BOOK REVIEW

Flipkart, some of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan’s books float in front of my eyes. I kept two books on my wish list: Quranic Wisdom, Leading A Spiritual Life. I was very interested in reading these books. But it is very difficult to bring books from India to Bangladesh with high courier charges. Not all books by Indian authors are available in Bangladesh. I used to submit articles regularly in a reputed English magazine called ‘Islamic Voice’ published monthly from Bengaluru. As they appreciated my writings, I was also encouraged to send writings on a regular basis. As a researcher, I get numerous invitations from various journals every day to submit my articles, research papers and book reviews. Checking email one day. Suddenly an email caught my eye. Ms Fathima Sarah from Centre for Peace and Spirituality, Bengaluru was impressed by my writing and emailed me expressing her interest in gifting me some books by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. There is no better gift for an author than the gift of a book. I was very pleased when I received the email. She sent some copies of books Quranic Wisdom, Leading A Spiritual Life, an English translation of the Quran by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and a copy of a magazine Spirit of Islam published by Centre for Peace and Spirituality. Getting the gift was very difficult because of the long distance invloved. Ms Fathima Sarah proved very helpful throughout the journey. A month and a half later than the expected time, I brought the parcel from the nearest post office. Seeing that it did not arrive on time, we were very worried about whether the parcel was lost. I am a writer. I have already had the good fortune to read books by many well-known authors. My main style of writing is to do extensive research on wisdom, spiritual matters and express it in my own language. My first book ‘Shongshoy Dur Huk’ published from Bangladesh is also written in response to various questions about Quran, the spiritual world, and wisdom etc . It is very good to know that Maulana Wahiduddin Khan used to think deeply about these aspects and highlighted them in his writings. His book is well written in that several topics are introduced at the beginning of the discussion by referring to various historical events described in the Quran. The explanations given in the book are also excellent. I encourage everyone to read his writings. I hope the readers will benefit from reading his writings. o You may download the book Quranic Wisdom for free by clicking on this link: https://cpsglobal.org/books/quranic-wisdom