Correspondence with Maulana Jalil Ahsan Nadwi

“You know I am engaged in teaching and writing. Why should I abandon this approach? If this offends your sense of high thinking and great knowledge, then I am regretful.” (Letter dated September 6, 1962) “Your nafs (not conscience) must be urging you day and night, whispering that enjoining good is obligatory, that proclaiming, expressing, and spreading the truth is necessary. If you do not do so, if you do not expose those who wear the guise of falsehood, then you will be guilty of concealing the truth and betrayal. And then, your nafs (not conscience) reminds you with full intensity about the Hereafter, telling you how on that Day you will justify yourself before God for this crime of concealing the truth, and with what words... alas, alas.” (Letter dated August 7, 1962) I urge you to reflect on these matters and ask yourself whether this attitude is becoming of you. Sincirely Wahiduddin Chitrapur – November 7, 1962 Respected Sir, Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah, If all the fault lies with me, then I should ask for