Muhammad Fazlur Rahman Ansari (14 August 1914 – 3 June 1974) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher. He was the founder of the

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and Founder President of the World Federation of Islamic Missions.

Early life

Muhammad was born in

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, on 14 August 1914. At the age of six and a half years, he memorised the Quran at the Madrassah Islamiah of

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Education and Training

He was trained by Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique in the mid-30s as the Resident-Missionary and Editor of Genuine Islam , an international magazine of the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society which wrote on political Zionism, its threat to Palestine , the Ahmadiyat of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who claimed to be the Second Coming of Jesus .It contained many articles by scholars such as the Nizam of Hyderabad, Shaykhul Azhar Muhammad Mustafa al Maraghi, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, Muhammad Asad etc. In 1933, Ansari enrolled for his BA degree at the

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, and majored in Philosophy, English and Arabic. He eventually earned a PhD in Philosophy.

Later life and death

Having migrated to Pakistan in 1947, on the advice of his father-in-law, the scholar

Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (3 April 1892 – 22 August 1954) was an Islamic scholar, spiritual master, author and preacher from Pakistan. He was a student of Imam of Ahlus Sunnah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Muhaddith barelwi Rahimahullah. He was lea ...

, he worked with him specially in Guyana to defend Sunni Barelvi practices and traditions such as Mawlid and Ziarah. He died in

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in 1974, at the age of 60, during his last days being a teacher of Islamic studies at the

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Books and booklets

His books and booklets include:Profile
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'' *''The Qurʼanic foundations and structure of Muslim society'' in 2 volumes *''Islam and Christianity in the modern world; being an exposition of the Qurʼanic view of Christianity in the light of modern research'' *''Islam to the modern mind : lectures in South Africa, 1970 & 1972'' *''Foundations of faith : a commonsense exposition'' *''Through science and philosophy to religion : being a treatise on the necessity of divine revelation'' *''Islam versus

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; being an essay written for the Muslim - Christian convention held in Lebanon in 1954''

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{{Authority control Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Pakistani philosophers Islamic philosophers Muhajir people 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Aligarh Muslim University alumni Academic staff of the University of Karachi Pakistani Sufis Barelvis 1914 births 1974 deaths