Correspondence with Maulana Jalil Ahsan Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE clear to you. For someone who is not fully satisfied with Jamaat’s views, the best approach is to quietly distance oneself and pursue religious work in one’s own preferred way. But if you intend to pick up the pen to publish it, turning the pen into a weapon and unleashing criticism, this is not a favourable path. I sincerely advise you not to take this route; the full loss will be yours. As for those whom you consider to be deaf, dumb, and blind according to your belief, they will continue their path, as Allah says, “You cannot guide whoever you please” (28:56). Although the path I have pointed out is very difficult, it is so because your own self will constantly urge you—day and night, at every moment. It will whisper: enjoining what is right is obligatory; proclaiming, expressing, and spreading the truth is necessary. It may tell you that if you do not do this if you do not strip away the veil of falsehood, you will be guilty of concealing the truth and betrayal. And then your conscience will strongly remind you of the Hereafter—how will you stand before God on that Day and excuse yourself for concealing the truth? With what words will you defend yourself? Alas! Alas! For this reason, the path I have advised is a hard one. But it is still the path you should take. If, however, you find this completely unacceptable,