Tabligh Movement
4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN
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to propagate the message of Islam. On entering the
Prophet’s mosque, one felt as if one had reached an
oasis after being exposed to extremes of climate.
The Prophet’s mosque of that time was not a grand
building with every comfort. On the contrary, what
was special about it was the pure Islamic envi-
ronment which attracted people from far and near.
There one could see real concern among the people
to propagate the message of God, there one could
see in the lives of the people the Quran being
practised in the real sense of the word. Whoever
attended the gatherings of the Prophet’s mosque
could not help being impressed.
Bangla Wali Mosque has been successful in creating
just such an environment for more than a quarter of
a century. It is a revival of one aspect of the
Prophet’s Sunnah, the like of which is hard to find
in the recent past. In this world, there is no dearth
of offices set up in the name of Islam. But an Islamic
Centre on the pattern of Masjid-e-Nabavi is very
rare. This fact in itself makes it worthy of the
promised divine succour. It is related that Syed
Ataullah Shah Bukhari, the great religious scholar,
once visited this place, was so impressed by the
