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

great passion. As I was motivated to work for the cause of Islam when Maulana gave me an opportunity, others also work with full enthusiasm. Taking Quran to the World Maulana gave me another advice just prior to the coronavirus lockdown in March 2020. Explaining the adverse effect of coronavirus and the repercussions it will have, on the world, he gave this advice with regards to the mission: “Now, there is only Qayamat. So do whatever needs to be done.” After listening to this, I felt a sense of urgency and as if I am standing in front of God at all times. With this sense of urgency the first thing the CPS members did was organize the ongoing tasks of the mission meticulously. Then we remembered that in the Quran Conference in April 2019 Maulana had given us the task to take the Quran to the world, in fulfillment of the following prediction of Prophet Muhammad: “There will be no home remaining–big or small–into which God will not have caused His word to enter.” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 23814) We realized that we need to urgently develop a Quran website where we can make reading and study of Maulana’s Quran translations and commentary with all supporting material in the form of articles, videos, audios, books, magazine, etc. accessible to the world at large. The team is working on this and inshallah it will become a reality by early 2022.