Tabligh Movement
4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN
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learning, remembrance of God, heartfelt prayers,
recall of our duties to man, the practice of courtesy
and so on. In short, a spiritual ambience is
engendered the whole daylong. This spiritual
environment is the first thing that attracts the
newcomer. He is also struck by the difference
between this centre and the centres of other parties,
be they religious or secular in character. Almost
invariably such centres are eventually reduced to
mere offices. The spirit of devotion and dedication
with which they should be imbued gives way to
routine, lifeless activities which are repeated,
without meaning, day in and day out.
It is this difference that calls to mind the mosque of
the Prophet. In the days of the Prophet and his
companions, the Masjid-e-Nabawi was the centre of
the Islamic movement. This centre was not,
however, an office of ritual, routine activities like
those favoured by the religious parties of modern
times. It was the centre of Islam and of Islamic life
itself, where prayers were held in remembrance of
God, people gathered together to remember God, to
turn to Him, to help their fellowmen, to recite the
Quran and Hadith, to contemplate ways and means
