4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN

4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN ~ 97 ~ the improvement of Ummah (the community of believers), lying in prostration until the call to prayer was announced by a Muezzin (crier). About 300 men stood in rows to perform their dawn prayers. When the prayer had finished, an announcement was made for people to stay, as a speech was going to be made shortly, its topic being, ‘The Relationship between Religion and the World’. Simple words, spontaneity, striking, familiar, immediate similes, psychological expressiveness aimed at exciting religious zeal, a simple but forceful logic understandable even to the common man, far from the high flown words of religious speeches and free from the boredom of a sermonthese were, in short, the very fabric of the morning speech. It continued till the sun rose high. But the speech was so appealing that none of the listeners would leave before the end. When it was over, people were requested to offer their services and join the Jama’at that was due to leave town in order to spread the message among others. This programme came to an end at half past eight.