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

as a thoughtful, independent and critical Muslim thinker in India.” Dr. M. R. Anjum and Bilal Ahmad Wani, in their coauthored study on “Concept of Peace in Islam: A Study of Contributions of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan to Peaceful Coexistence” (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2017) concluded that the “peace, spirituality and Dawah are the values that occupy a place very close to the heart of Maulana. These in fact form the very core of his religious philosophy”. Dr Gowhar Quadir Wani (presently a faculty member of Islamic Studies at IUST, Awantipora) sums up MWK’s Tadhkir al-Qur’an (in Quran Interpretation in Urdu—A Critical Study, 2019) in these words: “Wahiduddin Khan has done a commendable job in presenting the Qur’an as a book of admonitions. His commentary finds its significance in that it is equally useful for both scholarly people as well as laymen for it focuses on the simple divine message that appeals to the human nature in a catchy way”. About the English version of Tazkirul Quran, The Quran—Translation and Commentary (2011; edited and translated by his daughter Dr Farida Khanam; retired professor of Islamic Studies from Jamia Milia Islamia, and current Chairperson of CPS International), Prof. Abdur Raheem Kidwai (Aligarh Muslim University) in its review (in his God’s Word, Man’s Interpretations, 2018, pp. 58-63) writes: MWK is a “prolific Indian scholar of Islam. He has been remarkably successful in exploring and conveying energetically and effectively the divine notes of admonition and reminder which permeate the Quranic text”. In his final analysis,