Real Revolution — Page 185
185 all; and some of them, as I have mentioned above, even forbid them to see their parents, or in any way try to serve them. This is a most shameful thing to do, and members of the Ahmadiyya Movement should vow today that they would always show due respect for the natural feelings and emotions of women. It is true that the Shariah gives some rights to the male as well, since it has pronounced him to be the qayyum in the family unit. But that should not be taken to mean that it is right for him to have recourse to such harshness, severity and injustice-even inhumanity. Everyone of us should solemnly vow that either he would not have recourse to polygamy, or if he does, he would either not fail to treat all his wives on a basis of perfect equality, or if he did fail in this respect, he would divorce the first wife or wives. Otherwise the Movement shall be justified in pressing him to take the line indicated above, tailing which he would be turned out of the Movement. . Trustworthiness. The third thing to which I wish to draw attention is the importance of every one of us being absolutely trustworthy. Unfortunately I have seen that in many cases where a sum of money is entrusted to some one for safe keeping, under the stress of his own nerds the trustee succumbs