THE SINCERE DEVOTION

~ 25 ~ even one of them is willing to spare a little of his time for God. Does this not imply holding this world superior to the next world?” Once a Tabligh gathering was held in Lucknow. After the meeting, a group of people began to exhort the audience to offer to go to Kanpur for the sake of the mission. Despite repeated exhortations, not a single person responded to the call. The Maulana was pained to see this indifference. One of the participants, Haji Wali Mohammad, was suffering from piles and obviously was too weak to travel. The Maulana asked him why he lagged behind. He told him that he was almost dying. The Maulana said, “When you are dying already you had better die in Kanpur.” These incidents reveal only partially the degree of his involvement, because, when an incident is reported, the personality of the speaker, the emotions and feelings attached to words are missing. The sincere feelings, the inner conviction, the impassioned and heartfelt longing to make the listeners understand the message - not all of this can be captured in writing.