AN APPEAL TO THE HEART

~ 41 ~ 1. To implant the significance of Kalimah (The creed of the Muslims): there is no deity but God; Muhammad is His Apostle; 2. To observe prayer as is proper; 3. To acquire religious knowledge; 4. To give due respect to Muslims; 5. To spare time, that is, to withdraw from one’s worldly engagements and go forth in missionary groups; 6. To purify one’s intentions and to remain sincere and self-appraising. These six points can be condensed into three: The Kalimah Tauhid, prayer and sparing time for good works. The other three are, in actual fact, offshoots of the main tenets. When they are adopted whole-heartedly all other things follow in consequence. There are many ways of explaining this preaching mission. The Maulana, however, preferred to allude to this programme in terms of the revival of the