churning milk, in the same manner when human minds are ‘churned’ and filled with truth, they accept righteousness and then this butter reaches the hands of a P rophet who initiates the m into his Jama'at. Thus, these pictures tell us that in the times of Ha z rat Krishna as , women performed tabligh and then they brought those people who would accept the message of righteousness to Ha z rat Krishna as and he used to accept them into his Jama'at. Alt hough we are not sure whether they [the women] converted men into disciples of Ha z rat Krishna as or women. T he pictures do tell us that the women had such a spirit of sacrifice that they spent day and night spreading his message to the world and as a result, they would bring along with them those who believed to Ha z rat Krishna as , who entered them into his Jama'at. Thus , women have made great sacrifices for religion in Hazrat Krishna’s as era as well. Now we come to those P rophets who are mentioned in the Holy Qur’an. M ecca is the center of Islam and the oldest sole m osque of the Muslims is the Khana Ka ‘ ba h which is located in M ecca. From the account of how it was built, we learn that Hazrat Hajrah, the wife of Hazrat A br a h a m as played a great role. She was Ha z rat A br a h a m ’s as second wife ; his first wife was Sarah. Sarah disputed with Hajrah over some matter, and she told Ha z rat A br a h a m as , ‘If Hajrah remains in this home, I cannot live with her. ’ Ha z rat A br a h a m as was deeply saddened after this dispute. He prayed to God Almighty saying, ‘O Allah , the peace of my home is being destroyed. My first wife is refusing to stay in my home in the presence of my second wife, whereas you have promised great things of her children. ’ God Almighty replied, ‘Do as your first wife says; that will be better for your family. Leave Hajrah and her son in the wilderness. ’ (Genesi s: 21 ). Thus , Ha z rat A br a h a m as took Ha z rat Hajrah and Ishmael as towards M ecca (according to Islam ic traditions ). After reaching there, he placed a bag of dates and a container of water near them and returned alone. The spring of Zamza m [the well of Zamzam is located within Masjid al Haram in M ecca ], did not flow there yet and there were no signs of food or water in that barren valley. Even c aravans used to suffer in that area due to thirst. When Ha z rat Hajrah saw that Ha z rat A br a h a m as was leaving her and her only son in that deserted wasteland, she followed Ha z rat A br a h a m as and said to him, A brah a m, why are you leaving my son and I in this land where there is n o food to eat or water to drink ? You are