Khurram Murad
Khurram Murad | |
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| Born | 3 November 1932 |
| Died | 19 December 1996[citation needed] |
| Nationality | Pakistani, British Raj |
| Education | University of Minnesota |
| Occupation(s) | Islamic scholar, author, politician, civil engineer |
| Organization(s) | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba The Islamic Foundation Muslim World Book Review |
Khurram Murad (3 November 1932 – 19 December 1996) was a Pakistani scholar of Islam.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Murad was born on November 3, 1932, in Bhopal, a Muslim princely state in Central India. His lineage came from Muzzafar Nagar and Saharanpur. He enrolled in the Bhopal-based Hameediyah College in 1947 after completing his matriculation. His family migrated to Pakistan in 1948. After settling in Karachi, Khurram enrolled in the D.J. Science College. After finishing his intermediate education, he attended the University of Karachi's Bachelor of Civil Engineering program, which he graduated from in 1952. In 1958, he earned his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in the US. After receiving his degree, he also taught at the university for a brief period before leaving for Pakistan.[2]
Career
[edit]He worked as a lecturer in NED Engineering College from 1955 to 1957. As a notable engineer of the country, he rendered his services in East Pakistan as chief engineer and resident director of the then famous consultancy firm; Associate and Consulting Engineers (ACE). During his employment, he in addition to Pakistan provided his services to the major construction projects in Iran and Saudi Arabia. In this regard, he took part in the expansion project of Makkah.
He remained in India as a prisoner of war for two and a half years after the fall of East Pakistan in 1971.
After moving from Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom, he served as the Director-General of The Islamic Foundation, a well-known scientific and research institution from 1977 to 1987.
Murad served as Naib Amir (Vice-President) of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Amir (President) in Bangladesh, a Trustee and a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK, and editor of Tarjumanal Qur'an, Lahore, Pakistan (a journal founded by the Islamic scholar, Abul Ala Maududi in 1932), and the quarterly Muslim World Book Review, UK.[3][2]
Publications
[edit]His works include:
- Way to the Quran (and an online website)
- Key to al-Baqarah
- The Quranic Treasures
- Islam – The Easy Way
- Who is Muhammad?
- Gifts from Muhammad Archived 22 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Shariah: The Way to Justice
- Shari'ah: The Way to God
- Interpersonal Relations[permanent dead link]
- In the Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self-Development
- Sacrifice the making of a Muslim
- Dawah among Non-Muslims in the West
- Islam & Terrorism
- The Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values Power and Change
- Islamic Movement in the West: Reflections on Some Issues
- Dying & Living for Allah Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Treasures of the Qur'an Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
Some of his booklets in Urdu are:
- Zikr-e-Ilahi ("Remembrance of God")
- Rabb se Mulaaqaat ("Meeting with the Lord")
- Dawat kai Nishan-e-Raah
- Imaanat Daary ("Honesty")
- Allah se Muhabbat ("Loving Allah")
- Hasad aur Bughz ("Jealousy & Envy")
- Rizq-e-halal ("Lawful Sustenance")
- Niyyat aur Amal ("Intention & Action")
- Hubb-e-Dunya ("Love of the World")
- Dil ki zindagi ("Life of the Heart")
- Ghalatiyon to Maaf Karna ("Forgiving Mistakes")
- Haqeeqat-e-Zuhd ("Reality of Piety")
- Urooj ka Raasta ("The Way to Elevation")
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Khurram Murad". SoundVision.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ a b Musharraf, Muhammad Nabeel. "KHURRAM J. MURAD: AN OVERVIEW OF HIS POLITICAL AND SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS". Academia. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "جماعت اسلامی پاکستان". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
References
[edit]- Racius, Egdunas. 2004. The multiple nature of the Islamic Da'wa. Dissertation, University of Helsinki. Archived 14 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
[edit]- Ansari, Humayun. 3 September 2002. Muslims in Britain. London: Minority Rights Group International (MRG).
- Musharraf, Mohammad Nabeel. Khurram J. Murad: An Overview of His Political and Scholarly Contributions. AJHISR,Vol.3,Issue 2.
External links
[edit]- UK Islamic Mission (parent organization of the Islamic Foundation)
- Islamworld.net
- Collection of English Books by Khurram Murad Archived 21 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Collection of Books by Khurram Murad in PDF-format
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- Islamic democracy activists
- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan politicians
- Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
- Quran translators
- Urdu-language non-fiction writers
- Pakistani theologians
- Pakistani civil engineers
- 20th-century translators
- 1932 births
- 1996 deaths
- Writers from Bhopal
- Muhajir people
- Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
- Pakistani Muslim missionaries
- Missionary linguists