Tabligh Movement
4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN
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The uninitiated profess that all things can work
without recourse to God, whereas there is nothing
which can actually work without the will of God.
We have, therefore, to purify our hearts of all
thoughts of misdirected trust in objects, save God;
only then can our actions be acceptable to God. This
makes it clear that the difference between Tabligh
and other movements is not one of a limited or a
broader concept of religion. On the contrary, it lies
in the definition of arenas in which to exert their
energies towards the establishment and revival of
religion. There are some who regard the arena of
their struggle as being Parliament House or an
election campaign. On the contrary, the Tabligh
people bring us to the point of placing our total
trust in God who has power over all things. They
exhort us to seek help from Him alone in all
matters.
By establishing our relations with God, we receive
all, as everything is in God’s hands: it is He who has
the upper hand in all events.
The Tabligh mission holds that it is God who is the
cause of the causes; who determines our destinies,
