پروفیسر عابد صدیق: ایک ہیرا تراش کردار

ڈاکٹر حافظ صفوان محمد چوہان 

Abstract

Upbringing of children is a delicate job. Doing it in such a fatherly manner that, maintaining their Islamic & cultural integrity, they become able to frictionlessly & fittingly live in today’s religio- political currents and are able parts of national & international society, is a pressing need. This article is a highly commending picturesque of Prof Abid Siddique’s art which he used for developing the attitude of peaceful coexistence in his son in one of the most politically and religiously polarized eras of our national life.

اردو افسانے کی رسومیات اور ڈاکٹر انوار احمد کی افسانہ نگاری

مبصر: حافظ صفوان محمد چوہان

Abstract

This article, basically a detailed & qualified review, discusses the art and craft of Dr Anwaar Ahmad short-story writing in view of his book آخری خط(Lit. Last Letter). An established writer of the PWM (Progressive Writers Movement) and having badly faced the music of autocracy in his youth, his pen is never stopped in jotting the deep socio-political pictures of the deprived and unprivileged around him and his culture. Having seen different cultures and lands in his ripe age, the canvas of his short stories is much dynamic. His short stories are rated in view of the set literary conventions of PWM and its model short-story writers.

مطالعہ سیرت

مضمون اور نفس مضمون

رضا تیمور

Abstract

Broadly speaking, subject of history is based upon three interrelated concepts; knowing past events, the approach by which one comes to know about those events and the purpose behind knowing the past. These three concepts determine the characteristics of history as a subject. We know events by the term of ‘history’, the approach by ‘historiography’ and the purpose by ‘philosophy of history’ respectively. As far as evens are concerned they retain objectivity in their occurrence. Subjectivity begins with the second step when authenticity of the reports is questioned. When the discussion enters in the third domain why we are eager to know about the past, contradictions appear on vast grounds which blurred the subject matter of history. Islamic historiography entertains the three approaches on rich grounds but it suffered from the same problem when philosophical aspects began to gain the ground. Sirah writing, an ancillary science of the Islamic history exhibits the same symptoms regarding the subject matter. The following article seeks to analyze the problems of Sirah writing with respect to the subject matter. It will also put forward some proposals to fix the problem so that Sirah could gain the status of a discipline among other Islamic Sciences.

مولانا غلام رسول مہر اور مطالعہءسیرت

(مکاتیب مولانا غلام رسول مہر بنام محمد عالم مختار حق کی روشنی میں)

حافظ محمد سہیل 

Abstract

Moulana Ghulam Rasul Mehr (1895-1971) was a skilled writer, researcher, historian and journalist. Beside his 105 books (original writings, compilation and translation) and hundreds of articles in newspapers, his letters also reflect his ideas. One of his colleagues Muhammad Alam Mukhtar Haq compiled Moulana’s 314 letters in the book Ganjeen-e-Mehr. Present article is an effort to distill his valuable comments about Sirah writings from these letters.

امامِ اعظم ابو حنیفہؒ کی قرآن فہمی کے چند نظائر

حافظ محمد شکیل اوج

Abstract

Imam Abu Hanifa (d.150H) is considered as a renowned jurist and mujtahid mutlaq, with millions of Muslims as followers of his school of thought (mazhab). He has remained very close to the Quran in his judgements. Present article elabrates some of his judgements which were very close to the Quran and expose his Quranic understanding. Dream of the reconstruction of Muslim jurisprudence could not have been fulfilled without the emphasis on Fikri Ijtihad along with Fiqhi Ijtihad, for which Quran was and is the most important, primitive and secure source.

ڈاکٹر طہٰ حسین فکر و فن کے آئینے میں

محمد اسحاق منصوری

Abstract

Dr. Taha Hussain (1889-1973) is considered as a pioneer of modernism in Arabic literature. He introduced new modern dimensions in Arabic literary research and criticism, which resulted in far-reaching effects on literature and thinking as well. Instead of traditional and imitative writings he adopted rather modern, westernized and rational style. More than being simply impressed by western culture and thinking, Taha Hussain was actually owed, but the positive aspect of his writing is the emergence of rationalism and analytical approach in literature, particularly in Arabic literature.

قاضی محمد سلیمان منصور پوری اور ان کی کتاب رحمة اللعالمین

ڈاکٹر محمد سہیل شفیق

Abstract

The book ‘Rahmatun lil a’alamin’ has a fundamental importance among the vast range of sirah literature produced in the 20th century. The book compries 3 volumes published between 1910-32. This was the time when Christian missionaries and arya samaj preachers were targeting the personality of the Holy Prophet in their speeches and writings. Qazi Sahab was aware of all this propaganda. He possessed the capability of responding to all this by virtue of his vast reading, fluent style of writing and historical insight. He replied to this on the basis of the Quranic verse: ‘and argue with them in a better [i.e. more convincing] way’.

On reading the list of source-material of ‘Rahmatun lil A’alamin’, one learns that Qazi Sahab did not rely on Islamic sources alone. He had a strong familiarity with the religious books of other faiths. Basing his response on the holy books of Hinduism and Christianity, he was able to refuse the allegations leveled by the followers of these religions against the Holy Prophet.

In spite of having an argumentative approach, the tone remains refined and courteous.

Qazi Sahab has drawn remarkable conclusions from the accounts of sirah. In this essay, an examination of the book, ‘Rahmatun lil A’alamin’ by Qazi Muhammad Suleiman Mansurpuri has been made keeping in view the detailed dialectics of the science of sirah with all its especial features, trends and range.

اسلام اور مغرب کے مابین مکالمے کی صورت

سرسیّد اور اقبال کے حوالے سے

ڈاکٹرمحمد آصف

Abstract

Iqbal and Sir Syyed both feel that there is no need of being afraid of the Western civilization. Muslims can benefit from its useful aspects. In other words, Sir Syyed and Iqbal wish to establish a bridge and a relationship of harmony between Islam and the West. In this relationship both the civilizations can maintain their respective natural and distinctive qualities and can come closer to each other. In this way, the way is paved for a principled and peaceful dialogue and negotiation between them.

اسیرانِ بدر اور عتابِ خداوندی

منتخب اردو تفاسیر کی روشنی میں علمی مباحث

پروفیسرڈاکٹرمحمد شکیل اوج

Abstract

In Su rat-ul-Anfal (Spoils of War) (verses 67 – 69) the incident of prisoners of Badar conventionally depict as related to the rebuke and displease of Allah over the decision of the Prophet of Islam, Abu Bakar (R.A.) and his companions and these verses were revealed in appreciation of the Hazrat Umer (R.A.)

This article argue the reasoning and actual addressee of God’s rebuke and displeasure of this verse. For that several quotations from selected Urdu commentaries are critically analyzed. The commentators who are selected here are Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan, Abul Kalam Azad, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, Allama Ghulam Rasul Saedi, Pir Muhammad Karam Shah Alazhari, Maulana Sayyid Abual Ala Maududi, Khawaja Hameeduddin, translator of the commentary of Namuna Maulana Sayyid Safdar Hussain Najfi, Muhammad Ali Lahori, Maulana Salahuddin Yusuf, Maulana Sayyid Tafhimuddin Muradabadi, Maulana Abdul Karim Asri, and Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi’s names are included.

In this article it is evaluated that regarding the modern commentaries and interpretations of these verses, Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi has the most sound arguments since he relates the rebuke of God not towards the Prophet of Islam and Abu Bakar rather towards the Kuffar of Mecca.