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Saleha Abid Hussain's name will be written in bold letters in the history of Urdu language and literature. His name is associated with a high academic and literary family who preserved their heritage from the calamities of the times but a quarter of the time turned the tide on their rent. Here I am quoting the letter of Saleha Abid Hussain, the first half of which has been quoted in the previous article. This is the story of her sorrows that she wrote in this letter and thus saved this painful event of history. She died three years later, and with this six-page letter she left a deep mark on the pages of literature. The letter is dated September 9, 1985.

I went to see him at the age of eighty-two, he remembered my visit very well and my book "Library" was in his hands somewhere which impressed him so much that he sat down to write a few lines and the talk reached to six pages and from his habit. Enjoyed myself too. 

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"My father's personal library had ten thousand books. After the riots of 1947, when we went to visit our house, not to mention the books, not a single page of these books was safe. The story of Maulana Hali's library is similarly painful. First, he set up the Victoria Memorial Middle School for boys during his lifetime, and gave him many books (probably in common sense and Urdu). After his death, his house etc. and all the household goods came to his grandson Khawaja Farzand Ali. He was not well-educated, but Nana's love for books may have passed. It is heard that he kept Maulana's papers, manuscripts and books in a closed room. He also died before the year 9 and after the year 9 the books were also buried or destroyed in the same house. Nisar Ahmad Farooqi Sahib He was probably associated with the library section of Delhi University around 1951. He says that he came to know that Maulana's library in Raddi in Panipat was selling leaflets to the Banis. He states that he went and bought whatever capital was left from Baniyas etc. and somehow brought it to Delhi and gave it to Delhi University.

So, sir, these are the wounds from which blood is flowing and that is why reading your book "Library" has had a profound effect on my heart. There is no doubt that the thing of the elders is dear, but unfortunately in our country people do not believe that knowledge and book is not something to be hidden. This welfare is for the common good. The more people who benefit from it, the more valuable it will be.

Well, I am a sick, old, almost ignorant man, and I can do nothing but make my heart ache, but as long as there are young people like you left and you can find appreciators of our scholarly literature and people like Zaidi Sahib. Those who are ready to do something even at this age, a ray of light shines in the darkness of despair.

May your book be successful in the purpose for which it was written and may our books and the priceless pages of knowledge and literature scattered in the subcontinent be protected to some extent. Otherwise, everyone in the world is doomed. Is man and his knowledge and literature all to be buried in the dust? See how it is that the disease of writing is that she left all her work and sat down to write a four-line letter and wrote six pages. God willing, you will get the letter, you will definitely answer, right?

 Yes, one more thing. You are in a country where the value of knowledge and literature, the value of the book is known, so as far as possible, with the help of the people there, save the books they can buy. Nowadays, we hand over our children to the Americans and the British so that they can survive. Is this the case with keeping books alive? The most unsustainable thing in the world is human beings, but if books survive, they will keep the work alive for thousands of years, if not the names of their writers and servants.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Please convey my prayers to the people of London, especially Iftikhar Arif (who did not bother to meet us in India because his loved ones were here). Khaksar, Saleha Abid Hussain and now a little smile. I used to broadcast the letters and answers of the listeners in the days of my association with the radio.

Ajmer (India), September 5

Your Excellency Mr. Reza Ali Sahib, Etiquette

It is said that on a Monday in the month of October 2, a letter of mine was aired on your program Anjuman. Pray that He will give me the wealth of children. You will be amazed that Allah Almighty accepted my supplication with the prayer of an unknown listener and on 23rd August 1981 a new moon daughter was born in my house.

I am very grateful to all those who prayed for me and also to the association that turned my disappointments into happiness. I named my daughter Rizwana after a BBC announcer. Hopefully we will pray for the audience and other people as well.

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