Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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movement of words – be they political, economic or
nationalistic. How then can a movement based on
religious Kalimah be called deficient or limited in
any way? Religious Kalimah is an all-embracing,
all-inclusive Kalimah.
The second part of the Maulana’s call is to prayer.
Usually people underestimate it, and therefore, fail
to appreciate its real significance.
Just as Kalimah enjoys the main position in one’s
thoughts and feelings, so does prayer in one’s
practical life. The real significance of prayer lies in
man’s diverting all his attention to God and making
contact with Him through sense-perceptions.
Through them, the worshipper bows before his
Lord, placing his forehead on the ground, he
testifies to his own lowliness as opposed to God’s
exhalted nature. He presents himself as God’s
servant. He stands before God, bows down to Him,
and prostrates himself before Him, in a practical
demonstration of submission to God. It is when one
humbles oneself before the Lord, that one is in a
position to meet Him; for one discovers God on a
level of humility, not on a level of pride and
