Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day. It also includes obeying God’s commands and prohibitions, along with everything that makes a person a Muslim. It does not include laws serving the interests of nations based on their circumstances, as these differ and vary. When he says ‘that you establish the religion,’ it means upholding its pillars, protecting it from deviation, and maintaining it. ‘And do not be divided therein’ signifies unity in the fundamentals of the religion, excluding the different branches that vary according to nations and times, as indicated by God’s saying, the Most High: ‘To every one of you We have ordained a law and a way.’ His statement ‘and it is tawheed’ refers to the shared core of the religion among these Messengers. Regarding the statement, “and that which We have revealed to you” (wa-alladhi awhayna ilayka) is broader than that, for what is meant by it is the entirety of the Muhammadan law—both its principles and its branches. (Al-Futuhat al-Ilahiyyah by Shaykh Sulayman al-‘Ujayli, Vol. 7, pp. 46–48.) Al-‘Allamah al-Sawi: “His saying ‘He has ordained for you’—the address is to the community of