4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN

4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN ~ 109 ~ to be associated with secular education either lead to atheism or, at best, to a loss of religious interest, and worldly goals are relentlessly pursued to the detriment of moral and religious values. However, the present environment at Aligarh brings an element of hope to this scene in that it shows us the way to discharge our duties. We can now help our young men to acquire a religious education side by side with a secular one; Tabligh provides a religious environment where they can be indoctrinated in religious beliefs and practices without this in any way being an obstacle to their studies. It is my personal experience that those students who devote a part of their time to religious pursuits do not lag behind their secular classfellows. They pass their examinations with good marks because, once religion has entered their lives, it acts as an intellectual stimulus and makes them more serious and more conscious of their duties. As a result, they save much time which would otherwise be wasted in fruitless activities. Their attitude towards life changes in its wake. They organize their lives more systematically and with a greater sense of responsibility, all of which enables them to carry