Or who guides you in the darknesses of the land and the sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allah? High is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. (63) (Asan Tarjuma-e-Quran)
A police officer stationed in Thana Bhawan requested spiritual allegiance (Ba'yah) from Hakim al-Ummat Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (may Allah have mercy on him), in response to which he wrote to him, introducing himself:
"I am a dry student. In this era, the things considered essentials of d...