Correspondence with Maulana Sadruddin Islahi

he (Maulana Sadruddin) remained steadfast in his belief in the validity of his response and continued to view my position as mistaken. Thus, I wished to send him a detailed commentary on his response and asked that he provide the reasons he found my arguments refutable. This way, both of us would have a greater opportunity to consider each other’s viewpoints in more detail. I wrote to the Amir Jamaat, suggesting that if Maulana Sadruddin was willing to comment on my response, I would send him a detailed reply regarding his commentary. The Amir Jamaat forwarded my request to Maulana Sadruddin, who replied that if my detailed response maintained the same tone as my previous brief comments, he would be unable to respond. (This brief comment is included in the Amir Jamaat’s correspondence.) I was informed of this by the Amir Jamaat’s letter dated October 13, 1962. Consequently, I sent a letter to Maulana Sadruddin on October 20, 1962, with reference to this matter, beginning as follows: Azamgarh–October 20, 1962 Respected Sir, Greetings. In response to your letter, in which I mentioned my intention to send a full copy of the second document I prepared, I informed Amir Jamaat that I wished that