The Reality of Khilafah — Page 149
An Announcement for Public Awareness 149 I will also publish a written confession that the Sheikh deserves to be called an Arabic scholar and to be given the title of maulaw i , and that he should in future be called by this same title. This time, therefore, the Sheikh should not give up. This is a short book and not too challenging. If he wrote 40 pages a day, he could complete it within four to five days. If he doesn’t think himself capable of even this much, then let him seek the help of the 150 maulaw i s who thoughtlessly issued edicts declaring some Muslims to be apostates and worthy of eternal damnation, and arrogantly gave themselves the titles of maulaw i s. If each of them wrote 40 pages, the Sheikh could publish a book more voluminous than this one, comprising up to 6000 pages. However, if the Sheikh still fails to do so, it would be shameless of him to call himself a maulaw i anymore. It would indeed be best for him to refrain from telling lies and making others do the same in future. I wonder if the name Sheikh is sufficient for him which he had inherited from his forefathers, or would he rather be called munsh i , but even that is debatable because it is essential for a mun- sh i to be able to write Persian verse, and I am yet to see a composi- tion of Persian verses penned by you. Regardless, even if we close our eyes to these facts and accept that you are a munsh i —albeit one who has lost the ability inherent in such a title—there would not be much harm in this because the title of munsh i has nothing to do with our faith. On the other hand, we can never accept that the title of maulaw i is given to a fool who, even when presented with a prize of up to 5,000 rupees, could not be motivated to take up the challenge, nor was he moved by my curse upon the liars, nor when I permitted him to seek help from the whole world if he so desired. If such people are given the title of maulaw i , would