Book Review Awrad (original) (raw)

AWRAD-I-FATHIYYAH—THE COMPENDIUM OF TAWHID

Mir Sayyid 'Ali Hamadani – An eminent Sufi and the real founder of Islam in Kashmir – was undoubtedly a prolific author and profound preacher of Islam. His eminence Sheikh Hamadani left numerous works which are diverse in their nature and religious context. Among them is his notable collection Awrad-i-Fathiyyah which is a compendium of Tawhid (Islamic concept of monotheism) and Awrad. The present study focuses on this treatise and explains its vivid style and theological substance. It aims to elucidate the Awrad as a book of Tawhid—an often-neglected aspect of it. Further, it will provide an overview of the Islamic concept of monotheism in accordance with the principles deployed in the treatise under discussion.

Ghadir as Narrated by Ahlulbayt (s.a)

With the prophetic mission of Prophet Muhammad (s), the seal of the prophets, the last and the most perfect divine religion was conveyed to humanity and prophethood came to an end. The religion of Islam emerged in Mecca but after twenty three years of arduous efforts made by the Messenger Allah (s) and a handful of his loyal companions it spread all over the Arabian Peninsula. The continuation of this divine mission was a task that was entrusted publicly on Dhul Hijja, the eighteenth, by Allah, the Glorious, to Ali (a.s), the commander of the faithful and the first personality after the Holy Prophet (a) in the world of Islam. ith the proclamation of Hazrat Ali’s guardianship and succession on this day, divine blessings were completed and the religion of Islam was perfected, being announced as the only religion chosen by Allah. That was how unbelievers and pagans got disappointed from destroying Islam. Soon after [the demise of the Messenger of Allah (s)], some of the companions of the Holy Prophet (s) based on their pre-hatched conspiracies, brought deviation in the course of guidance and leadership. They closed the gate of the city of knowledge putting Muslims in perplexity. From the very beginning of their rule, they placed the truths of Islam – that were like shinning sun – behind the dark clouds of doubt and skepticism by putting a ban on recording prophetic narrations, spreading fabricated narrations, casting doubts and using hypocrisy and deception. Obviously, in spite of all conspiracies hatched by the enemies of Islam, the truths of Islam and noble sayings of the Messenger of Allah (s) were promulgated by the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (a.s.), his successors and a few of his devout companions and those truths kept flowing and manifesting themselves in one way or the other in the course of history. By explaining the truths, they did away with the doubts, hesitation, illusions, and unfounded beliefs inculcated by the enemies of Islam, making truths clear to all. In this respect, great scholars and men of knowledge such as Sheikh Mufid, Sayyid Murtadha, Khaja Nasir, Allamah Hilli, Qadhi Nurullah, Mir Hamid Husain, Sayyid Sharafuddin, Allamah Amini etc. are like shining stars for they are the ones who defended Islamic truths, explained the realities of the school of Ahlulbayt (a.s.) and dealt with spurious arguments using their tongues and pens. In our era, one of the of the scholars and researchers who has, with his eloquent pen and expressive writing, explained the truths of the religion of Islam and astutely defended the leadership and wilayah (guardianship) of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (a.s.) is Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Milani. The Islamic Truths Center is proud to embark on reviving the fruitful and precious works of that great researcher by reviewing, translating and publishing them in a bid to make them available to students, scientific figures and those who are in search for Islamic truths. The book in your hand is a translation of one of his works, intended to acquaint the English audience with Islamic truths. It is expected that this humble effort will earn the pleasure of the Remnant of Allah, the Imam of Time [the twelfth Shiite Imam] may Allah hasten his reappearance. islamic Truths Center

A Critical Review on the Book "Tazkirat al-Awliya"

Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human, 2021

The publication and textual criticism of Attar of Nishapur's "Tazkerat al-Awliya", which is considered as one of the most important texts in Persian prose, was done in 1398 by Dr. Mohammad Reza Shafi'i Kadkani. More than a century has passed since the first textual criticism of "Tazkerat al-Awliya" by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, but the new work that has been made is in many ways superior to the works of others; because the editor has largely provided a text close to Attar's language by dealing with multiple manuscripts and providing a textual criticism. In addition to this, it is necessary to mention the useful comments, the detailed introduction, and the acquisition of the main sources of the mystics' words in Tazkerat and their memoirs and cultures. The present article intends to point out some of the shortcomings and mistakes in the text of the book while pointing out the advantages and benefits of the new work. These shortcomings include typographical errors, incomplete or incorrect references, ambiguity in the method of textual criticism, structural and content confusion.

An Introduction of Prominent Writings of Sayyid Ali Hamadani with Special reference to Manuscripts

By the time Saiyid Ali flourished, the political situation in the Muslim world, especially in Persia and Central Asia, where the Saiyid spent most of his life, was very complex and turbulent. The historic Caliphate of Baghdad had already been sacked by Halagu in 1258, who later established his authority over Iraq and Persia and founded what came to be known as the II-khan rule. However, after the conversion of Ghazan Khan (1295-1304) to Islam, religious and political situation in Persia was radically changed, as in the preceding regimes Muslims had been subjected to a reign of terror. The situation in Central Asia during the fourteenth century was also undergoing severe political disruption. The "Chaghtai Ulus" had by now been disintegrated into smaller and independent domains always fighting each other. However, during the second half of the century, Amir Timur (d. 1405) rose to power and became the ruler of a vast empire which included Persia and Central Asia. But during the course of his campaigns he reduced to shambles what the heathen Mongols had earlier spared. Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani was a spectacular traveler of his times 1 . During his visits he spent most of this time in disseminating the message of Islam in the different parts of the world 2 . The historyrecords his busy schedule but still he managed the shortest spans of time to document his advices, decisions and judgments for the kings, nobles, and courtiers, religious and other scholars, and common people. Although caught up in the tight, busy and hectic schedule, he proved to be the greatest of the writers as well 3 . He 1 G.2 was an expert of Arabic and Persian languages, and so his writings are found in these scripts. For the convenience of the people, from time to time, his works have been translated into different languages 1 . As such the exact number of his writings is not clear but as per the researchers :his writings include poems in the form of ghazals and couplets, books and letters. Contrary to the common notion in Kashmir that portrays Amir-i Kabir only as a dervish or a saint who at most seems to have converted a good number of people to Islam by the force of his miracles, Amir-i Kabir was a prolific scholar of Arabic as well as Persian. He was a religious scholar, a preacher, a practicing Sufi and a great political thinker. The historians have attributed to him as many as 117 writings but the fact remains that this number seems an exaggerated one and researchers have not exactly fixed the number of his original writings. The writings of Amir-i-Kabir are scattered across in different libraries of the world and it seems likely that the scholars have benefited from a variety of his writings although all these writings are not extent. The author of Khulasatul Manaqib quotes Amir-i-Kabir himself saying: " ‫مرا‬ ‫سال‬ ‫صد‬ ‫بہ‬ ‫من‬ ِ ‫فوت‬ ‫از‬ ‫بعد‬ ‫ولیکن‬ ‫شناخت‬ ‫نہ‬ ‫کسے‬ ‫روزگار‬ ‫دریں‬ ‫بشناسند‬ ‫من‬ ِ ‫وقدر‬ ‫گیرند‬ ‫فوائد‬ ‫من‬ ‫رسائل‬ ‫از‬ ‫کہ‬ ‫شوند‬ ‫پیدا‬ ‫طالبان‬ "

A scholarly review of Some Weak Narrations in Mūlvi Murād 'Ali's " Tafsīr Yasīr " (Surah al-A'rāf

The Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the prophet Muhammad (SAW) are the basic sources of Islamic Shari'ah. The validity of a hadith is based on the authentic sanad, because after the companions some fabricators presented countless narrations and attributed to prophet, so the Muhaddithīn founded the science of Jarh o Tadīl, due to which authentic and un-authentic narrators are distinguished. Most of tafasīr contain large number of fabricated and weak narrations, which impact the validity of those tafasīr, so it is the need of day to find the fabricated and weak narrations in different tafasīr. Mūlvī Murād Ali was a famous scholar who had compiled a tafsīr in Pashto language known as Tafsīr Yasīr. It is a big treasure of explanatory narrations but unfortunately he has quoted some weak narrations in his tafsīr. In this article some weak narrations in surah al-A'rāf are reviewed in a scholarly manner.