Syed Sulaiman Nadwi
Autochrome portrait by Auguste Léon, 1920
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Born
Syed Sulaiman Nadvi

(1884-11-22)22 November 1884
Desna, Bengal Presidency, British India
(present day Bihar, India)
Died22 November 1953(1953-11-22) (aged 69)
Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
Main interest(s)History, Seerah, Urdu Literature
Notable work(s)Khutbat-e-Madras, Sirat-un-Nabi, Arb-o-Hind Ke Talluqat, Naqoosh-e-Sulaimani
Founder ofDarul Musannifeen (Shibli Academy), Azamgarh
Muslim leader
Disciple ofAshraf Ali Thanwi

Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (22 November 1884 – 22 November 1953) was a British Indian, and then Pakistani, Islamic scholar, historian and a writer, who co-authored Sirat-un-Nabi and wrote Khutbat-e-Madras.[1] He was a member of the founding committee of Jamia Millia Islamia.[2]

Early life and education

Sulaiman Nadvi Nadvi was born on 22 November 1884 in Desna, a village of Nalanda District, Bihar, India (then in the Patna District, in the Bengal Presidency of British India). His father, Hakeem Sayyed Abul Hasan was a Sufi.[1][3]

Sulaiman Nadvi was influenced by Shibli Nomani at Lucknow. In 1906, he graduated from Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. In 1908, Nadvi was appointed as an instructor of Modern Arabic and Theology at Nadva. His contemporary at Nadva was Abul Kalam Azad who had come from Calcutta and also joined the Nadva.[1] Both Sulaiman Nadvi and Abul Kalam Azad were favorite pupils of Maulana Shibli Nomani.[1] Sulaiman Nadvi became one of the biographers of the Prophet of Islam and a historian during his own lifetime.[1] Alllama Iqbal, too was a great admirer of his erudition and used to refer to him as Ustad ul Kul ("Teacher of all"), and is said to have approached him on religious matters.[4]

Aligarh Muslim University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctorate of Literature (DLitt) in 1941.[1]

Contribution to Islamic literature

In 1933, he published one of his major works, Khayyam. The nucleus of this book was an article on the noted Persian scholar and poet Omar Khayyam.[5][6][3]

Sulaiman Nadvi, along with others who favored Hindu-Muslim unity in British India, suggested that the term "Urdu" be abandoned in favour of "Hindustani" because the former conjured up the image of a military conquest and war whereas the latter had no such symbolic baggage.[7]

Sulaiman Nadvi founded Darul Musannifeen (Academy of Authors), also known as the Shibli Academy, at Azamgarh. The first book published there was Ard-ul-Quran (2 volumes).[1][3]

Later life and death

In June 1950, Nadvi moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. He was appointed Chairman of Taleemat-e-Islami Board to advise on Islamic aspects of Pakistan's Constitution. He died on 22 November 1953 in Karachi at the age of 69.[8][3]

However, his son Salman Nadvi asserts that they didn't move to Pakistan with the intention of migration. Right after they reached Pakistan, Sulaiman Nadvi's health deteriorated and he tried unsuccessfully to get his permit extended from the Indian embassy, which caused grief and pain.[9]

Literary work

Nadvi's works include:

  • Ahl-us-Sunnah-wal-Jamā‘ah[8]
  • The Arab Navigation, lectures delivered in Bombay during March 1931.
  • Khayyam, about the contributions of Omar Khayyam, published in 1933, OCLC 295035038.[1][3]
  • Khutbat-e-madras[3]
  • Rahmat-e-Aalam[8]
  • Seerat-e-Aisha[3]
  • Sirat-un-Nabi (Life of the Prophet) by first Shibli Nomani, the teacher of Sulaiman Nadvi. Shibli started writing this book, which was later finished by Sulaiman Nadvi after Shibli’s death in 1914.[1][3]
  • Rahmat e alam[10]
  • Tarikh ardul Quran [11]

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Profile of Sulaiman Nadvi on shibliacademy.org website Published 23 March 2009, Retrieved 9 October 2019
  2. ↑ "History of Jamia Millia Islamia". Jamia Millia Islamia. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Profile and books by Sulaiman Nadvi on Archived Open Library (California State Library) website. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Syed Sulaiman aur Tibb Unani by Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Mutallae Sulaimani, edited by Prof. Masoodur Rahman Khan Nadvi and Dr. Mohd. Hassan Khan, Darul Uloom, Tajul Masajid, Bhopal 1986, p. 285-293.
  6. ↑ Syed Sulaiman Aur Tibb Unani by Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman, Akhbar-ul-Tibb, Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 1987, p. 9-12.
  7. ↑ "Myths about Urdu". DAWN (newspaper). 26 November 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 Profile and graveside monument of Sulaiman Nadvi in Karachi, Pakistan. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Mufti Ata-ur-Rahman Qasmi. "A discussion with Professor Salman Nadwi regarding Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad". Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad: Ek Tajziyati Mutala [Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad: An analytical study]. New Delhi: Mawlana Azad Academy. pp. 468–480.
  10. ↑ Khan, Mohammad Talib (2018). Contribution of Aligarh Muslim University to Seerah Literature (PhD) (in Urdu). India: Department of Sunni Theology, Aligarh Muslim University. pp. 448–449. hdl:10603/364770. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Adrawi, Asir (1995). Dabistan-i Deoband ki Ilmi Khidmaat (PDF) (in Urdu). Deoband, UP, India: Darulmuaallifeen. pp. 53–55. OCLC 47964786.

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