The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2401 page)

Tablets of the Law/Covenant
.

The stones on which the Jewish decalogue (
ten commandments
) were first inscribed. In the
aggadic
tradition, the tablets of the law were created on the eve of the
Sabbath
of the
Creation
(
Avot
5. 6) and they also contained the
oral law
(
Ex.R.
46. 1).

 
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(Urdu, ‘Party which Propagates’). An Islamic movement which originated in India in 1923, and became a major international force for Islamic revival. It differs from other Muslim religious movements in that its founder, Mawl
n
Ily
s (1885–1944), kept it free initially from political influences and zealously guarded it from being utilized for political purposes. He believed that spiritual regeneration of the individual should be the primary objective of any religious movement engaged in improving the condition of the Muslim community.
The movement has grown in popularity and strength, and has established many centres in African and Asian countries. In the 1960s Tabl
gh
Jam
‘at reached Japan, Britain, the USA, France, Belgium, Holland, and W. Germany, and won over numerous converts to Islam.

 
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