QUESTIONS

01. Which of the two is a more difficult task and why listening OR speaking? 02. What is the foremost purpose of patience and perseverance (sabr)? 03. What is the most valuable and the strongest thing on earth and why? 04. Who are those who sign in where many have signed out? 05. How did the previous scholars become the previous scholars? 06. Which of the two is more desirable and why youngsters becoming like elders or the elders becoming like youngsters? 07. Which of these two are we short of actions OR ideas? 08. Who is currently speaking more Muslims OR Islam? 09. Our constant division of Duny from Dn shows the lack of action or of ideas? 10. Which particular aspects of Islam did the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) especially emphasize upon? 11. What is our career on earth? 12. Which school of thought within the larger framework of Islam should we identify ourselves with? 13. How will the world become a better place? What are we going to do about it? 14. Do we need to prove Islam or we need to discover it ourselves and help others in discovering the same? 15. Do we have any backlog of assignments from our previous generations? What are those? 16. Is it possible to be educated and impatient both at the same time? 17. What happens when some people agree on a given idea? 18. There are courses for learning the art of speaking. Are there any courses for learning the art of listening?

19. If someone is living in the entire universe, can anyone ever drive him out of his house? 20. Can anyone treat others with dignity without first treating himself (how?) with dignity(?)? 21. When we say Dn Madris are we dividing Duny from Dn or we arent? What are the arguments in either case? 22. What is the weakest thing on earth and why? 23. KNOWLEDGE (of what?) about the Universe will fall under which of these two categories Dunyvi OR Dni? 24. What are the assignments of the current generation which it should not leave unaccomplished in order NOT to overtax the coming generation(s)? 25. Which of these two requires more training and efforts speaking OR listening? 26. Discouragement makes us doubly determined or it takes away our determination? 27. Why it seems that we contradict ourselves a lot? What can be done in this regard? 28. What is the most creative way to remove the misconceptions of others? 29. Do we assess silence as we assess speech? 30. Which of these two is a more frightening situation and why facing a flurry of questions OR listening to immediate answers? 31. Which of these two is easier reading OR deciding what to read? 32. When do the scattered pieces of pearls become a necklace? 33. The real job ends at pointing out a problem or it actually begins from there? How do we assess our own approach in this regard? 34. Which of these two are we short of correct answers OR right questions? 35. What are the harms that can (never) be done to Islam and why (not)? 36. How to protect Islam from all those harms which the enemies can NEVER cause to it? 37. Can information, too, become a barrier in the path of reaching out to knowledge (of what?)?

38. Are we defensive in our standpoints and have a threat perception OR we are cool and calm and why or why not? 39. What is that thing which is actually the nearest but seems to be the farthest? 40. At which point in a discussion should we get angry and distracted? 41. If the cows pass on the information (grass) as it is, what will happen? 42. Which of these two is a wider term and why Muslim OR human being? 43. Kul mei(n) ek zaaed haqeeqat hoti hai jo ajzaa mei(n) nahee(n) paaee jaati. What is the zaaed haqeeqat of Quran? 44. We expect the most from all those who do not have the beautiful principles of life and the complete picture. How fair and logical our expectations are, then? 45. Immediate answers are partially responsible for the current state of affairs. Is(nt) it so? 46. The Universe is a Shii Muslim OR a Sunni Muslim? 47. The Prophets (alyhimussalm) were Shii Muslims OR Sunni Muslims? 48. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was a moderate or a progressive Muslim? 49. Why the coherence in ideas is important? Why cant we do without the coherence? 50. For centuries Eastern heart and intellect have been absorbed in the question Does God exist? I propose to raise a new question new, that is to say, for the East Does man exist? (Muhammad Iqbal, Stray Reflections, Iqbal Academy Pakistan, 2008) 51. We have been advised to be realistic numberless times in life. When were we asked to be idealistic? 52. Why the bizarre combination of ittesl & infesl (attachment & detachment) is a must for understanding a situation? Any examples? 53. If Islam is a powerhouse, can Ijtehd be the cabling & wiring which channelizes the energy? 54. Is there a link between our dividing Duny from Dn and a number of problems in the world?

55. Do we feel relieved if we find that the accused in a terrorist attack werent Muslims while reiterating that terrorists believe in no religion? 56. Our leaders tell us that the problem is with us OR they inform us that the problems are with others? 57. Does the increasing phenomenon of Muslim political parties signify our directionlessness and markaz gureziyat (centrifugality)? 58. Who should be the smartest people on earth and why? 59. Which of these two the Muslims in India need more and why the material wealth OR the wealth of ideas? 60. Philosophy and commonsense are the same OR they are two different things? 61. If we put a chair in the middle of a busy road will it (the chair) become philosophical OR complicated? 62. Who among these two had the commonsense the Prophets OR those who opposed them? 63. If we separate Duny from Dn will it help in the understanding of both OR it will make both of them complicated? What are our arguments in either case? 64. Where do the mirrors locate the problems with the RSS OR the BJP? 65. Duny and Dn are like food and salt. How much will we enjoy the food without salt and the salt without food? 66. What are the chances of the emergence of an Imam Abu Hanifah from a Hanafi school (of thought), as an example, and why? 67. Why the Muslims arent givers as different from seekers despite having Quran with them? 68. We expect the most from all those who do not have the beautiful principles of life and the complete picture. How fair and logical our expectations are? 69. The beautiful principles of life should lead and guide the modern world OR they should be compatible with it? 70. When will the spirit of Islam find full expression when Duny is divided from Dn OR when Duny and Dn or inextricably enmeshed?

71. Numberless books and countless lectures and Islam is still NOT understood well. Why? 72. Which of these two we need more today and why knowing what Islam is OR knowing what Islam is not? 73. Which of these two is the methodology of Quran to change reform OR revolution? 74. The revolutionary methodology of Qurn will be an appropriate theme for a conference OR an inappropriate theme? 75. What is the Arabic equivalent of revolution (as different from reform) and how many times it has been used in Qurn? 76. What is the Arabic equivalent of revolutionary reform (as different from mere reform) and how many times it has been used in Qurn? 77. Who is expected to act (how?) on Qurn more and why America OR Muslims? 78. Have we started replacing Muslim leaders with Muslim representatives? (I, for one, havent.) 79. Why is it important to find out whether the methodology of Qurn is reform OR revolution? 80. Leaders have truth and are patient. Could these two key elements of leadership be reached out to and practised? 81. If we expect leaders to arrive mysteriously (as if from nowhere), why do we run educational institutions? 82. Why does moderate / progressive Muslims sound like literate professors, thin water, invisible air, white milk, portable mobile phone and good smelling rose? 83. Ideas have created more wealth OR the wealth has created more ideas? 84. Which of these two is more difficult to get and why actions OR ideas? 85. The people of Makkah finally graduated in philosophy or in commonsense? 86. Whom have we found to be more tolerant and why the modern educated OR the traditionally educated? Also, who among them is expected to be more tolerant and why? 87. Which questions will the born leaders answer and which problems will they solve?

88. The born leaders underestimate others or they dont and why or why not? 89. What is the surest way to underestimate others? 90. Why is it that those who believe that NOT all the kids are born intelligent, their OWN children are exceptionally gifted!? (This is an example of self-contradiction [an unaffordable commodity as it defies TRUTH] and incoherence in ideas. A mistaken notion like this has drained the human and material resources beyond imagination. We need to contrast this presupposition with the collective spirit of Qurn.) 91. Why there is rampant corruption in India despite Muslims being there in a sizeable number? 92. Which of these two takes longer, is more painful and faces greater resistance and why revolution OR reform? 93. KNOWLEDGE (of what?) about the Universe will fall under which of these two categories Dunywi ilm OR Dni ilm? 94. TRUTH is Dni OR Dunywi? 95. To know that two plus two is four is Dunywi ilm OR Dni ilm? 96. If we separate fuel from engine and insist on keeping the two apart, will it make the understanding of both of them as simple as philosophy OR as complicated as commonsense? 97. What could be the next major issue that will engage our time and attention to the same or a greater extent as did the anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare? 98. What is the crux of the problems of the Muslims in India and the solution thereof? 99. Have we started asking of what after hearing knowledge from someone? (I, for one, havent.) 100. What are we doing to remove the INCOHERENCE in our thoughts? 101. Do we have an inflationary idea of certain matters OR we have accorded time and attention to the matters in a proportionate manner? 102. What difference will it make if we find out that Muslim is a wider term than human being? 103. Humanism is more comprehensive or Islam and why?

104. Muslim periodicals consider Muslims to be a racial group or an ideological community? What are the implications in either case? 105. What is the desired percentage of Muslims in India after which we will not consider them to be a minority? 106. The educated among Muslims are more concerned about providing the material wealth to their community OR the wealth of ideas? 107. Knowledge (of what?) is power. Why and how? 108. Allah is One and Only. Is this a Dni ilm OR a Dunywi ilm? 109. There is strength in iron. Is this a religious truth OR a secular truth? 110. Does it make any difference if we believe that truth could be divided into Dunywi and Dni categories? 111. Does it make any difference if we believe that truth cannot be divided into Dunywi and Dni categories? 112. Inspired by Quran if we continue research and discover a hitherto unknown truth in the Universe, will we call it a religious truth or a secular truth? 113. TAUHEED is simple like philosophy OR complicated like commonsense? 114. Is there a modern truth and a traditional truth? 115. If KNOWLEDGE (of what?) is the vehicle and we break it in two parts (i.e. religious and secular) how will we reach the destination? 116. Are we expected to discover traditional truth in the traditional institutions and modern truth in the modern institutions? 117. Which particular school of thought and specific ideology does the truth strongly desire to be identified with? 118. How do these two compounds sound to our ears religious truth and secular truth? 119. If TRUTH cannot be Dni and Dunywi, can knowledge (of TRUTH) be? 120. Why the AMU beradari doesnt ask what will be the VISION of the next Vice Chancellor?

121. Who should make the world a better place and how those with Quran OR the ones without it? 122. Maybe the commonsense and philosophy are hiding in the same corner, huddled together. Is it a possibility? 123. Which of these two the Muslims in India need more and why and how material resources OR human resources? (Whatever we offer as the answer to this question will need an explanation of why we havent been getting what we needed more.) 124. What will be the impact if our Institutions do their best to help students develop a coherent body of ideas and enable them to creatively reach out to the unknown? 125. If we believe that TRUTH is neither religious nor secular and still hold that knowledge (of truth) could be religious and secular, does it indicate coherence in our ideas OR incoherence? 126. How will we react to someone who discounts aql and laments on the current state of affairs both at the same time? 127. What have we learnt from Iqbal and institutionalized it? 128. Do we reach to the crux of the matter or we get lost in the details, very often? 129. How much did the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) focus on here and now and how much he waited for better times to arrive? How do we contrast our own outlook in this regard? The key question is always, What is the best thing I can do under these circumstances? What do these words of Stephen R Covey echo? Who is acting more on some of the beautiful principles of life, knowingly or unknowingly? 130. If we are more in need of ideas (are we?), then we need an action plan OR an idea plan? 131. The Universe has surrendered to the ideology of Tableeghi Jamaat OR Jamaat-e-Islami? 132. What is the percentage of Muslims in the world if we include the human beings as well? 133. Adding a new feature in a car for greater safety is a religious matter or a secular matter? 134. Many people finally accepted the Message of the Prophets. They gradually understood the philosophy or regained the commonsense? 135. How could the beautiful principles of life (Islam) be harmed(!) or served(!)?

136. How Coherent Are These Two Equations? Secular institutions imparting secular knowledge *of TRUTH, which cannot be secular and religious+ & Religious institutions imparting religious knowledge *of TRUTH, which cannot be religious and secular+ 137. What will happen if we minimize quoting selectively from Qurn? (It seems that people of various shades of opinion among Muslims have their favourite Aayaat. There is a need to find out if it has helped in reaching out to the essence and the collective spirit of Islam or it has actually hindered it.) 138. Islam is a product, Muslims are salespersons and the rest of the humanity is customers. Will it be appropriate to use the above equation? How do we contrast our worldview in this regard? Have we been considering Islam a product, Muslims as salespersons and the rest of the humanity as potential customers? 139. Some non-Muslims blamed me that I am very narrow-minded because I dont think beyond Islam. I said I am proud of this. What will be our reaction to a statement like the one above? (If Islam is the religion of the entire Universe, we need to find out what is the meaning of beyond Islam, then. In other words, what remains to be there beyond Islam? The nonMuslims (mis)conceiving Muslims as narrow-minded is not surprising. It will, however, be surprising if we feel proud of it. Do we agree with their idea that we are narrow-minded? If we do not, then how can we be proud of being something which actually we arent? Or we agree that we are narrow-minded? What are our arguments for this agreement, then? Or we feel proud of the fact that the non-Muslims misunderstand Muslims? Shouldnt we be concerned about their misunderstanding about Muslims instead of being proud of it? Or we can be concerned and proud both at the same time?) 140. In which century BC there was no hukoomat-e-elaahiyyah on earth? Is it so that after we carefully study Quran from the beginning till end, the one idea that stands out most prominently is the obligatoriness of establishing the hukoomat-e-elaahiyyah? Is it the gist and the juice of Quran? If this is not the case and we still present it as the core ideology, will we be acting according to the collective spirit of Quran or we will not be? We also need to find out if the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) made the establishment of hukoomate-elaahiyyah the overriding objective of his entire career on earth. If he didnt, can we? What if someone argues that the Muslims today are lost in the details? What if someone suggests that we are busy looking at trees and are missing out on the jungle? 141. Which particular Jamaat is the sun a member of?

142. What are the chances of the emergence of an Imam Abu Haneefah from a Hanafi school of thought? Is the fish-bowl theory applicable here or it will be irrelevant in this case? 143. Can anyone be expelled from Islam? Is it possible to throw someone out of the Universe? 144. Is it possible to cancel the membership of stars from the Jamaat-e-Islami Universe? 145. What do the people of faiths other than Islam say when asked about the religion of the Universe? Do they name their respective religions as the religion of the Universe? 146. The RELIGION of the Universe and of the Human Beings should be the same OR different? 147. Can anyone confidently say that the Universe is Christian? Can he prove it, too? 148. What are the chances of the emergence of a Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maududi from the Jamaat-e-Islami? Why the chances are bright or bleak? 149. Can we locate ourselves without locating the Universe? Have we found ourselves if we arent sure about the religion of the Universe? 150. What is the most authentic book on Seerah and why? 151. Approximately how many more books do we need to understand Islam? 152. If his students dont excel him, is the teacher successful? What are the arguments in either case? 153. Is the number of Muslims in India sufficient or insufficient (for what)? When we consider them a minority does it indicate that their number is inadequate (for what)? If yes, what will be the adequate number (for what)? 154. Are there enough Muslims in India to make her a better place? If not, what is the required number that we look forward to? What are the plans to achieve the desired number? Also, what is the timeframe and the roadmap for that in quantifiable and measurable terms? 155. Numberless seminars and countless discussions on MINORITIES are about QUANTITY or QUALITY? Next time when we read or hear about MINORITIES, it is the QUALITY that we will think of OR we will think of QUANTITY? 156. How many seminars each one of us remembers hearing about on Minority Duties as different from Minority Rights? 157. The AMU seminar on Minority Rights and not on Minority Duties is coherent OR incoherent?

158. LEADERS and REPRESENTATIVES are the same OR different? 159. What will happen if we start differentiating between REPRESENTATIVES and LEADERS? 160. Can anyone forward to me the proceedings of a National Seminar in the AMU or JMI on Minority Duties? 161. What is the comparative number of seminars on Minority Rights and on Minority Duties? If it is not playing tricks with us, what does the memory say? 162. For every seminar on Minority Rights there should be a seminar on Minority Duties. Is it the commonsense that asks for that or there is a philosophy behind it? 163. Is it the same scholars who speak on Minority Rights in the afternoon session of a seminar after having spoken on Minority Duties in the forenoon session of the same seminar? 164. Its Islam that really scares the West is the Muslims idea OR the idea of Islam? 165. Everything that challenges Western secular principles scares the West... is a Muslims statement OR the statement of Islam? 166. If the Muslims constitute 45-55% of the population of India will it satisfy us? 167. What are the various ways of Islamizing TRUTH and the knowledge of TRUTH? 168. The empowerment of the Muslim world scares the West is Islams worldview OR Muslims worldview? 169. Indian Muslims in the light of Sachar Committee Report and Quran is an appropriate theme for a National Seminar OR an inappropriate theme? 170. Islam is divided in many sects and groups OR the Muslims are divided in many sects and groups? 171. We will be angry OR concerned, if the world does not understand Islam? 172. Combining selfish and leader in an adjectival construction is coherent OR incoherent? 173. Calling oneself a Sunni / Shii Muslim and delivering a lecture on Seerah is coherent OR incoherent?

174. Calling oneself a Sunni / Shii Muslim and writing a book on Seerah is coherent OR incoherent? 175. Our University teachers are more concerned about writing and publishing books OR writing and publishing students? 176. A newborn is a Shii Muslim OR a Sunni Muslim? 177. Calling oneself a Shii / Sunni Muslim and talking about ittehad (unity) is coherent OR incoherent? 178. Shiah and Sunni is the division of Islam OR of Muslims? 179. UNITY is a means to an end OR an end in itself? 180. What is the potential of ([re]search for) TRUTH in bringing about UNITY? 181. What is the religion of a mango sapling? 182. Are we more concerned about the educated among Muslims OR about the uneducated among them? What are the reasons in either case? 183. There is cure in honey. How will we classify this knowledge (of TRUTH)? 184. Including oxygen, what is the population of Muslims in India and the world? 185. Which of these two is a greater unifying factor TRUTH or TRUTH? 186. If by KNOWLEDGE we always imply KNOWLEDGE (of TRUTH) will we get more and more divided OR united? Could it be a reason of our division that we do not always mean KNOWLEDGE (of TRUTH) when we utter KNOWLEDGE? Why should we stop at KNOWLEDGE if we do not stop at eating, drinking and listening, for instance, and certainly ask What? 187. If the Universe is Muslim, what is the religion of a mango sapling and oxygen? 188. Besides learning the right lessons what are the other purposes of studying history? 189. What is the potential of the quest(ion), What is the religion of the Universe? Where can this quest(ion) lead to? Why we dont need the answer as much as we need the quest(ion)? 190. What is the percentage of Hall and Harm in Islam? Is it a ratio of 75% (Hall) and 25% (Harm) or more or less, approximately?

191. Those who have the Book (Quran) with them arent guiding and leading the humanity! This is a strange phenomenon. There must be some problem somewhere. We need to find out that problem and stay with that longer, if we do not want the problem to stay longer. From here we get a clue about who should be the smartest people on earth. Obviously, the upholders of the Book should be the smartest people on earth as they are the ones who should be staying with the problems longer. They should be the ones who have developed a coherent body of ideas. They should be the ones who, inspired by the Book, have reached out to TRUTH with patient perseverance (sabr), more than any other people. They are the ones who are expected to have the whole picture and the cosmic view and are in perfect harmony with the entire Universe. With such an impressive rsum who else should be guiding and leading the humanity? 192. Is it possible, optional, desirable, necessary or unavoidable for the people who have discovered the TRUTH to help others discover the same? 193. Who should be the most patiently perseverant people on earth and why? 194. Which of these two is freely available information OR knowledge (of TRUTH)? 195. Believing in Unity & Oneness of Allah (TAWHEED) and having dis-United thoughts is coherent OR incoherent? How much are we concerned that the belief in TAWHEED should lead to UNITY in ideas as well? The smallest dust particles and the biggest planets in the Universe should be coherently related with each other in the same manner as the pearls are connected with each other in a necklace. How are the friends going to help someone who is searching for that necklace? 196. What is the only way to become the most beautiful? 197. A child becomes more and more curious as he grows up OR his curiosity decreases with the increase in years? What have we observed and what could be the reasons in either case? 198. What is the greatest speed breaker on the road to TRUTH? 199. Who should be having the maximum self-confidence among the people on earth and why? 200. How can we find out whether we are strangers in the Universe OR we are at Home? 201. Which of these two is an answer to WHAT information OR knowledge (of TRUTH)? 202. Which of these two is an answer to WHY information OR knowledge (of TRUTH)? 203. What happens to the fish after eating the BAIT (quoting selectively) and ignoring the HOOK (the context)?

204. Which of these two is freely available shell (information) OR pearl (knowledge [of TRUTH])? 205. What is the most creative way to highlight one particular aspect of Islam without ignoring some other aspects of it? 206. Someone who asks for the permission to give Dawah, is he ready for giving it? 207. How much an encyclopedia benefits from its own self? Which particular dish does the kitchen relish? 208. Which of these two is a greater respect for Imam Abu Haneefah (rahimahullah), for example, and why aspiring to see more of his kind OR (there is no OR)? 209. Various Muslim organizations highlight exactly the same aspect of Islam OR different aspects of Islam? 210. Which of these two sounds more familiar and oft-heard to our ears and why giving Dawah OR living Dawah? 211. Charles Darwin & The Whole Picture: Thanks a lot, Sir, for taking the pains to enlighten us through your valuable works about the origin of species and especially where the human beings have come from. We are grateful to you for that and would love to know more from you about the subject. Encouraged and inspired by the above, we would ask you for one more favor and will be obliged to you for that. After educating us where have we come from, please explain to us, whenever convenient for you, what are we supposed to do on earth and why, after having successfully evolved into human beings? Kindly enlighten us about our ultimate destination, too, after our career on earth is over. These questions are merely an attempt to see the whole picture and a desire to develop a coherent body of ideas, benefiting the most from you, Sir. Sorry for imposing upon your time. Thanks a lot and warmest regards always. Does the (re)search for the whole picture and a coherent body of ideas relate to some other subjects as well? For instance, psychology? Why and how? 212. An incomplete picture is most likely to be correct OR incorrect? 213. Are there any surveys conducted among Muslims at least in some countries regarding their understanding about the process of change in Islam? In other words, do we have any data showing that a certain percentage thinks that the process of change in Islam is REFORM and the remaining ones believe that the process of change is REVOLUTION, according to Quran and Sunnah?

214. What is the English equivalent of ISLH (the Quranic terminology and methodology for change)? Which of these two is a closer translation of ISLH and why reform OR revolution? 215. What is the maximum number of volumes required to illustrate that the methodology of change in Islam is ISLH (reform), in the light of Quran and the Seerah of the Prophet Muhammad [pbuh]? 216. It is reform that faces more resistance OR the revolution does? What are our arguments in either case? Alternatively, which of these two is more difficult and takes longer to achieve and why? 217. At which point of time in his Career (Seerah), the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) left the highway of REFORM and took the short-cut of REVOLUTION? 218. As we grow older do we increasingly get closer to the pristine nature (fitrah) on which we were born OR we get farther and farther from it and how? 219. If it transpires that the youngsters are closer to the pristine nature (fitrah), then who should be learning more from whom the youngsters from elders OR the elders from youngsters? 220. If the man of today irrespective of his religion or the lack of it is open to listen to reason (aql), is that enough (for what?)? 221. How will we address the issue of same sex marriages? (One of the ways, in my humble opinion, could be to point out the self-contradiction to such individuals. For instance, all such persons do not have a reason to benefit from the services provided by other human beings in any way in life. If they go (how?) to an office and do not find an official there, they have no reason to complain about it. All those human beings who provide any services to any human beings were born to a man and a woman. Their parents had contributed positively to the society by raising them not an easy job to be able to shoulder various responsibilities later in life. If they hadnt done so then there would have been no human beings to provide the required services now. Hence, asking a human being to perform certain duties today will be illogical while closing the very door of the birth of more human beings who may provide services to some other human beings tomorrow, in turn. Or do they want to benefit from the services of others but do not want the future generations to benefit from their contributions? If an employee retires from work and the Organization or the Government does not appoint another person to perform the same job, there is no sound reason for a gay or a lesbian, for example, to complain about it. As soon as they complain about it, there will be selfcontradiction which they may not be able to amicably resolve.) 222. A respected gentleman asked, What is the maximum limit of SABR (patient perseverance)? Ever since I have been wondering about the maximum limit of not only SABR

but also of love and knowledge (of truth), for example. Similarly, I have been wondering whether we want to put the maximum limit on our SABR or on the SABR of others, when we ask the above question. In the same manner, I have been trying to recall if ever anyone tried to find out the maximum limit of our mistakes, our follies and the kindness of others? Please advise if asking about the maximum limit of our SABR and having no interest in finding out the same limit of others is coherent OR incoherent? 223. What is the advice for someone who is looking for a personality development manual? Where can he find the suggested manual? The gentleman is looking for the manual in a nearby place, if possible. 224. Islam is not about speeding when the signal is red and remaining stationary even when the signal is green. Is this statement helpful in any manner in understanding what Islam is? Why and how? 225. After hanging a decorative piece on the wall why do we step back and relook at the wall and the piece in a relaxed manner? Why cant we find out if it is crooked or slanted without distancing ourselves from the item? Do we demonstrate and reinforce a fundamental principle of (re)search by stepping back and relaxing? Can we relate the same principle with the notions that we have grown up with or we are standing very close to without ever stepping back and relaxing? How can we be sure that these pieces are hanging straight? 226. Collectively, we arent happy with the current state of affairs. Individually, everyone is doing a great job! How can we resolve this apparent self-contradiction? 227. Which of these two we are more likely to forget and why the things that we memorize OR the concepts that we understand? 228. Yeh sab kitbi btein hain. (What you are saying is impractical. It is found only in books not in the real world, you know.) How will we reconcile this oft-heard statement with the fact that Quran, too, is a book? 230. Approximately how many people might have seen the original Taj Mahal in 2011? 231. The favorite and oft-quoted Quranic verses of Jamat-e-Islami and Tablighi Jamat are exactly the same OR slightly different? 232. The favourite and oft-quoted Quranic verses of various groups and sects among Muslims (and not in Islam) are exactly the same OR slightly different? 233. What is the location of ideas? Where are the ideas situated and where can we visit them? Can we build it, without having thought about the Taj Mahal? If we arent building the world of our dreams, it is the action which is missing or the very idea of building the world is missing? Which of these two comes first eemn OR amal? And then, the HOW of it!

234. Which of these two do we want and why genuine unity OR fake unity? How can there be a genuine unity without undertaking the due processes for that and undergoing the required pain for it? What are those processes and the pain? What is the potential of TRUTH in bringing about the genuine unity? Why do we want unity, in the first place? 235. Is there a course on Public Listening in Colleges and Universities in an undergraduate program, for example, anywhere? One is prompted to ask this question as it appears that LISTENING is more difficult than SPEAKING. Hence, it seems reasonable to train students for the task which is harder as compared to the job which is easier. 236. In Islam is it men versus women and women versus men OR both of them together for building a better world? 237. For an appointment with Laila will a Majnoon ever be late? Approximately, how many workshops will he need to attend on Time Management and where will he learn the techniques of keeping buffers? 238. Which of these two requires more self-confidence and why speaking OR listening? 239. A particular SECT will go to Paradise OR the INDIVIDUALS will in the ultimate analysis? 240. We need more listeners OR we need more speakers and why? 241. What is our observation regarding the presence (or absence) of HOW (the SOLUTIONS) after the detailed description of problems in the speeches and writings? What is the relationship of this quest(ion) with the volume of speeches and writings? 242. IF there is a shortage of listeners in the society and the educational institutions groom more speakers what does the economics say about it? 243. The Muslims worldover are showing the characteristics (?) of being leaders [in life] OR the traits (?) of being followers [in life]? 244. Which of the two listening OR speaking requires more preparation and why? 245. How many times have we heard about an event in which a public listener was invited? 246. How have Muhammad Iqbal and Maulana Syid Abul Ala Maududi assessed the Western civilization? Is their assessment similar OR different? Are there any researches available on the subject? Why this quest(ion) is ir/relevant? 247. We treat Muslims as a social group and not as a religious group. How many among the Muslims have the same (world)view? What would be our reaction on hearing the above

sentence? How will we remove the misconception of someone who may argue that the above statement could also mean We treat Muslims as a racial group and not as an ideological community? Is this statement facilitating the division between Duny and Dn or it is actually reinforcing the unification of the two? If a project starts or continues with the above thought, is it a point of concern or the most appropriate time for celebration? 248. They (the tenets of my religion) dont interfere with my professional work, they never have. Religion is my own personal affair. I will do it the way I wish to do. Nobody should tell me what to do as this is something very personal. If we happen to hear or read a statement like the one above, how will we react? The professional work spans for how many hours in a day and where do the tenets of religion keep standing and shivering all this while lest they accidentally interfere in the professional work? What are the principles that guide us in the professional work, if the tenets are not allowed to interfere? An observation like this reinforces the division between the way of life (al-Dn) and the nearest life (al-Hayt al-Duny) OR it instantly brings about the seamless unification of both? 249. Key to our development, key to our progress is secular education. That does not mean that you compromise on your religious beliefs. Not at all! Islam teaches that you need to be aware of what is happening in the world. This conception that you have to be uneducated and backward to be practicing Islam is a fallacy. And secularism does not stand in the way of practicing Islam. What are the other types of education other than the secular education? If we impart secular TRUTH in the secular education what are the other types of TRUTH which we impart in the other types of education other than the secular education? Islam teaches that you need to be aware of what is happening in the world or it asks the Muslims to go out and happen to the world (how)? Why there is this conception that you have to be uneducated and backward to be practicing Islam? Professional work, too, falls under the purview of practicing Islam or only the personal affair does? What are we going to do to remove the fallacies and the misconceptions (and how)? 250. Our educational institutions are positively pursuing the idea of grooming leaders OR they arent quite sure about it? 251. What is quality education in a sentence? 252. Is it possible to have a DEBATE without having a party win or lose? How can both or all the parties win? 253. For every ten National Seminars on Minority Rights one National Seminar on Minority Duties will be in order or for every eleven National Seminars? 254. On an average, what have been the expenses of holding seminars on Minority Duties as compared to the seminars on Minority Rights? The expenses incurred have been strikingly similar or significantly different? What has been the response of teachers and students if the seminars on Minority Duties were held in an educational institution? How does it compare

with the response for the seminars on Minority Rights? What was the general mood of the speakers and the participants in the recent seminar on Minority Duties towards the end and especially in the closing session? What were the highlights of the key-note address? Is it possible to have a copy of the resolutions unanimously passed in the last seminar on Minority Duties? 255. How sad we are when we call the Muslims in India a MINORITY? We are grieved because their number is less (than what and for what?)? Besides numbers, what else is the MINORITY for? 256. If the students in our educational institutions call the Muslims in India a MINORITY is it a cause for concern OR a reason for celebration? 257. How well our youngsters understand the difference (?) between LEADERS and REPRESENTATIVES? 258. Which age group among the Muslims in India is more cautious in the use of LEADERS and REPRESENTATIVES in order not to confuse one with the other? 259. What are the BENEFITS OR HARMS of not differentiating between LEADERS and REPRESENTATIVES? To increase the BENEFITS how can we further blur the distinction between the two OR in order to avoid the HARMS in which century after the next millennium we have already started differentiating since 1947? 260. We dont get good teachers. Principals We dont get good students. Teachers We dont get good principals. Principals We dont get good teachers. Teachers Which of the above statements we have(nt) heard more often? 261. If a student is found CHEATING during an examination, who is CAUGHT? 262. What is the reaction of the graduates of Dar-ul-Uloom Nadwat-ul-Ulama, Lucknow, to the division of knowledge (of TRUTH) into Dni and Dunyawi categories? 263. Since when has Tehreek-e-Islami been in existence? 264. What the KBC tests more could be better described as (the test of) KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION? 265. A TEACHER should be known MORE by his books OR by his students? 266. Is it possible to expel someone from Islam?

267. Are Muslims in India getting a fair deal from India? & Is India getting a fair deal from the Muslims in India? Which of the two subjects we discuss first and the most? 268. Jamat-e-Islmi Hind is caught between yesterdays literature and todays aspirations not quite harmonious with each other. It cannot (or doesnt want to) say goodbye to either. It cannot (or doesnt want to) ignore todays aspirations and it will cease to be Jamat-e-Islmi if it disowns yesterdays literature. Persisting in a state of confusion amounts to wastage of time, energy and resources. What are the options for Jamat-e-Islmi Hind in this situation? 269. In my student life I was trained more for SPEAKING (an easy job) than for LISTENING (the difficult task). What has been YOUR experience? 270. The relevance of a LEADER (as different from REPRESENTATIVE) increases with each passing day OR it decreases? 271. I am a teacher and I am teaching in . . . are the same OR different? 272. Interest in every subject shows seriousness about how many? 273. How often we talk about the Objectives of Shareeah and then discuss HOW to implement them? 274. Do we feel equally obliged to defend when Islam is attacked as we do when OUR respective core ideologies are questioned? Why we do or we dont? 275. Separating Duny from Dn and dividing knowledge into the categories of secular and religious is directly related with the widespread corruption in India. How will we react to the above observation? 276. On being invited for a lecture if a speaker asks Kitnay log hoongay, how should one respond to him? 277. WHO are the smartest people on earth and HOW? 278. Is it possible to force someone to listen? 279. The focus of Islam is MORE on the GROUP or on INDIVIDUALS? 280. Is it possible for someone to waste someone elses time? 281. It depends is often quite misleading. When do we normally say, It depends? 282. Which is the best for India Indian Muslims OR the Muslims in India?

283. Vision 2020 for Indian Muslims will be exactly the same as Vision 2020 for the Muslims in India? 284. If one takes CREDIT for the good work of his forefathers, is he entitled for BLAME, too, for their misdeeds if any? 285. What difference will it make if we call education simply education without prefixing secular and religious? Can taleem be just taleem without being asri and Dni? 286. The counterpart of al-Dunya is al-Deen or it is al-Aakhirah? 287. How can we find out, for sure, whether the process of change in Islam is ISLH (reform) OR INQELB (revolution)? 288. Is it necessary to have the categories of Deen ki baatein and Dunya ki baatein? Could only baatein be enough? 289. What is our assessment of the general environment in terms of STAYING on the SUBJECT during conversations and in communications? 290. What will happen if our speakers and writers put their ideas and messages in fewer words? Why should they do so or they shouldnt? 291. Muslims need ONE system of education or at least TWO? 292. Last year, in June, I changed my company. & I am still in the same company. But I changed myself. Which of these two observations we have heard more often or hardly ever? 293. What is the counterpart of DUNYWI MUMALT? 294. Can MUMALT be simply MUMALT without being DEENI and DUNYWI? 295. REFORM is aligned with THE STRAIGHT PATH or REVOLUTION is?