Dayee and Madu

A good relationship between dayee and madu is essential just like a successful speaker has to establish a strong emotional rapport with the addressed.

Michael Faraday and Lawrence Bragg, who delivered lectures at London’s Royal Institute, were two of the most successful speakers of modern times.

What is the secret of a successful lecture? We give below the words of wisdom on this subject that we have gleaned from the respective memoirs of Faraday and Bragg.

“I am sorry to say that the generality of mankind cannot accompany us one short hour unless the path is strewn with flowers.”

“The essential feature for the success of the lecture is the emotional contact between the lecturer and the students.”

What Faraday and Bragg have written about becoming a successful lecturer applies with even greater pertinence to becoming a successful dayee, or one who calls others to the path of God.

A good relationship between dayee, a caller to God and madu, one invited to God, is essential, but it cannot be adequately established unless the delicacy of its nature is first given due recognition. If the madu is carried along with the dayee, the path must be “strewn with flowers”. The dayee cannot expect his madu to stay by his side if he places thorns and stones in the way. Dry sermons attract no hearers, so if a speaker is to be effective, he should not only compel the attention of his hearers by the engaging quality of his discourse but must establish a strong emotional rapport with them at the very outset.