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

by the Prophet of Islam, with one exception that we should not engage in any type of violence.” Maulana was speaking of my mind and invoking the subconscious calling I have been having throughout my adult life. I was searching for the purpose of my life and trying to fulfil it through charity, volunteering and social work, yet I was still not satisfied with my life, until I met Maulana Sahib who changed my life. I met the exceptional Maulana Wahiduddin Khan in AugSept 2015 when he was invited by the US Institute of Peace, Washington DC, and later to ISNA, Houston and finally to the RIS convention Canada. I tagged along with the wonderful CPS team to all his events and watched him speak on topics of Peace, Discovery of God, Creation Plan of God, Wisdom, Dawah Work, Positive Thinking, Spirituality, Spirit of the Present Age, as well as “what is the role and purpose of US Muslims”. I had considered myself as an outspoken person, but I wanted to stay silent and listen to Maulana talk and absorb the nuggets of wisdom from his lectures and thought-provoking discussions on various topics. He was pious, a genuine embodiment of simplicity, a high level intellectual thinker, a humble being who was keen on knowing others, helping them find their purpose in life and unleash their latent potential and he was very clear in his speech, analysis and thinking. Maulana advised me to start the dawah mission right away as soon as we discussed the goals of my life. When I told him that I had not even read the Quran entirely, so how I could jump into this mission without any preparation. His gave a