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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…
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Ek Aarzu is a delightful poem from the pen of Allama Iqbal, whose introduction is not needed. First enjoy the poem without any aid from so called literary critics like Farooqui and others: दुनिया की महफ़िलों से उक्ता गया हूँ या रब क्या लुत्फ़ अंजुमन का जब दिल ही बुझ गया हो शोरिश से भागता…
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Methi is a familiar leafy green that is seen at the shop of every vegetable seller and carts in India. It is found in almost every household serving many needs of the people. Methi, Fenugreek by name in English speaking countries, has been baptized as Trigonella foenum-graecum in taxonomy. Fenugreek entered in English vocabulary from…
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Bazu-e-Qatil constitutes a part of the couplet that was on the lips of Ram Prasad Bismil when he was martyred by the brute colonialists from the west. सरफरोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है देखना है जोर कितना बाजु-ए-कातिल में है سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے دیکھنا ہے زور کتنا بازوئے…
