Tabligh Movement
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to be associated with secular education either lead
to atheism or, at best, to a loss of religious interest,
and worldly goals are relentlessly pursued to the
detriment of moral and religious values. However,
the present environment at Aligarh brings an
element of hope to this scene in that it shows us the
way to discharge our duties. We can now help our
young men to acquire a religious education side by
side with a secular one; Tabligh provides a religious
environment where they can be indoctrinated in
religious beliefs and practices without this in any
way being an obstacle to their studies. It is my
personal experience that those students who devote
a part of their time to religious pursuits do not lag
behind their secular classfellows. They pass their
examinations with good marks because, once
religion has entered their lives, it acts as an
intellectual stimulus and makes them more serious
and more conscious of their duties. As a result, they
save much time which would otherwise be wasted
in fruitless activities. Their attitude towards life
changes in its wake. They organize their lives more
systematically and with a greater sense of
responsibility, all of which enables them to carry
