Correspondence with Maulana Sadruddin Islahi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE after my own reasoning. Surely a day will come when Your angels—angels I will have no power to resist—will come to me and take me into Your presence. O God, whatever You will demand of me on that day, make it known to me today. Whatever realities will be unveiled then, let me behold them now.” I had vowed that when I received Maulana Sadruddin’s review, I would first offer two units of prayer and supplicate to God, and only then begin to study it. After fulfilling this vow, I read the text carefully, finishing it at the first opportunity. I then read it again and again, prepared notes, and checked the references it contained. By the fourth day—August 2—I had concluded that the work (response) was seriously inadequate. My confidence in my own views grew stronger, and I thanked God that, through this review, He had granted me greater clarity of mind and further confirmation of my ideas. On August 10, I wrote to the Amir Jamaat to inform him that Maulana Sadruddin’s response had not changed my original perspective. In reply, I received a letter dated August 13, 1962, which is included in the Amir Jamaat’s correspondence. Following this, I sent a summary of my thoughts on Maulana Sadruddin’s response to the Amir, which was also shared with Maulana Sadruddin through Amir Jamaat. Despite this,