AN INTERVIEW WITH MS KAUSER IZHAR
Spirit of Islam, July-Aug 2022, p. 32
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
How did Maulana help you to connect with God and understand His Creation Plan? Maulana’s books and his Sunday lectures from 2009-2021 helped me with my discovery of God. My angle of vision changed, I saw how it affected me to look at nature with different eyes. Every experience, every event could be a point of reference to discover God. His explanation of creation plan helped me understand the concept of test in the pre death period, free-will, the positive aspect of suffering, and the concept of developing God-oriented personality by tapping in hidden potential and so on. I learned that a great women in history (Hajirah) was a great dayee and missionary leader and I could also follow her footsteps. How did Maulana influence you? After meeting Maulana and observing his simple lifestyle and his focused yet fiercely learning spirit, I was convinced it was possible to live in the mission of introducing the message of the Quran. This would keep me inspired as long as I would avoid distractions. Kindly share the most inspiring teaching of Maulana. Khuda Tu Kab Ayeye Ga? Mein Tera Kab Tak Intizaar Karon, Oh God! When will you reveal yourself to me? How long should I wait for you? These words of Maulana represented his internal promptings of “need” and great “yearnings” to feel and sense his Creator around him. These yearnings became his true guidance to discover God as he studied Quran and nature along with many other writers. He raised himself from the material to spiritual level and deconditioned his mind from all types of negativities and shaped himself to be a positive person. This transformation helped him to be a deserving candidate who was ready to receive God’s attention and guidance from every corner of his life. What inspired you to devote yourself wholly to the mission? It was an organic transformation for me to dedicate myself to this mission as my true calling. I was journeying through my own discovery of God. After acknowledging all the bounties I had been receiving for my existence unilaterally through my Creator, I felt it would be highly ungrateful of me to ignore my duty of sharing the light of God with anyone who is in the state of unawareness.

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