Tabligh Movement
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perform chillas. At times it becomes difficult to
distinguish them from the students educated in
Arabic schools. They have become more courteous
and show more respect for one another than before.
Even before leaving for the examination halls, they
go to the mosque to pray to God to help them.
There has never before been such a spiritual
atmosphere in Aligarh, although theology has
always been taught as a compulsory subject at the
university.
Considering the transformation that the students at
Aligarh Muslim University have undergone, a
solution to the grave problems facing our country’s
younger generation is obviously in sight. The main
problem is one of safeguarding our youth against
the harmful influences of secular education.
Nowadays the acquisition of a secular education on
modern lines has become an inescapable necessity.
This is not only because economics and allied
subjects have come to the fore in the world of
learning, but because, in the words of the Quran, it
is the power of the day, and it is our duty to acquire
it so that we may construct a worthy and stable
national life. However, such traditions as have come
