By: Faiyaz Ahmad Nadwi, Ex Prof
in Arabic-Al Ameen Institute of Management Studies Bangalore.
He was one of the intellectual and genius personalities of twenty century of
Indian subcontinent, prominent product of Darul Uloom Deoband India and its ex
professor of Arabic Language& Literature , Tafseer& Hadis, head of education
department and acting vice chancellor, compiler of modern Arabic dictionary in
India ,well known writer& orator of Urdu and Arabic ,successful teacher of
Arabic language& literature, Hadees and Tafser and as well as vary good
administrator and having a extensive knowledge and information of Madrasa
education System but he has famed as Arabic linguistic scholar and teacher
because he introduced the modern techniques, tools and skills of Arabic
teachings in non Arabic spoken students and he was a symbol of earliest Muslims
in life style, god fearing, knowledge and practice in his daily life .
He was born in his hometown town"Kiranah" and received primary education in
Deoband Madrasa then traveled to «Hyderabad» in 1946 and learnt the Arabic
language from Sheikh Mamun Damascus, and again enrolled in Darul Uloom in1948
and completed his graduation course in Islamic shariah and Arabic literature in
1952.
After the graduation he first worked as secretary to Maulana Habib Rahman
Ludyanvi founder of Majlis Ahrar in 1956 and he visited to Saudi Arabia along
with Haj delegation as a member speaker of deligation under the chairmanship of
Maulana Ludhyanvi what was contained on nine prominent Islamic scholars of India
and performed the Haj and Umra and visited the holy places and represented a
delegation while staying in Makkah and Medina and also directly interacted with
Arab scholars and shared the bilateral information of Muslim and Arab world .
After performing the Haj and Umra, he left the secretarial job and returned back
to his educational land Deoband and adopted the scholarly life and here he
founded the cultural form "Darol Fikr " in 1957 and its aims and objectives were
to introduce and promote the education of modern Arabic along with English among
Madrasas students and to provide them an opportunity for learning an Arabic and
English and to create Arabic spoken environment among the students of Deoband.
Hence under the above aims and goals he released the Urdu monthly magazine" Al
Qasim" and motivated the graduates of Madrasas for learning a Arabic and English
and modern journalism and also introduced the aims and goals of Darul Uloom
Deoband and highlighted its teachings and religious services, scholars and
theologians, lifestyle, religious, understanding system of Qoran,Hadis and Fiq
and during this period he has compiled and published his famous modern Arabic
into Urdu and Urdu into Arabic dictionary in 1958 what has played vital role in
understanding a new terms and term logy of Arabic journalism and scientific
words and it boomed among the Arabic learners of Indian subcontinent and first
time his personality emerged as a linguistic scholar among the circle of Arabic
teachers and students and this dictionary became need of Arabic teachers and
students while studying and understanding the word meanings of Arabic journalism
and scientific words and rapidly famed in Indian subcontinent .
Advisory committee of Darul Uloom Deoband offered him for teaching and appointed
as a professor of Arabic language& literature and Qoran&Hadis in 1963 and after
joining the teaching services, he felt the need to release Arabic magazine and
lunched Arabic quarterly magazine "Dauatul Haque" in 1965 by DarulUloom then he
established the "Arabic Literary Club for students "in 1964 so that students
exercise and express their habitual actions in Arabic interacted each other
while speaking and he compiled and published his famous Arabic reader " Al
Qiratul Waziha" during this period and it famed among the Arabic learners and
students.
In 1977 he has visited to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE and observed closely
system of education and interacted the prominent personalities, educationists,
thinkers and social activists and also propagated the message of Darul Uloom
Deoband and put upon them the current religious, educational and economic
condition and status of Indian Muslim and launched an Arabic monthly magazine
"Al Kifah " from Darul Uloom Deoband and it continued to publish till 15 yrs and
.
After visiting to gulf states, he put his education formula and system upon the
advisory committee and requested it to adopt and introduce in curriculum and
syllabus and he tried to combine the syllabus of India and gulf in Deoband so he
is only one man who combined modern and traditional system of Madrasa education
through his motivated the mind of extensive experience and knowledge what he was
gained while visiting, meeting and interacting.
He played goden role on occasion of century convocation of Darul in 1980 and he
was the chief this committee what formed by Darul Uloom / Deoband and in 1981
stroked by the students and he provided them a temporary shelter and food and
arranged the classes in terrible and horrible situation till that condition
became the normal and in 1983 appointed head of education department and this
year visited many countries of the world including Europe and Africa and
popularized the message of Darul Uloom and in 1985 he became acting VC and this
year he released the Urdu monthly magazine " Aena Darul Uloom " and this is
publishing still now and all contents and articles of magazine are informative
and comprehensive and it also presents the ideology, outlook and view of Darul
Ullom Deoban and interprets.
in 1987 he resigned from the post of Acting V.C Darul Uloom due to some personal
reasons and conditions and in 1988 established a cultural institution "Darulmoallafin
and in 1988 he chosen the present of Jamiat Ulema Milli of India and in 1990
Shura Council of Darul Uloom conveyed him to the pension.
Same year, he visited on the invitation of the Ministry of Hajj and Endowment to
Saudi Arabia and performed Haj and Umra and in 1992 he attended the World
Conference of Islamic for the release of Kuwaiti prisoners of war. In the period
of between 1993 and 1994 he involved and spent major time to compile his huge
Arabic dictionary" Alqamos Alwahid" what published after his death.
After short illness he died in Delhi on 15 April 1995 and buried in Deoband
Graveyard and survived behind him family members and large number of his pupils
what reached to thousands and Darul Uloom Deoband is his performing place for
what he spent his gold age of his life and left dept effect on the students of
DaruUloom and put it up line of development and improvement and Al Qamosul
Zadeed is a property of his entire life and Darul Uloom is the performing place
of his educational activities and services and his life story is uncoupled
without mentioning of Darul Uloom Deoband because he reached it on the pick of
development and improvement and famed its name among Arabic people and he proved
during the his services that Darul Uloom Deoband is a great movement of Muslim
renaissance in world what is playing a key role in spreading the message of
Islam and teachings of Islam.