Importance of Understanding Context

IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT A shift in context changes the entire meaning of an issue. In order to understand an issue properly, it is necessary to have a proper understanding of its context. I n order to understand an issue properly, it is necessary to have a proper understanding of its context. The importance of context is such that if the context changes, the entire meaning of an issue can also change. To understand this issue, consider the following example. Commenting on my book Tazkeer ul-Quran, a certain person wrote about me, saying, ‘Leaving aside the issue of differences with Maulana Wahiduddin’s ideology, which level of defeatism and cowardice a historian of the future will place on Maulana’s view that only if the Muslims of India live as no-problem people [without rights] will they obtain peace in the country, otherwise not, he alone knows.’ (Ulema-e Deoband ki Tafsiri Khidmat, p. 49). In this critical remark, the author does not quote anything from my writings. Instead, he has written some words on his own and they have been declared