Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE your letter that you plan to visit Aligarh in March for the Board of Islamic Publications meeting. I have started writing a book titled Ilm-e-Jadeed ka Challenge (English title: God Arises) and plan to stay in Aligarh for two years to work on it. If you visit Aligarh after I arrive, Insha’Allah, we may have the opportunity to meet there. I’m unsure, however, what this conversation would be about. We’ve already discussed it in Azamgarh. Since then, I’ve conveyed everything I needed to in writing. So, I don’t understand what remaining issues we would discuss. You wrote, “Let’s clear any misunderstandings we have about each other and have an open discussion on the contentious issues.” However, I have no personal grievances or misunderstandings with you that need clearing. My main concern is about the ideological interpretation presented in Maulana Maududi’s literature. You or the Jamaat only become involved because you have adopted this interpretation and are defending it. When I brought up this topic during the conversation in Azamgarh, it was not to “limit” the discussion, as you have written, but to focus on the main issue, as Maulana Maududi’s literature is indeed my primary concern. I strongly believe that Maulana Maududi’s interpretation of deen is not accurate. This conviction is not limited