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

MAULANA: MY UNCONDITIONAL GURU Stuti Malhotra, New Delhi I t was 2nd October 2002 when I met Maulana. I did not have complex questions but basic ones related to life. Maulana answered those in a simple and methodical way and all the queries were resolved. I told Maulana that if this is Islam then where is the problem. That day brought a transformation in my life. He introduced me to my Creator and for the first time I felt that yes, I can understand things. Whenever I met Maulana I observed that he was humble to the core and would never demean anybody and never criticized any question which was being asked. He gave me a mission of life and transformed a shy girl to a confident girl who could stand and share her thoughts and the message with anybody. I had been a negative person who would find faults in everything but after meeting Maulana the thought process changed to a positive personality who would focus on the positives of life. I could deal with any pressure of life. Out of the many teachings I followed his teaching of not changing jobs and worked in the same organization for 14 years. This helped me to create a goodwill and make acquaintances for life. The teachings of Maulana are beyond words and expression and it is hard to believe that now he is not there. In spite of more than 3 months that Maulana has