By Shaykh Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Nadwi 11th Rabi al-Awwal, 1378 AH Edited by Faraz Abdul Moid Preface Towards the end of December 1957, and in the beginning of January 1958, an International Islamic Colloquium was held in Lahore under the auspices of the Punjab University in which a large- number of distinguished and noted scholars of the Muslim world and Western countries took part. Quite a few outstanding `Ulama representing Middle Eastern countries were there. Despite having received an invitation to participate, the writer was unable to reach Lahore until after the colloquium had ended. The points that had been…