Paradise Under Your Feet — Page 16
16 Advice from Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih IV (rh) “ You need time to wake up at Tahajjud time, to give love to your children and try to wake them up too. Pray for them. Wake your husband up for prayers if he is lazy. If your brother is lazy wake him up. Wake up all the children and teach them recitation of the Holy Qur ’ an. Recite beautifully yourself and then make them do it. When you are free from these tasks you will need to get them ready and send them to school or do other chores around the house. So, a poor woman has no time to spend on vain pursuits. Allah rewards you simultaneously for the hard work you put in with these responsibilities. The picture that I am presenting is based on my having seen mothers from olden times that have such tranquility in their hearts that other women could not even imagine. Those mothers, who woke up at Tahajjud , prayed and then trained their children morally. They woke up their children for prayers and then watched them say their prayers. Their eyes received such delight from watching their children observing prayers that their righteous deeds filled their hearts with peace. Contrary to this are those girls who, in their desire to lead a luxurious life, are searching for it all day. If they don ’ t find it outside, they listen to songs day and night and try to find solace in pop music. They try to find new fashions. There is no likelihood of a relationship between these things and the peace found by that mother whose picture I just painted. These girls who are looking for lowly entertainment are lacking this peace. Their life is restive all the time and they don ’ t know what they are looking for and they can ’ t find it. So, the time that I said should be made available to you ought to be spent in these pursuits. Then there are deeds related to learning. Women should develop an aptitude for improving their knowledge.