ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maulânâ Abul Hasan ‘Alî Nadwî rahmatullâ ‘alayh was born in 1914 in India. He was one of the most famous Islamic scholars of our time. He was a prolific writer and a great orator in both the Arabic and Urdu languages. These are some of his accolades. 1. Member of the Consultative Assembly of the Islamic University of Medina. 2. Member of the Assembly of Islamic Universities (Rabat, Morocco). 3. 1980-conferred with the King Faisal Award for his services to Islam. 4. 1981 conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Literature Kashmir University. 5. 1983 appointed as Chairman of the Centre for Islamic Studies – Oxford University. 6. 1984 appointed as Chairman of the World Assembly of Islamic Literature. 7. 1985 appointed as Head of the Muslim Personal Law Board. 8. 1999 – Awarded a prize for being the Best Islamic Personality for the year 1998. 9. 1999 conferred with the Sultan Brunei Award by the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He wrote numerous books on a variety of Islamic themes both in Arabic and Urdu. Many of these have been translated into the English, Hindi, Turkish and Malaysian languages. His most famous written works are: Saviours of Islamic Spirit, Islam and the World, the Life of Sayyid Ahmed Shahid, Stories of the Prophets, The Mercy to the Worlds, and various other set works and booklets. The learned Maulânâ passed away on 22 Ramdân 1420 A.H. corresponding with 31 December 1999.