Faithfuls surge at mosques

 

Allama Iqbal writes: Masjide marsia khwan hein ki namazi na rahey. (Mosques bemoan the dearth of prayer seekers). However, the holy month of Ramadan erases this specific pain when the devouts are flocking to the mosques in large numbers during these very auspicious fasting days. 

This holy month of Ramzan looks differently following the sudden increase in the number of faithful attending daily prayers. Plenty of prayer seekers flock the mosques five times a single day. This remarks aura of Ramadan.

Every mosque, small or large, remains amply crowded these very significant days. It was just yesterday, during the Asr prayer, the entire mosque was packed from top to the first floor. The month of Ramzan inspires us to bow down before Almighty to seek either blessings or bounties.

The mosque which stands near me does not a large mosque but had the capacity to ably accommodate the locality's faithful. It shows they are now aligning with the religious spirit, meaning many common people in localities are perhaps looking for something to attain, with their spiritual bent of mind during the ongoing month of Ramzan.

Even people living around this small mosque were dazed to find this unique scenario. Would that the faithful turn up in such a spirit all the days! The poet made his point about normal days. Though the worst situation has improved. 

The great poet remained bitter by finding the low attendance of Muslims in the mosques on normal days. It is the power of Ramadan that pulls God-fearing persons to the mosque. 

It is certainly because of this Allah-fearing spirit that we feel a bit more dazed or a surge in the crowd at the surrounding mosques. 

In many ways, the presence of the faithful indeed carried a whole process moment for them, who obtained Allah's benediction when they decided to offer prayers at the mosques.