A Luminous Beacon of Divine Love
At this moment I am on a plane, travelling from England to Turkey to attend a conference. I was occupied with some academic work…
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Reminder: How Admirable Is Shibli’s Intellect, and How Admirable His Prose!
I said: How admirable is Shibli’s intellect, and how admirable his prose! They asked me: Why do you praise Shibli’s mind and extol it with such lavish commendation? I replied: Because he recognised, yes, recognised…
Reminder: How Admirable Is Shibli’s Intellect, and How Admirable His Prose!
I said: How admirable is Shibli’s intellect, and how admirable his prose! They asked me: Why do you praise Shibli’s mind and extol it…
A Silent Custodian of the Nadwah Tradition
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم I received the following message concerning Mawlānā Aʿẓam Sharqī Nadwī from my dear friend Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Jī Nadwī, currently resident…
Surojni Did Not Debate, Yet She Triumphed
Oxford, 31 December 2025 *A Scholar Remembered* Nearly twenty years ago, an Indian scholar and researcher came to England. I had the opportunity to…
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq Muḥaddith Dihlwī
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq b. Sayf al-Dīn al-Dihlawī al-Bukhārī, an eminent Indian scholar and author in both Arabic and Persian, was born in Delhi in…
Under the Shadow of the Hūmā
I have written a number of articles about Mawlāna Shahbāz, may Allah have mercy on him, and intend to write more. The present article,…
Shibli Nu’mani: A Legacy of Scholarship and Reform
In the intellectual and cultural history of South Asia, few names stand out with the brilliance and lasting influence of Shibli Nu’mani (d. 1914).…
Tīmūr Lang – The Final Verdict
This was my third journey to Uzbekistan. The details of the first two trips have been recorded in my Arabic book Riḥlat Ūzbakistān. This…
Shaykh Saeed al-A’zami al-Nadwi – His Life and Contributions
Book authored by: Dr Muhammad Furman al-Nadwi Article written by: Dr Mohammad Akram al-Nadwi – Oxford بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Book Launch at…
Remembering Two Pure Souls of Nadwah
From the village maktab to Oxford, I can never discharge my debt to the honourable teachers and masters of knowledge and skill from whom…
Dr Akram Bangla
A Story from the Life of the God-Fearing Scholar, Qari Siddiq Ahmad Bandawi (May Allah Have Mercy Upon Him) — The esteemed and pious…
Mawlana Maqbool Ahmad Mazahiri
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate — “Those whom we sought in the heavens and the earth, turned out…