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

Under Hazrat Maulana’s support and inspired by his spiritual wisdom and guided by his myriads of books, literature, video-talks, journal articles and the activities of the centre: peace and inter-faith efforts to help the people of India and the world, the Maulana Sahib clearly underlined and emphasized the importance of peace, tolerance, pluralism and co-existence in our globalized world… Belinda and I arrived at Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib’s home in Nizamuddin West, New Delhi in the early morning of 23 July 2017, while he was giving a lecture entitled: “The Concept of the Hereafter from the Qur’anic Perspective” which was beamed to TV channels across the Indian Subcontinent. After his lecture, Belinda and I were given the chance by Maulana’s trusted spiritual student who is the moderator of Maulana’s TV program as well as the operations administrator of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality (CPS), Dr. Rajat Malhotra Ji for us to freely interact with the Maulana Sahib and ask our questions to him. We felt so privileged to be with the Maulana Sahib and to discuss with him the current situation besetting the Muslim world. Hazrat Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahib enlightened us by his words and more so by his deep aura of love and ambiance of spirituality surrounding his revered, profound and venerable person. The Maulana gifted us with his latest books and blessed us by touching our heads with his right hand. I felt that the world stood still and the blessing of the Maulana Sahib enveloped my very existence at that very moment when the Maulana Sahib blessed me by touching my head with his holy hand. We were also given the