Spirit of Islam · AN INTERVIEW WITH DR RAJAT MALHOTRA

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR RAJAT MALHOTRA

Spirit of Islam, Sept-Oct 2022, p. 37

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.

A breakthrough also came with Sunday classes being streamed live globally. This made people aware of the spiritual classes being conducted by Maulana. We started recording and organizing these lectures with the help of Dr Saniyasnain Khan, Naghma aapa and Mr Navdeep Kapur. Later, these classes got amplified by Facebook Live sessions. Maulana’s emphasis was to churn from this group sincere CPS workers who would carry the mission after him. That is why he used to say that his task is to create programme-makers who would be able to manage their emotions and situations all by themselves and come up with ideas and implement them with “I will do it” spirit. So, there was a two-fold significance of these classes, firstly to create a team of programme-makers globally and secondly, a call was being given by Maulana to the whole world that Islam is the voice of human nature and a religion of peace. Islam is not a religion of violence, rather Islam gives man all the answers to his spiritual quest. How would you describe your companionship with Maulana? Maulana was the biggest blessing of God for me. Before I met him, though I was doing well professionally, on my spiritual front, I had so many troubling questions which remained unanswered. Due to this, I felt deep emptiness from inside. After meeting him, there was no looking back and with each subsequent interaction, he became the most important person in my life. I got so attached to him that I could not think of a day without him in my life. I always dreaded the day of separation. Though this separation was a certainty. This certainty, I always pushed back in my mind and tried to forget. I thought maybe he would live as long and as many years as God has destined for me. I prayed and hoped my companionship with him will enter into the Hereafter from this world without any amount of time being spent alone. I realized in his companionship that after discovering God, there is no work more important than conveying the Creation Plan of God to

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