Correspondence with Maulana Sadruddin Islahi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE upon reading it, you would kindly share your feedback with me. The Amir Jamat’s reply was as follows: “I inquired about this from Maulana Sadruddin, and he stated that if he feels that providing commentary on the response would be beneficial after reading it, he would do so, God willing. However, if the response follows the same approach as the brief response Mr. Wahiduddin Khan had previously provided, he will excuse himself from offering commentary on it. This stance is reasonable; whatever decision you make regarding this, please inform him directly.” I regret that I cannot agree with Amir Jamaat’s view that your stance is “reasonable.” What exactly was the tone of the brief letter that led you to consider it unworthy of a response? I have not employed rhetoric but presented factual points that deserve some response. For example, regarding the verse aqeem-ud-deen (Establish the Faith), I wrote that “Al-Deen” here refers to the core of religion, not the entirety, and there are clear indications in the Quran supporting this, which has been unanimously agreed upon by the commentators. In response, you wrote: “While the scholars’ view on this point is valid the verse’s purpose does not entirely