Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
~ 19 ~
“When I was married to him, I came to stay
with him. I found that the Maulana hardly
slept at nights. I could hear him moaning and
groaning in bed. One day I asked him what it
was that was disturbing his sleep. He sighed
and replied, ‘Would that you knew of my
suffering and shared my agony, I would not
be alone then. There would be two of us to
keep awake at nights.”
The Maulana’s stammering, and, the complexities
of traditional religious style made it difficult for him
to express himself. But, thanks to his total
involvement, his whole body seemed to convey the
message. He groaned, and restless as a fish out of
water, he would say repeatedly:
“I am unable to do anything, my God. I am too
weak.” The people could not help but feel pity for
him. His unbounded will, however, made him
overcome all obstacles. He even outdid all his
companions who were more physically fitted for
the job. He could walk across rough, uneven
stretches of Mewat for as far as 25 miles at a time
without taking any food and water. His hectic life
