Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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1. MAULANA ILYAS
It was a cold day in winter. The year 1966. I alighted
from a train at a station on the North Eastern
Railway. On my way back home, I was struck by
something rather remarkable in the appearance of a
group of pedestrians who were hurrying to cross
the street. Dressed in coarse, simple clothes, with
bags and beddings on their shoulders, they
somehow had a religious aura about them as they
pressed onwards. In those now far-off days they
looked like creatures from another world, but
nowadays they have become such a familiar sight
that they hardly need description.
Innumerable people of this kind travelling in
caravans have opted for the hard way to serve the
cause of God. Many such groups, by turns, are
constantly on the move. This great movement
generally known as Tablighi Jama’at, has inspired
in people a new fervour, a new zeal to serve the
divine cause. Its founder surprisingly was a slight,
short-statured individual, rather unimpressive in
personality. There were times when he found it
difficult to express himself because of his bad
