Tabligh Movement
2. HAZRATJI
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his taking rest, but he would not oblige them. He
continued to deliver speeches to every gathering
that was organized on that occasion at the risk of
aggravating the condition of his throat.
The style of his speeches was unique, and the
intensity of his emotion would betray itself in
physcial agitation he would stand up and sit down
repeatedly and pull his sleeves up and down as he
spoke. The feeling that his struggle had not met
with the intended result was so agonizing to him,
that he would sigh and groan at which the hearts of
his listeners would melt.
One of his followers observed that Hazratji used to
talk continuously for hours. He himself had
attended five of his lectures in one day, one of
which alone was of five and a half hour duration. It
seemed like an endless sea of knowledge: the source
of his inspiration was eternal and ever-flowing.
TASTE FOR LEARNING
His taste for acquiring knowledge was immense.
One of his colleagues has it that the Maulana once
told him he had bought sweets for himself only
