Tabligh Movement
4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN
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who nourishes and sustains, who confers power on
or withholds it from whomsoever He wills. All
power belongs to Him. To expend our energies,
therefore, on objects other than God is like trying to
light a room by struggling with bulbs instead of
with the switches. Since the predominance of divine
religion as well as of the believers is associated with
the cause which are in God’s hand, so also can it be
realized by pleasing God and making ourselves
worthy of divine succour. The circumstances of the
world will change in our favour only when we
wholeheartedly submit to His will. Another
advantage of Tabligh comes from its having based
itself on faith rather than on reason. There are two
ways of laying stress upon the importance of any
cause. One is through the mind, and the other is
through the heart. The former approach has
recourse to reason and logic in order to prove the
truth, while the latter approach plays on the
emotions and feelings to convince the listener.
Those who have a knowledge of philosophy can
understand how difficult and delicate the former
path is. In actual fact, some hold, that it is not only
difficult to prove or disprove anything on rational
