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anhum).” Then we too dream about equality with them. But the truth of the matter is that
such dreams do not lend themselves to sound interpretations.
If at all we wish for those same days of progress, conquest and advancement, it will only
be achieved through doing the same acts and sacrifices they did. How can one sow beans
and hope to reap a good crop of apples. This is sheer foolishness.
And now the time is up. The time for the sighting of the new moon is near. Pray to Allah
that He give this humble slave to follow some part of the pattern and example set by
those saintly elders and predecessors. I am like that blind man holding a lamp in his hand
and says to others: “Come take advantage of this light and derive benefit therefrom
“while, he, the blind man himself is deprived of gaining any benefit.
In my humble opinion all that has been written will be sufficient to provide answers to
most of the difficulties and problems in a concise manner. And I hope that all the matters
under discussion would have been clearly and adequately answered. But remember, these
are my own humble and imperfect thoughts. It does not mean that everyone must accept
eveything I say: If my thoughts are found to make sense, then accept. Otherwise look
upon it as the unacceptable fruits from my pen.
“And my help comes only from Allah.”
“0 Allah, I have been grossly unjust to my own soul, and there is none to forgive sins
except Thee. Forgive me with a special forgiveness from Thee and have Mercy on me.
Verily Thou art the Forgiver, the Merciful.”
And lastly may Allah‘s choicest blessings descend upon the most virtous of His creation,
the Leader of mankind, and upon his family, his companions, their followers and their
followers and upon all those bearers of the Deen, through Thy Mercy 0 Most Merciful of
all Merciful Ones.
Yours faithfully,
Zakariyya Kandhlawy.
29 Shabaan 1357
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