Muhiuddin Khan ( bn, মুহিউদ্দিন খান; 1935–2016) was an

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of reli ...

from Bangladesh and editor of ''Monthly Madina''. Khan was also a Quranic commentator, journalist, poet, writer and translator. He translated for the first time tafseer

Maariful Quran ''Ma'ariful Qur'an'' ( ur, ) is an eight-volume ''tafsir'' (exegesis) of the Quran written by Islamic scholar Mufti Muhammad Shafi (1897–1976). Originally written in Urdu, it is the most prominent work of its author. Background About the ...

into

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Early life and education

Khan was born on 19 April 1935 at the home of his maternal grandfather in the village of Chhaychir in Pakundia,

Kishoreganj District Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It was taken 2495.07 sq. km of land from Mymensingh district to form prese ...

, Bengal Province. His mother's name was Mosammat Rabeya Khatun. Khan belonged to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family originally from Ansarnagar in Gafargaon,

Mymensingh District Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is a district in Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh, and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya, a state of India and the Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur District, on the east by the districts of Netr ...

. His father, Hakim Ansaruddin Khan, was an educationist and '' moulvi''. Khan passed ''Aalim'' in 1951 and ''Fazil'' in 1953 from the madrasa. In 1953, he was admitted to Govt. Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka where he studied under

Abdur Rahman Kashgari Abū az-Zibriqān ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī Dāmullā al-Kāshgharī an-Nadwī ( ar, أبو الزبرقان عبد الرحمن بن عبد الهادي داملا الكاشغري الندوي; 15 September 1912 – March 1971), or ...

and other schoalrs. In 1955, Khan received the ''Kamil'' degree in

Hadith Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...

and in 1956 he got a ''Kamil'' degree in

fiqh ''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh. The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...

from the madrasa.

Career

Khan edited ''Weekly Naya Jamana'' in 1960, ''Monthly Dishari'' from 1963 to 1970. From 1961 until his death, he served as the editor of ''Monthly Madina'' and ''Aaj'' (Today). Khan was appointed a member of the central executive committee of Saudi-based international organization Rabataye Aalame Islami in 1988. He has been honored as a well-known writer in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

. He was the president of Mutamar al-Alam Al-Islami Bangladesh unit, the founder chairman of the Jatiya Seerat Committee of Bangladesh, the chairman of the Nastik-Murtad Protirud Andolon Islami Murcha, and the leader of Jamiate Ulamae Islam. Khan co-operated and assisted the Bengali freedom fighters during the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and War, armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Benga ...

of 1971. In December 1976, the

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is a Bangladeshi Islamist Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was ...

held a conference at the Patuakhali Jame Mosque in which Azizul Haque was made the party's president and Khan as its general-secretary. Khan resigned from this post in 1978. However, at the Jamiat Central Council of 1996, Khan was appointed as the executive president of a 51-member executive council. After the death of the council's erstwhile president,

Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi (1928–2005) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator, politician and religious writer. He was called "Baba-e Jamiat" in order to lay the foundation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh in East Pakistan and prese ...

, on 20 May 2005, Khan was given the responsibility as acting president.

Works

Khan wrote, edited and published Islamic literature in Bangla. He gave the realization of the fact that

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

can be a separate topic of literature, and it can be unique. Today, ''Seerat'' Literature is a rich section of Bengali language. He has translated and compiled nearly 105 books. He translated the eight volume

Tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

book ''Maarreef al Quran'' of

Muhammad Shafi Deobandi Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn ‘Us̱mānī Deobandī ( ur, ; ar, محمد شفيع بن محمد ياسين العثماني الديوبندي, ''Muḥammad Shafī‘ ibn Muḥammad Yāsīn al-‘Uthmānī ad-Diyūbandī''; ...

from Urdu to Bengali. It is published from the ''Islamic Foundation Bangladesh''. In 1413 Hijri, the ''King Fahd Quran printing project'' of Madinah distributed the

Tafseer Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

printing in one volume in Bengali to the Bengali speakers throughout the world free of cost. Khan translated Al-Ghazali's ''Ihyau Ulumuddin'' and Abul Kalam Azad's ''Insaniat Mawt ki Darwaje Por (The form of humanity in the face of death)''. His established ''Madina Publications'' has published 600 quality books from the year 1957 in various subjects including the

Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...

, Seerat-e Rasool, history, tradition and dictionary. List of books written or translated by Muhiuddin Khan * Islam and Our Life (ইসলাম ও আমাদের জীবন) * The Right Path (সিরাতুল মুস্তাকীম) * Maariful Qur'an (মারেফুল কোরআন সংক্ষিপ্ত বাংলা অনুবাদ সহ) * Holy Jamjam (জান্নাতের অমীয়ধারা পবিত্র যমযম) * Tajreedul Bukhari(তজরীদুল বোখারী) * Azadi Movement 1857 (আযাদী আন্দোলন-১৮৫৭) * Extra-Ordinary Incidents of Prophet Muhammad's Life (খাসায়েসুল কুবরা: নবী (সা:) জীবনের অত্যাশ্চর্য ঘটনাবলী ) * Biography of Prophet Muhammad's (সীরাতুন নবী)

References

External links

BanglaKitab.com

Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board

Official Website of Darul Uloom Muinul Islam Hathazari

A Presentation by the leaders of Hefazot-e-Islam Bangladesh

কওমি মাদ্রাসার আধ্যাত্মিক প্রতিষ্ঠাতা হচ্ছেন রাসূলুল্লাহ (সা.)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Muhiuddin Deobandis 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Sunni Islamic movements Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 1935 births 2016 deaths People from Mymensingh District Government Madrasah-e-Alia alumni Translators of the Quran into Bengali 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam

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Career

Works

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