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

I was particularly amazed at the inclusivity of his organization, CPS International. Maulana’s embracing of technology is not unusual, but the empowerment of the key members of his organization by it was refreshing. Similar to the inclusivity of the organization, I was amazed at how the CPS Quran takes a refreshing approach to making the message of the Quran accessible to all. Whereas the message of the Quran in it’s original Arabic is protected and unchanged, the reality of people’s ability to understand it in it’s original Arabic is limited. Most traditional translations I read treat it as a syntactic problem to be solved with a layer of commentary in which opinions of scholars inevitably seep through. When I read the CPS Quran translation I realized that it is clear and easy to understand for everyone. This for me is an important contribution of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. MY LEARNINGS FROM MAULANA Seema Jalal, Dubai W e are a practicing Muslim family, and we have been taught to offer our salah, perform all the obligatory (farz) form of worship, and read the Quran since our childhood. We taught the same to our children. I met Maulana in 2006, thereafter I attended a few of the Sunday lectures. Every talk I attended, and conversation I had with Maulana gave me a better understanding of how to