Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Pashto/Dari/Arabic: محمد محسن خان ; 1927 – 14 July 2021) was an Islamic scholar and translator of Afghan origin, who lived in Madinah and served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He translated both the Quran and Sahih Al-Bukhari into English. He was the director of the clinic of Islamic University of Madinah.
Muhammad Muhsin Khan محمد محسن خان | |
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| Born | 1927 |
| Died | 14 July 2021 (aged 93–94) Madinah, Saudi Arabia |
| Religion | Islam |
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He is Mohsen bin Mohiuddin bin Ahmed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa Al-Azdi Al-Zahrani, born in 1927 in the city of Kasour, British India. 2] His ancestors migrated from the Arabian Peninsula to seek knowledge, and his lineage is due to the tribe of Bani Muhammad, one of the tribes of Al-Azd, which settled in the areas of Al-Qaf and Kerman, and there he completed most of his education. [ 3]
He enrolled in the educational stages until he earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Punjab, Lahore, and worked at the university hospital of the university, before traveling to England to obtain a diploma in chest diseases from the University of Wales.[ 2] He later traveled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and worked with the Ministry of Health, and became the director of Al-Sadd Hospital in Taif,[2] then he moved to Medina, so he worked as head of the Thoracic Diseases Department B, and director of the Medical Center at the Islamic University.
Dr. Mohsen Al-Issa Al-Zahrani, famously known as (Mohammed Mohsen Khan), died on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 in Medina, [4] the funeral prayer prayed on him in the Prophet's Mosque and was buried in Al-Baqi. [5]
Works
edit- The Translation of the Meanings Of Sahih Al-Bukhari
- Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhari
- Noble Qur'an, co-authored with Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali.[1]
- Understanding Ramadan
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ DM Nassimi, A Thematic Comparative review of some of the English translations of the Qur'an, p 83.