Tabligh Movement
2. HAZRATJI
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us who have joined Your cause and answer
our prayers.”
A DIVINE GIFT
The Maulana seemed to be a born speaker, and his
unbounded zeal served to burnish this gift. After
hearing his speeches, a religious scholar said, “It
seemed that he had been endowed with a divine
gift and that it was not an acquisition.” It was
wisdom, combined with the force with which he
expressed himself. In his final days, he sometimes
had to speak for eight hours continuously, and it is
truly amazing that neither common men nor
religious scholars ever found his lengthy speeches
tedious. They were all concentration till the end. A
large number of them appreciated his discourses to
such an extent that they would note down the
contents during the speech itself. It was astonishing
that the listeners felt as though it were his first
speech, as if it were full of pristine vigour and force.
An adherent who attended the Maulana on a
journey writes: “The Maulana addressed many
gatherings for hours together, till his throat swelled
with the extreme exertion. The doctors insisted on
