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Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi

Wahīduzzamān Kairānawi (1930–1995), also spelt as Waheed-uz-Zaman Keranvi, was an Indian Islamic scholar, writer, lexicographer, and professor who specialised in Arabic. He spent around 27 years instructing Hadith and Arabic at Darul Uloom Deoband.

Maulana

Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi
Born17 February 1930
Kairana, Muzaffarnagar district, United Provinces, British India (now Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died15 April 1995(1995-04-15) (aged 65)
Delhi, India
Resting placeMazar-e-Qasmi, Deoband
OccupationWriter, Teacher, lexicographer
LanguageUrdu, Arabic
Nationality British India
 India
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
SubjectArabic literature
Notable works
  • Al-Da'i
  • Al Qamūs Al Wahīd
  • Al Qamūs Al Jadīd
  • Jawāhir ul Ma‘ārif
  • Al qirā’at ul wāziha

Early life and education edit

Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi was born on 17 February 1930, in Kairana.[1] He was a descendant of Abu Ayub Ansari, a companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.[2][3]

Kairanawi studied Hifz, Arabic, and Persian in Jama Masjid, Kairana from his father Masīhuzzamān and Muhammad Khalid,[4] then accidentally went to Hyderabad for education in 1946, where he learned the Arabic language from an Arabic scholar, Mamūn Al-Dimashqi.[5][6]

He was admitted to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1367 AH (1948 AD) and graduated from the Aalim course in 1371 AH (1952 AD). His teachers include Hussain Ahmad Madani, Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi, Aizaz Ali Amrohi, Mairajul Haque Deobandi, Muhammad Hussain Bihari, Fakhrul Hasan Muradabadi, Naseer Ahmad Khan,[7] and Sayyid Hasan Deobandi.[8]

Career edit

After graduating from Darul Uloom Deoband, Kairanawi was the private secretary of Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi until his death in 1956, and in the meantime, in 1952, he visited Saudi Arabia as the spokesperson of a goodwill delegation.[9][10]

In 1958, he established an institution called Darul Fikr (Arabic: دار الفكر)[11] in Deoband for students interested in the Arabic language, and from this institution issued a monthly magazine called Al-Qāsim (Arabic: القاسم), which continued to be published for years and gained popularity among the students and the scholars.[12][13]

In 1963, he was appointed as a teacher in the Arabic department at Darul Uloom Deoband.[14][15][16] In 1964, he established a department called "Al-Nadi Al-Adabi" (Arabic: النادي الأدبي) in Darul Uloom Deoband for the practise of Arabic language and literature.[17]

In 1965, the quarterly magazine Dawat al-Haq (Arabic: دعوة الحق) was launched, and he was appointed its editor.[18][19] Later, in June 1976 (Jumada al-Thani 1396 AH), a fortnightly (present monthly) Al-Da'i (Arabic: الداعي) was published, and for some time he was also its editor.[18][20][19]

His teaching period in Darul Uloom Deoband spans a period of thirty years, during which he also taught Hadith books such as Sharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār and Sunan al-Nasa'i;[21][22] however, his commitment and interest in teaching Arabic language remained high.[23]

He was a member of the working committee of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind for a long time, and in 1977, he visited several Arab countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, etc. as the leader of a three-member delegation.[24][25]

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind launched an Arabic newspaper, Al-Kifah (Arabic: الكفاح), of which he was the chief editor for about 15 years between 1973 and 1987.[26][27][28] In the meantime, he was also the director of the editorial department of Jamiat Ulama, "Markaz-e-Da'wat-e-Islām".[27][24]

From 1983 to 1985, he served as the director of the Education Department of Darul Uloom Deoband, and from 1985 to 1987, he served as the Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom.[27][29]

In 1988, the Milli Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind was established at the National Convention held in Delhi, and he was elected its first president.[27]

In 1988, he established an institution called Darul Muallifīn (Arabic: دار المؤلفین) in Deoband for the purpose of employing young scholars to study the writings and literary services of great scholars, from which about 20 books were published.[30][31]

In 1990, the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband issued a pension to him due to illness and an excuse.[32][33]

Literary works edit

Kairanawi's works include:[34][35][36]

  • Al Qamūs Al Wahīd (Arabic to Urdu dictionary)
  • Al Qamūs Al Jadīd (Arabic to Urdu dictionary)
  • Al Qamūs Al Jadīd (Urdu to Arabic dictionary)
  • Al Qamūs Al Istilāhi (Arabic to Urdu dictionary)
  • Al Qamūs Al Istilāhi (Urdu to Arabic dictionary)
  • Al Qamūs Al Muhīt (prepared the Arabic to Urdu version of the Arabic-to-Arabic dictionary of "Al-Qamūs Al-Muhīt" by Muhammad Bin Ya‘qoob Firuzabadi).
  • Al qirā'at ul wāziha: (3 volumes, which is the syllabus included in most of the madrasas of the Subcontinent.)
  • Nafhatul Adab
  • Jawāhirul Ma'ārif (a collection of important academic and research discussions from the Ma'ariful Qur'an by Muhammad Shafi Deobandi in three volumes.)
  • Taqsīm al-hind wal Muslimūn fi al-jamhūriyyat al-hindiyyah (Arabic translation of Mohammad Ahmad Kazimi's Urdu book Taqsīm e Hind aur Muslamān.)
  • Aakhirat Ka Safarnama (The journey of the Akhirah)
  • Shar'ī Namāz (Islamic prayer)
  • Insāniyyat Ka Paighām (A message to humanity)
  • Achchha Khāwind (Good Husband)
  • Achchhi Bīwi (Good Wife)
  • Khuda Ka In‘ām (God's reward)
  • Al-Qamūs Al-Maudoo‘ī (Unpublished dictionary)
  • Nukhbatul Ahādīth (Unpublished)
  • Silsilatul duroos ul-arabia (Unpublished)

Death edit

Kairanawi died on 15 April 1995, in Zakir Nagar, New Delhi, and was buried in Mazar-e-Qasmi in Deoband.[37][38][39][40][41][42]

 
Inscription on Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi's grave in the Qasmi Cemetery in Deoband

References edit

  1. ^ Amini 2000, p. 217.
  2. ^ Alig 2001, p. 19.
  3. ^ ‘Alwi, Tanweer Ahmad. Sahīfa-e-Abrār (in Urdu) (1973 ed.). Muzaffarnagar: Idara-e-Matbuat Noor Mohammadia. p. 567 The family tree of the Ansari's of Kairana.
  4. ^ Qasmi & Azmi 1995, pp. 38–41.
  5. ^ Amini 2000, p. 229.
  6. ^ Mirza, Nabīl Aḥmad Hāfiz (May 2007). "الشيخ وحيد الزمان الكيرانوي أحد رواد المنهج التدريسي الجديد للغة العربية في الهند" [Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi is one of the pioneers of the new teaching methodology of the Arabic language in India]. darululoom-deoband.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ Amini 2000, p. 240–245.
  8. ^ Qasmi, Khurshid Hasan. Darul Uloom Aur Deoband Ki Tarīkhi Shakhsiyyāt [Historical Figures of Darul Uloom and Deoband] (in Urdu) (2003 ed.). Jamia Masjid, Deoband: Maktaba Tafsir al-Qur'an. pp. 87–89.
  9. ^ Amini 2000, pp. 251–254.
  10. ^ Azmi 1996, p. 255.
  11. ^ Qasmi & Azmi 1995, pp. 62, 117.
  12. ^ Amini 2000, p. 255–257.
  13. ^ Kairānawi 2000, p. 83.
  14. ^ Qasmi, Muhammad Tayyib (June 1965). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Sad Saala Zindagi [Centenary Life of Darul Uloom Deoband] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Deoband: Darul Uloom. pp. 115, 118.
  15. ^ Qasmi & Azmi 1995, p. 96.
  16. ^ Amini 2000, p. 262–264.
  17. ^ Kairānawi 2000, p. 82.
  18. ^ a b Amini 2000, p. 270–271.
  19. ^ a b Khan, Muhsin Atiq. "نظرة على تاريخ نشأة المجلات العربية في الهند" [A look at the history of the emergence of Arabic magazines in India]. Al Jazeera Arabic (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  20. ^ Qasmi, Muḥammad Raihan (October–December 2017). "مساهمة أبناء ديوبند في تطوير الصحافة العربية" [The contribution of the Deoband sons to the development of the Arab press]. aqlamalhind.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  21. ^ Amini 2000, p. 268.
  22. ^ Qasmi & Azmi 1995, p. 681.
  23. ^ Kairānawi 2000, p. 83–84.
  24. ^ a b Azmi 1996, p. 257.
  25. ^ Amini 2000, p. 289.
  26. ^ Kairānawi 2000, p. 84.
  27. ^ a b c d Amini 2000, p. 291.
  28. ^ Ramadan Yousuf, Muhammad Khair (2002). "Wahiduzzaman Al-Qāsmi Al-Kairanawi". Al-Mustadrak 'ala tatimmatil A'lām Liz Zirikli (in Arabic). Vol. 1st (1st ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Ibn Hazm. p. 116.
  29. ^ Nadwi, Faiyaz Ahmad (13 October 2014). "Maulana Waheed-uz-Zaman Kiranawi: 1930 - 1995". hamariweb.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  30. ^ Amini 2000, p. 113–114.
  31. ^ Amini 2010, p. 297.
  32. ^ Amini 2000, p. 164.
  33. ^ Amini 2010, p. 298.
  34. ^ Akhtar 2000, pp. 132–175, 201–207.
  35. ^ Amini 2000, pp. 283–286.
  36. ^ Qasmi, Muhammad (2018-10-15). "الشيخ وحيد الزمان الكيرانوي ودوره في إعداد القواميس - منتدى العلماء" [Sheikh Waheed-uz-Zaman Keranvi and his role in preparing dictionaries]. Muntada al-Ulama (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  37. ^ Qasmi & Al-A‘zami 1995, pp. 534–545.
  38. ^ Mansoorpuri, Muhammad Salman (April 2020). "Maulana Wahiduzzaman Qāsmi Kairanawi". Zikr e Raftagān (in Urdu). Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Lālbagh, Moradabad: Al-markz al-ilmi Linnashri wat tahqīq. pp. 197–199.
  39. ^ Sitamarhi, Nizamuddin Qasmi (September 2012). "Maulana Wahiduzzaman Qasmi Kairanawi". Tazkira e Akābir (in Urdu) (2nd ed.). Akkalkuwa, Maharashtra: Jamia Ishā‘atul Uloom. pp. 297–298.
  40. ^ Noor, Usama (September 2014). "نبذة عن حياة وأعمال معلّم اللّغة العربية العبقري الوحيد الشيخ وحيد الزمان القاسمي الكيرانوي رحمه الله" [An overview of the life and works of the only genius teacher of the Arabic language, Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Al-Qasimi Al-Kiranawi, may God have mercy on him] (in Arabic). Darul Uloom Deoband. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  41. ^ Mubarakpuri, Muhammad Aarif Jameel (2021). "1150–Al-Kairanawi". Mausoo'atu Ulam–i–Deoband (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 497–798.
  42. ^ Azmi, Saeed-ur-Rahman; Hasani, Wazeh Rashid (June–July 1995). "فضيلة الشيخ وحيد الزمان الكيرانوي في ذمة الله" [His Eminence Shaikh Wahiduzaman Al-Kairanawi has passed away]. Al-Baas Al-Islami Monthly (in Arabic). 40 (5). Lucknow: Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama: 100.

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