Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume II — Page 202
202 men remained silent, she yelled out a curse in Punjabi [local Pakistani dialect] at him and said, ‘May your forefathers be disgraced! How dare you utter profanity against the Promised Messiah as. ’ At this, the non - Ahmadis became very angry and rose up to beat her. Some Ahmadis rose to save her, but other Ahmadis said, ‘Don’t do that. H az rat Sahib [Hazrat Khalifat - ul - Masih II ra ] has told us to stay away from any disorderly conduct. ’ When I came to know of this, I was angry with them and said, ‘Her e was a ques tion of a woman’s honor. Who stopped you from [protecting] that?’ You had no shame when a profanity was hurled against the Promised Messiah as and among the men, no one’s sense of honor was inflamed , but this woman’s sense of honor was aroused, and she did not care at all how many non - Ahmadis were gathered there and that they would beat her. She stood up right away and said, ‘May your forefathers be disgraced. How dare you utter profanity against the Promised Messiah as ? ’ You should have sacrificed your lives to protect her. Had you done so, I would have been very happy. ’ Now see, she was also a woman who showed courage at th e time. At that moment , the one thousand to twelve hundred Ahmadi [men] were fearful that if they said anything, the non - Ahmadis w ould beat them up. B u t she stood up and stopped Maulawi Sana - ullah. She did not care that the entire crowd could have attack ed her, and she could have lost her life. Use y our Strength s Correctly Thus, Allah has given women the ability for making all kinds of sacrifice s. What is needed is that you understand your strengths and put them to use. If you realize your strengths and learn to use them , then even the greatest of power s can not stop you. In fact, men will also seek strength from you. Thus, your example is like that of a matchstick and a man is like that of a canister of gasoline. When you ignite it , th at same man who was hiding cowardly in the corner will be kindled and just as oil is ignit e d by fire, your sense of honor will inflame the man and he will no longer wor ry about any hurdles or hardships and will continue to offe r sacrifice s. When I was a child, the Promised Messiah as bought an air gun for me, and we used to go hunting with that. One day , when we went outside for hunting, a Sikh boy approached me. In those days, there was a great deal of hostility against us in the nearby villages [around Qadian] and it