Correspondence with Maulana Jalil Ahsan Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE 10. In ja’alnakum, who does kum refer to? Jalil Ahsan Azamgarh–October 5, 1962 Respected Maulana Jalil Ahsan Sahib, Greetings of Peace, I received your letter dated September 18 (copy). I wish to address an earlier condition you had set regarding sharing your opinion on the topic under discussion, which was that you would “ask questions.” I understood this to mean that you would pose questions about the arguments and conclusions in the paper I sent you, following which you would offer your perspective on the core issue. However, when I received your first questionnaire on September 6, I noticed that it was quite different from what I had anticipated. It contained several of completely general questions, similar to the kind students encounter in exams, and you had not explained their connection to the main discussion. I did not find this style of questioning favourable; nevertheless, as a matter of courtesy, I provided answers to the questions and sent them back to you. This second questionnaire, which I have now received, is essentially of the same nature. I might still have found a way to reconcile with it, considering that although I find this method unsuited or irrelevant to my viewpoint, I would nonetheless