Biswa Ijtema (2nd largest gathering) Akheri Munajat today..

what does the title mean?

Biswa sounds like udru (20th).

Ijtema = gathering

Akheri = Last

No idea what Munajat is.

Was it a gathering for something?

2.5 million people? :shock: That is alot! (and another question if this can happen in bangladesh without incident, why does saudi struggle?)

I'm quite surprised you;ve not heard of it..

Biswa = World

In bengali its more pronounced 'Bish-sho'

Akheri Munajat = Closing Duah

The Biswa Iztima is a Muslim congregation organised annually by the Tablighi Jamaat Bangladesh. It is an annual meeting place of Muslim pilgrims from various countries of the world for special prayers. Its main objectives are to inspire Muslims of the world to follow the norms of Islam and encourage them to lead a life that conforms to the tenets of Islam as depicted in the Quran and Hadith.

...

The number of participants in the Ijtema of January 2001 was about 2 million. Among them were the representatives from 70 different countries including India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, USA, UK, Germany, China, Japan, Kenya, and Turkey. Even the vast open space of the Ijtema venue proved congested in accommodating the huge number of devotees who came to join the prayer on the third (final) day of the three day Ijtema function.

Ijtema is now a symbol of the unity of all Muslims, an opportunity to demonstrate their mutual solidarity, love and respect and to reiterate their commitment to the Islamic values of discipline, brotherhood and magnanimity. Ijtema is the largest congregation of Muslims next to the Hajj.

For conducting the Ijtema functions in an organised way, the whole Ijtema ground is divided into 21 sections (khittas), each assigned for a region of the country and a foreign geographic zone. A khitta is supervised by a jimmadar (trustee), who is assisted by district and thana jimmadars. The central Ijtema management authority co-ordinates all affairs of the Ijtema. No paid labour is employed in the Ijtema functions and all work is done by teams of volunteers.

http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/V_0059.htm

cool.

(and had never heard of it before...)

theres also an annual UK Ijtema held at the Dewsbury Markaz, not sure when it gna be this year, but well worth attending as brothers from all over the globe attend that as well.

since its a mammoth event in the Islamic world, might be worth putting an article into the blog about it..?

[quote="khan"]since its a mammoth event in the Islamic world, might be worth putting an article into the blog about it..?[/quote]

There's one there already.

nice..

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Salam

What is wrong with saying that the leaders of the gathering in Bangladesh will be praising Bin Laden as a hero ?

That is what they will do.

I would never praise a terrorist. God condemns them.

Omrow

[b]Tablighi Jamat Poem[/b]

The tableeghis, easy target for criticism,

Attacks against them launched with cynicism

Politically unaware , Intellectually Docile,

Painted as some as simplistically puerile

But I must hasten to disagree,

And quote to you some history

To prove the nature of my claims

And perhaps to defend their noble aims

When Hinduism was spreading in Mewat,

And muslims were losing iman from the heart,

A spiritual man arose who stood apart,

And founded what we now know as tableeghi jamaat

Who knew this spark of love would spread like fire,

For the situation seemed quite dire,

It transformed darkness to illumination,

And rescued the sunnah from devastation

Empty masjids cried floods of tears,

As no worshippers made sujood for many years,

And then crowds came back and thronged their floors,

You can see angels smile, and the heavens echo with

applause.

The dhikr of Allah is being revived by their crowds

Throughout the lands jam'aahs travel like rain-bearing

clouds

Bringing much sought for water to thirsty lands,

And turning to luscious green arid desert lands.

Some people may be unaware of this information,

That mawlana Ilyaas was an initiated Sufi master

But he saw the mutasawifs and ulema remaining aloof

from their congregation,

Whilst Indians muslims plunged into great disaster

So he took the da'wah out to the masses,

Like Bees flying on journeys making honey in stashes,

Unknown inhabitations became Honeycombs sweet,

Where millions of muslims gather and meet

They left their families and their abodes,

And embarked on difficult dusty roads,

Travelling for the pleasure of the divine,

To replace the darkness of post modernity with the

sunnah's shine.

Embryonic change happens in Forty Days,

Strange Indeed are Allah's ways,

Don’t call this number a reprehensible innovation,

Perchance it be a sign of your lack of academic

discrimination.

In the way of Allah each step they tread,

But only for jihaad this should be said?

Open the hadeeth work of bukhari- the chapter on

JUMUAH, ya akhee f'illah,

In that very chapter not about jihad, it quotes the

hadeeth of the feet being covered with dust Fee sabeel

illah

How many a former drug addict I have encountered in

these lands,

Whose previously injecting hands are enshrouded with

ancient sins

And now he sits in the house of God with a tasbeeh in

his hands

Those same hands make dhikr on those beads of strings.

How many a robber who used to steal,

How many a zaani who shamed the earth's surrounds

How many a musician singing profane sounds

Now recounts God's Jalal-it makes him yell out squeals

And now the earth begins to smile,as he prostrates and

as he kneels..

How many a face- black white and yellow from every

schism

Sit on a mat and eat together their repast

Whilst politicians talk of the problems of racism

Oh This is not out problem- a thing of the past.

He makes nadaama and in tawbah turns

His heart with Love of Allah yearns

God Bless you Oh dearest mawlaana ilyaas

How beautifully you turned Yaas Into Aas

From the orient to the occident

And from the south right to the north

Crowds emerge with intentions heavenly bent

And taking Allah's name alone, they come forth

Pakistanis, Caucasians, Mayalsians, Africans, And Turks

Chinese, Eskimo, and Russian faces

Ethnicities unheard of fill Masjids where traces,

Of their forefathers are written in historical works.

Whilst nations sit before cathode rays,

That titillate their eyes with their enticing ways,

These men rebel against satan's invitation

And turn to the work of the prophets-driving iblees to

frustration

They sit of the floor as it indents their knees,

They know not of Nietzsche,Hume,Kant or Socrates,

They couldn’t perhaps recount ghazzali or avicenna's

complex kalaam,

But the dhikr of Allah makes their souls calm

This is not to deny the place of the mutaklimeen,

Without whom we would be in disarray,

But for the awaam such complex arguments can lead

astray

So let dhawq and wijdaan provide them with yaqeen.

They are not by tales of Machiavelli's prince infected

The sahabas stories motivate their lives

Such dark political ideologies before such heros stand

rejected

Upholders of truth and self sacrifice

They hold no huge political rallies protesting to

creation

In the nights they stand in prayer before the answer

of every supplication

And with tears flood the floors begging for mercy and

rejuvenation

Once more gifting glory to the Ummah of the best of

creation

Don't approach the worldly kings -they cannot protect,

A Pretzel falls into their tracheas, almost suffocating

Such a small little thing He cannot eject?

How will he give Honour to those who stand outside the

white house waiting?

They couldn’t tell you about quantum mechanics or

Hawkings

They couldn’t refute Darwinian thought or the

reductionism of dawkins

They don’t know that much of Heisenbergs principle of

uncertainty

For to them the kalimah is a deeply rooted certainty

They might not know Chomskys views on Linguistic

Bayaan,

Or how Steven Pinker's instincts about

neurolinguistics fit,

But they have of a surety read soorah rahman

And know that language is from Allah a merciful Gift.

And not the product of random forces without end,

Or indeed a blind watchmaker -No my friend

The blindness is in your hearts-not the maker of

harmony

So with Ahsan-ul-qawl..They call To the Absolute with

humility

On the Day of Reckoning when the Prophets say nafsee

nafsee....

Perhaps Dawkins will smile ,albeit,temporarily

Thinking "Ah My Selfish Gene Thesis was true"

Even these prophets are exhibiting ultimately a

selfish hue

But Then Mustafa shall come and say Ummati Ummati..

Such selflessness which will cause his theory to

terminate suddenly,

This is the beloved of Allah, and this maqam you

cannot explain scientifically,

So Discard Dawkins Memes for Muhammad(saw)'s MEEM

They fall not prey to materialism or such bakwaas,

They see the divine hand behind each moving leaf,

In fact they are aboard a noah's ark constructed by

mawlana ilyaas,

They hold on to the sunnah with their teeth

Of Freud's oedipus complex they remain unaware

Or indeed of changing uncertain paradigms

Imaan, Salaah, the 6 points are in the air

The kaafirs who promote intellectual kufr will pay for

their crimes

Qiyamah is before their eyes

Not mere logical premises philosophers surmise

But deep rooted convictions that change their lives

You don't have to read volumes to be called wise

Those of us who study in intellectual arrogance

Forget rumi's tales of the lover's simple acceptance

The intellect is still looking for its transportation

Love has circled the ka'ba 7 times in dedication

[quote="Omrow"]Salam

What is wrong with saying that the leaders of the gathering in Bangladesh will be praising Bin Laden as a hero ?

That is what they will do.

I would never praise a terrorist. God condemns them.

Omrow[/quote]

:roll: dunno how u figured that as the congragation was told "Islam against violence.." ([size=7]read the the title of the thread, its in large bold for those with bad eyesight..) [/size]:roll:

ignore Omrow

i seen a pic in todays Metro paper

3 million people :shock:

and at least one million on a train, hanging off all possible edges and sides

Khan Brother - are you sure this is the largest ijtima?

I was under the impression that the Tablighi Ijtimah in Raiwind, Pakistan is the largest gathering after Hajj?