The Devotion of Life — Page 325
325 remembrance of Allah and to sit silently for the betterment of morals is very hard on them. They think that to spend time like that is wasteful; they would rather it was spent in Tabligh work. Such persons forget that a war cannot be won without sword and weapons. As a battle needs weapons of war, similarly Tabligh also requires weaponry. For the battleground of Tabligh remembrance of Allah is the arsenal and the factory (that produces weapons), and a Missionary who does not engage in remembrance of Allah is like a soldier who is without a sword, spear or any other weapon. Whatever such a Missionary considers to be his sword or weapon, the fact is that it is nothing more than a termite-eaten wooden stick that is of no use to him. After all, why is there a difference between something said by the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and the same thing said by some one else? What the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) used to say influenced the hearts, but on listening to the same thing said by someone else people would laugh and considered it nonsensical! Why this difference? The reason is that the other person had, as if, a termite-eaten wooden stick as this weapon, but the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) had a sharp, iron sword which was derived from the remembrance of Allah. Why is there a difference in effectiveness between what the Promised Messiah as said and what was said by others? The same effectiveness is missing in the speeches of our Missionaries! The reason is obvious. The speech of a Missionary which is not like a