Malfoozat of Moulana Thanwi RA

Letter to The Modernist

People criticize me, abuse me, slander me, label me as an enemy of the nation, enemy of Muslims and Islam. Let it be well understood I am not capable of makhlooq-parasti (worshipping people). I cannot shift from my Maslak and Mashrab for even a second. I cannot transgress the Shari'ah by even an inch. Neither can I move ahead of the Shari'ah nor trail behind. It is the Fadhl and Rahmah of Allah Ta'ala and the Dua of my seniors that the Shari'ah has become my nature, I have no power to transgress it. You (modernists) are engrossed in the fikr of the dunya, and I am engrossed in the fikr of the Aakhirah. We both are shackled. While I am the prisoner of Mahboob (Allah Ta'ala, The Beloved), you are the prisoner of worldly and nafsaani motives. Hakeemul Ummah (رحمه الله)