ME AND MAULANA: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF WAHIDUDDIN KHAN - John M. Butt

MAY ALLAH HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL—AMEEN! Mir Shoukat Ali I was introduced Alhumdulillah, to Maulana way back in 2007 after volunteering at a Dawah Booth organized in Detroit City, by Shafeeq Bandagi! After the Dawah event, Shafeeq invited me and a few others to discuss and analyze lessons learnt at the Dawah Booth! And in course of that discussion, I was told, I sound like the Maulana – and I had no idea who he was! So Shafeeq briefly mentioned who he was by referring me to a monthly magazine / periodical (Al-Risala), and later showed me some literature on Dawah written by Maulana, and then a copy of Maulana’s English Translation of The Quran! I looked at the Translation in English and started reading it, and found it to be easy, simple and I liked it, as it conveyed the gist of the meaning of the verses, nicely! I then checked with a couple of our local Imams (both well versed in Arabic) and they said it was a good translation, and one of them also said that Maulana was a Scholar who has written a number of books. Then, I also had a knowledgeable Arabic speaking Brother look through some critical verses, and said it was well translated! After that I decided to get copies of Maulana’s English Translation of The Quran for Dawah in