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

I am summarizing here my understanding of the mission and learnings from Maulana in a fragmentary style as it comes to my mind. Maulana presented Islam in a modern idiom, which addresses the minds of educated people. This helps us to understand the spirit and meaning of religion, so our Islam becomes a living Islam Maulana showed us how to discover Allah, how to keep on remembering Allah, how to keep on doing zikr-e-kathir by making a point of reference of Allah’s Blessings. To help us understand Islam, Maulana stressed on each one of us developing clear and focused thinking. This helped me and my husband to understand Islam more meaningfully. He made us realize the importance of reading the Quran with meaning so we understand what God wants from us. I listen to the audios of the English and Urdu Quran translations to help me understand its meaning and share them with others. I have been reading Maulana’s Tazkirul Quran commentary for years. This has helped me in understanding the meaning of the Quran and its message. I realized that it is our responsibility now to reflect on the meaning of the Quranic verses and Hadith and apply their learnings to life so that we are able to change our behaviour to make our Islam a living Islam. Maulana has explained to us that a Jannati personality has to be a completely positive personality. In this way he has made us understand the importance of always remaining positive,