Twilight of the Sultanate c18.s6.8

c18.s6.8

The work of these reformers lacked in many ways. Their audience generally comprised of low class people whose lot they had sought to improve. The high caste privileged classes seem to have hardly paid much attention to them. They even suspected their motives, and some Brahmans and Mullās even appealed to Sikandar Lodī to put a stop to the activities of Kabīr, which the king did. Now, when an idea or an appeal which is meant for all reaches or influences only a certain section or sections of people, it does not succeed in its purpose. This is what happened with the appeal of these masters. All sections of people appreciate their ideas today, but in their own times their appeal lay mainly with the lower strata of society. Even there they did not work with the intention of converting people to their "faith." Each master had his message to deliver; he did not approach the people in the must-convert spirit.