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Hazrat Maulana Ghulam Farid Hanifi Teghi is one of the prominent Islamic scholars and Islamic mystics belonging to the Teghi and Aabadani orders of Islamic mysticism and Sufism being practiced by a large section of the Muslim community in India and elsewhere. His father Shah Mohammad Hafiz Hanif Qadri Teghi was a distinguished Sufi Buzurg…
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The subject matter of this post of mine is a short Arabic poem named An-Namlah or Al-Namlah whose equivalent in English is an Ant. This poem is the third chapter of Al-Qiraatur Rashida Volume First written by Ali Miyan for the students of the language of the revealed religion. The poem has been taken from…
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A Debate Nadvi vs. Qasmi is an eternal debate among Bhartiya Madrasa scholars and being a proud Nadvi how I can distance myself from the third world war raging among some prominent Nadviyan and Qasimiyan. Though still I have to realize what the connection between Mufti Shamail Nadvi and Hazrat Yasir Nadeem al-Wajdi exists, some…
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Yesterday one of my dear cousins sent an image of Ishtihar (poster) for communicating Gulshan-e-Madina conference. This is an annual gathering of a galaxy of Islamic scholars, preachers, Sana Khan-e-Mohammad (PBUH), rectors of Islamic seminaries from nearby villages, towns on the state level and even on the national level. My cousin referred to above has…
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Ali Miyan signifies to that personality among Indian Muslims, who was a genius and talked and wrote in Arabic as nobody did in the subcontinent. Here I render the second chapter of the Arabic Reader “Al-qirautur-Rashida Volume First” written by the author of this textbook that reflects the childhood of Ali Miyan (Hazrat Maulana Abul…
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Nadviyat Kya hai, I cannot reduce this conception to mathematical formulation, equation and identity as Hazrat Maulana Sheikh Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi Rahimahullah did, which I found while exploring the portal of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema at Lucknow beside Gomti River and on the one side of the University of Lucknow. The rector of this…
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The title of my post ‘Daily Routine of a Madrasa Student’ is based on the very first chapter of an Arabic Reader written by Ali Miyan Sb Marhoom, perhaps the greatest personality among Nadvis, i.e. who have passed out of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema at Lucknow. A number of textbooks written by the Hasani Family…
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Bulandshahr a Persian construct equivalent to Upper Kot was known as Baran presumably established by Raja Ahibaran in ancient times and the inhabitants of the city and the region proudly attach the word Barani to their names. Ziauddin Barani has brought name and fame to this area. Aziz Barani too deserves to be mentioned here.…
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Patta Patta Boota Boota Haal Hamara Jane Hai, this line is a part of a couplet composed by one of the genius poet of Urdu, Mir Taqi Mir Akbarabadi, Dehlavi summa Lakhnavi. पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है जाने न जाने गुल ही न जाने बाग़ तो सारा जाने है پتا پتا بوٹا…
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Muzaffarnagar city and district in Saharanpur Division is known for a number of reasons. Thana Bhawan once a part of Muzaffarnagar and now lying in Shamli district is the ancestral village of the Urdu humorist Shaukat Thanvi. Amir Alam former M.P. and Uttar Pradesh minister, chairman of Bharat groups of colleges is one of the…
