Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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surely grant a happy life; We shall reward them
according to their noblest actions” (16:97).
“God has promised those of you who believe and
do good works to make them masters in the land as
He had made their ancestors before them, to
strengthen the Faith He chose for them, and to
change their fear to safety. Let them worship Me
and serve no other gods besides Me. Wicked indeed
are they who after this deny Me” (24.55).
‘Good life’ here has different aspects: lawful
earning; contentment; peace of mind; love of God;
enjoyment in worship; success in this life as well as
in the next: all of which go to make up a successful
life.
The second form of the blessing descends on a
society which has withstood the test by purifying
itself. When a considerable number of such good
souls comes into being, God’s blessing at times
takes the form of power on earth, because God
wants the religion He has chosen for His servants to
be established on earth. The power shall not,
however, be inherited like that of kings and
emperors, but like that of the descendants of the
