Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE verse. In response, a well-respected scholar of Jamaat conducts extensive research for several months, finds two references, and asserts that the claim is incorrect because there exist interpreters who believe that the command for establishing deen includes all the detailed laws of Shariah—in their entirety. Now, the claimant returns and points out that these attributions are completely wrong. He provides the full quotations from those scholars, clearly showing that what was said about the Quranic phrase ‘alladhi awhayna ilayk’ (42:13)—that is, which We have revealed to you —was wrongly connected to the phrase aqeemud-deen. The interpreters explicitly clarified that no general application was intended for the latter phrase under discussion. I fail to understand, despite such clear criticisms, how your silence and your letter to Maulana Sadruddin, as if, in your view, nothing has changed, is correct. This approach suggests that the main issue here is not a pursuit of truth but simply to counter my perspective. Instead of examining the arguments and facts, it seems you are only concerned with addressing the critique in any way possible. The approach you have taken has leaned more toward advocating for Jamaat-e-Islami rather than seeking the truth. As I previously mentioned, a clear example of this is Maulana Sadruddin’s writing on the verse qatiloohum