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

against one’s ego and baser impulses. It was jihad-i-Akbar against one’s nafz, the Maulana argued, that was the supreme meaning of jihad. In one of his final lectures, he suggested that the coronavirus was not a curse, but a warning that humanity was deviating from the path of nature. And eventually, if there was recognition, introspection and a return to the path of being in harmony with nature, a better, more blessed world would reveal itself. We can only pray that the Maulana, with his infinite wisdom, was right on this occasion as well. This article first appeared in the print edition on April 23, 2021 under the title ‘A life in faith’. The writer is professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Ex. VC. Jammu University www.indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/ maulana-wahiduddin-khan-islamic-scholarobituary-7285389/ LONG LIVE PEACE AND RELIGIOUS COEXISTENCE Oswald Pereira M aulana Wahiduddin Khan has left for his heavenly abode. Long live peace and religious coexistence, which he breathed all through his life, says OSWALD PEREIRA On the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami yesterday, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahab left his body to live in his