English book · The Error of Political Islam

Correspondence with Maulana Abu A’la Maududi

English book, p. 180

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

You don’t need to go into much detail for this. Before, you’ve read a critic’s writing, identified the main points, and responded only to those, ignoring the rest. You can do the same with my writing. You have repeatedly stated that if anyone believes your perspective does not align with the Quran and Sunnah, they should clarify it to you through the Quran and Sunnah and that you will indeed consider it. You have also asserted that if you ever realize that you have deviated even slightly from the Quran and Sunnah, you will immediately return to the truth. Therefore, when someone attempts to draw your attention to your mistakes in light of the Quran and Sunnah, how can it be appropriate to neither accept nor refute their arguments, nor even make an effort to read them in full, and simply dismiss them without justification? Let me also clarify that this issue is not limited to myself alone. All the colleagues to whom I have shown this writing—including individuals from all levels— are also awaiting your response. Although they have not agreed with my ideas, they believe you need to provide a reasoned refutation of the objections raised in my writing to retain their confidence in the previous perspective. In such a situation, it would be a great injustice not only to me but to all these people if you remained silent. Additionally, I doubt you can indeed

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