Obituaries – English
Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904-97)
Author: Saleem Kiyani The eminent Islamic scholar, Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi, 93, who died in Lahore, Pakistan, on 15 December 1997, will long be remembered for his lasting contribution to Qur’anic studies, especially for his approach based and evolved around the concept of order and coherence in the contents of the divine book. Historically, the […]
Footprints on the Sands of Time
Author: Dr Shehzad Saleem Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time …An unusual day in the year 1863; the place a remote village of India… …The tide of time seemed to stop; the wheel of fortune appeared to […]
Amin Ahsan Islahi: A Brilliant Islamic Scholar
Author: Khurshid Ahmad Nadeem Mawlana Amin Ahsan Islahi was born in 1904 in Bamhor, a village in district Azamgarh, U.P., India. After receiving early education at home, he joined Madrasat al-Islah at Sara’i Mir, a town in U.P., and remained a student there from 1922 to 1925. Islahi worked in Madinah, an influential Muslim newspaper […]