Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

“I am sending Wahiduddin Khan’s latest writing. After reading it, please inform me if there is still any room to persuade him, or if it should be conveyed to him that we have done everything we could. He may now decide as he pleases.” There is a clear contradiction between these two statements. In your letter to Maulana Sadruddin, you suggest that you view his opinion as final, and if he were to indicate that there is no further room for discussion with me, you would then tell me that all efforts have been exhausted, leaving the decision to me. However, in the excerpt from your current letter above, you say that you decided not to leave the matter entirely in Maulana Sadruddin’s hands, but that you would personally have a final discussion with me. In any case, despite all of this, I am always willing and, indeed, desirous of discussing matters with you. The way Mr. Jalil Ahsan wishes to “educate” me seems, in my opinion, futile. During this period, I received two questionnaires from him, both of which contained purely abstract questions, much like examination questions posed to students. He did not clarify the connection of these questions to the real issue. Naturally, I am not interested in engaging in such irrelevant discussions. However, if we set this approach aside and someone wishes to engage with me