Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE Azamgarh Dear Sir, Assalamu Alaykum, I received your letter dated [it should be October 10 if we go by the date mentioned in the above letter], 1962. In your seven-page letter, you attempted to demonstrate that whatever I wrote was simply due to my misunderstanding and that there was no mistake on your part. Following this, you wrote: “It is up to you whether you choose to accept what I am saying or not.” I certainly cannot accuse you of deliberately misrepresenting the facts. I must accept that what you are saying is correct. However, it is unfortunate that your words in the above letter do not fully support your previous statement. For example, you wrote in the above-mentioned letter: “I want to make it clear to you today that I had decided long ago—and I even expressed this to some colleagues—that, God forbid, if efforts to satisfy you prove unsuccessful, I will discuss this matter with you myself. But I am uncertain if your recent writings have left room for this.” On the other hand, in your letter to Maulana Sadruddin dated August 28, you wrote: