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

Re-Dedication to God’s Mission God took Maulana away from us on 21st April 2021. During the first few days I was in a complete daze. I did not know how to manage my emotions. Then a few times I found myself turning on the television and being directed to view Maulana’s YouTube lectures. I realized that although Maulana was no longer with us physically, God had made arrangements for our continued guidance through Maulana’s lectures and writings. This material made Islam understandable in a contemporary style. Looking at the corpus of material prepared by Maulana to address modern minds I have full conviction that it is God who guided Maulana throughout his life. And it was Maulana’s complete modesty that made him deserving of God’s continued guidance. It was due to God’s succour that Maulana was able to rediscover Islam from its original sources—Quran and Sunnah and prepare a body of material interpreting Islam to address modern minds. God chose Maulana to serve the cause of Islam and in response Maulana dedicated his whole life for this mission. Inshallah God has accepted Maulana in the home of peace in nearness to Him. With the passing of Maulana, the continued responsibility of performing this herculean task of taking this message to the world falls on the small shoulders of the people who call themselves his followers, his team. Now we have to take God’s Message to the world. We have to use all our time, energy and resources for this cause. While it is a phenomenal task, I feel God’s support coming in every task