Itqaan: thoroughness, proficiency, mastery – ‘Do it well’, said he, on whom be peace and blessings; and ‘When meanings flow in waves, then tether them’ said ad-Darqaawi.

No attempt to transmit the Moghul high splendour of learning at the Islamic Foundation in middle England; a phone from Pakistan made that clear – the funding from the islamic bank still secure; but the humility of Khurram won the day for him who broke the caste taboo and helped the gardener and stirred polite shockedness from a mixture of purdur and hard-won modernity which had shattered somewhat the ghetto-Islam of the sub.C.