THE ROLE OF WOMEN

He explained that at that young age when I had had the dream, I was immature. Now that I had reached the age of maturity, I was in a position to understand the meaning of a calling towards a higher mission. This gave me the conviction that CPS was that mission. This made complete sense to me. In the thrill, I continued to thank God for guiding me towards Maulana. Then I remembered that I had had that dream at my cousin’s house in Nizamuddin East in the mid-seventies and this dream was realized in September 2004 in Nizamuddin West. This was another indicator that my dream was to become a reality at CPS. Maulana also gave an interpretation of one part of my dream which I had not understood. He said that it means you will receive Islam in the modern idiom which addresses today’s man. These words of Maulana made me realize that God had finally guided me to what I had been waiting for all my life. I felt that I had been guided to the place where God would help me to understand Islam. I decided to continue on this journey with renewed confidence. When my husband Navdeep heard of my experience in Maulana’s class, he asked me to explain it to him. Maulana had advised me to write my experience in a diary, which I had done. I read out my notes of Maulana’s Creation Plan of God lecture to my husband. He was so enamoured just listening to a summary of Maulana’s lecture, and said, “This scholar thinks like me. I want to meet him.” From then on we became regular attendees of these classes. I started to read Maulana’s books and we regularly attended his lectures. Slowly, I realized how Islam and life could be integrated, by applying Islamic teachings in life. Maulana’s teachings started changing my thinking, speech and actions. Seeing the change coming in my life, my parents also started attending the Sunday Classes. Through them, the mission started spreading in our family. We all realized that Maulana’s lectures and books were different. They gave us a general introduction of Islam in the scientific framework. Maulana's books address modern minds and become the voice of their hearts and minds. I feel that if I had not met Maulana Wahiduddin Khan my life would be completely wasted. Through Maulana, God answered my prayers. He guided me towards the purpose of life, my dream was realized and I was blessed with a meaningful role in God’s Mission. I cannot ask for more from God, but that He helps me to perform my role in His Mission with steadfastness and accepts it.