4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN

4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN ~ 111 ~ in the least affected. Not only are baneful influences kept at bay, but the message can thus be better spread at home and abroad. Once students are trained they can continue to take up the task by sparing some time from their business or service, depending upon what course they have embarked upon after completing their education. If this plan is successful, the same process can be repeated once again, Insha Allah, which occurred in Arabia in the early period of Islam when Muslim merchants travelled to all the corners of the globe, making commerce a means of spreading the divine message. The Tabligh people believe in conveying the message by means of personal approach: through conversation, speech, meetings and so on. They undertake journeys to convey these thoughts and ideas directly to the congregation. The only part the press plays in this mission is the publication of certain books, for example on the sayings of the Prophet and his companions and on the virtues of good deeds, etc. These books provide the missionaries with material for their speeches, and they are read out at congregations in order to