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

life. He gave us some important advice for our lives during these and other interactions: we should not pamper our children, we should develop ourselves, we should not shop unnecessarily, we should have simple food and we should try to make our lives as simple as possible. This will give us more time to make efforts for making ourselves eligible for Paradise. Maulana came to Dubai in 2011, with some members of the CPS team. I had an opportunity to spend six full days with Maulana and the team. It was such a great learning experience for me. We used to start the sessions immediately after Fajr prayers and continued to have small sessions throughout the day. In the sessions, Maulana connected our daily experiences into meaningful spiritual lessons. One main thing I learnt from Maulana was that it was our responsibility as the Ummah of Prophet Muhammad, the last Prophet to spread the message of the Quran, the Creation Plan of God to the entire mankind. The English translation of the Quran by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan was published in 2009. In UAE, all religious activities take place under the aegis of the Auqaf. Complying with these guidelines, we had been undertaking liaison with Dubai Auqaf for approval of various literature, nothing was moving forward. But by the grace of Allah, when we applied for the approval of the Quran translation, we received the approval immediately. This was a clear guidance from God to take this forward. Immediately upon receiving the approval, we started distributing the Quran in Dubai at important public places. Maulana was very happy and said that Dubai