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least write. As the proverb says, the letter is half a meeting. To merely be aware of a thing is not to know it; only experience can give birth to belief and convic- tion. And so one has to make do with what one has. ِ ﺑِﺴۡﻢِ اﻟﻠɟȹِ اﻟﺮَّمحٰۡﻦِ اﻟﺮَّﺣِﻴۡﻢ ِ حنَۡﻤَﺪُہٗ وَ ﻧُﺼʄَʋ ِّʄَٰ رَﺳُﻮۡﻟɟِِ اﻟۡکَﺮِﻳۡﻢ 3 3 May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. My dear, who loves me and is sincere to me, I received your affectionate letter. As I read it, I perceived it to be written by one who is true, righteous, learned, intelli- gent, perceptive and bestowed by the All-Seeing Lord to me who has been preyed on as a disbeliever and re- jected by all. So, I thanked Allah for making you a source of solace for me. He has revealed that I will be loved by the vir- tuous. I have written a book for the honoured peoples of Arabia and Syria so that they may come to my aid. Your letter arrived during these blessed days [that is, as I wrote this work]. Thus I assumed you to be the first of the blossoming fruit and an omen of the com- ing reformation of the East and the West. In my heart I longed for God to take me to your land so that mine 3 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Allah and invoke His blessings upon His noble Messenger sa. [Publishers]