I sent one part of my writing at the end of September 1962 and the second part at the end of November 1962. Several months have passed since then, and during this time, I have sent multiple reminder letters. Finally, after a long wait, I received a package on March 26, 1963. My address was written on the top, and the lines below noted the following:

Sender: Malik Ghulam Ali

Personal Aide to Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi

Ichhra, Lahore

The package indicated that it was the same document I had been eagerly waiting for over the past six months. However, when I opened it, I found my document had been returned to me exactly as I had sent it. All the pages I had placed between for responses were completely blank, with no annotations, except that it seemed something had been written in pencil at one spot but was erased. As a result, I wrote the following letter:

Azamgarh–March 26, 1963

Respected Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi,

Greetings of peace,

In today’s mail, I received the article I had sent back. As you asked, I included blank sheets between each page for your reply. However, contrary to what we agreed on, all those sheets are completely blank, and there is no letter from you either. I cannot understand this.

For context, when I first sent my writing to Maulana Maududi in May 1962, I included the entire work along with its ideas and conclusions. Later, however, I decided it was better to request his comments only on the theoretical section. Therefore, on the second occasion, I sent just that part.

Sincerely,

Wahiduddin