Allama Syed Shamsul Haq Afghani (born; 8 January 1901 – 16 August 1983) ( Urdu: علامہ سیّد شمس الحق افغانی;( SI)) was an afghani Islamic scholar and former President of

Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan (Urdu: ) is the largest federation of Islamic seminaries in Pakistan, founded in 1959. More than 10,000 seminaries and 23,000 madaris across Pakistan are affiliated with the federation. It controls all the ...

from 19 October 1959 – 12 January 1963.

Education

He received his early education from his father, then entered a primary school in 1909. Then got further education from different scholars of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Afghanistan. He got his higher education from

Darul Uloom Deoband The Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary (darul uloom) in India at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The seminary was established by Muhammad Qasim ...

in 1920 and completed his "Dora-e-Hadith" in 1921. His teachers include famous religious scholars like,

Anwar Shah Kashmiri Anwar Shah Kashmiri (known with honorifics as ''Sayyid Muḥammad Anwar Shāh ibn Mu‘aẓẓam Shāh al-Kashmīrī''; 16 November 1875 – 28 May 1933) was a Kashmiri Muslim scholar and jurist who served as the first principal of Madrasa Ami ...

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Muhammad Rasul Khan Hazarvi

Ashraf Ali Thanwi Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakim al-Ummat and Mujaddid e Millet; 19 September 1863 – 20 July 1943) was a late-nineteenth and twentieth-century Sunni Islam, Sunni scholar, jurist, thinker, Mujaddid, reformist and the revival of classic ...

and

Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (11 October 188713 December 1949) was an Islamic scholar who supported the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. He was a religious scholar, writer, orator, politician, and expert in Tafsir and Hadith. Born in 1887 in Bijnor, Us ...

Career

In 1923, he was appointed as the President of Madrasa Mazharul Uloom Karachi. In 1924 he became the president of Madrasa Irshad Uloom Latakana, Sindh. In 1932 he was appointed as the President of Madras Darul Fuyuz Sindh. From 1932 to 1939, he was a high-ranking teacher and Shaykh-ul-Tafsir at

. In 1944 served as a teacher of Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel. In 1948 he served as the President of Madrasa Qasim-ul-Uloom, Lahore. In 1963 he became the Shaykh-ul-Tafsir of the

Islamia University of Bahawalpur The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), formerly known as Jamia Abbasia, is a public university located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the only government university of the division, which gives standard education in practical as we ...

and taught for about 12 years. He also served as a member of the

Council of Islamic Ideology Council of Islamic Ideology (CII; ( ur, ) is a constitutional body of Pakistan, responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the government and the Parliament. This body was founded in 1962 under the government of Ayub Khan. Func ...

Literary works

Afghani has authored many books, including: * ''Uloom ul Quran'' * Science Aur Islam * ''Ahkam ul Quran'' * ''Mufradat ul Quran'' * ''Mushkilat ul Quran'' * ''Tasuwaf Aur Tameer e Kirdar'' * ''Socialism Aur Islam'' * ''communism Aur Islam'' * ''Moin Al-Qada Wal Muftiyeen'' (Arabic) * ''Ihtisab Qadianiat'' Volume 13 * ''Islami Jihad'' * ''Science Aur Islam'' * ''Sharh Zabita-e-Deewani'' *''Allami Mushkilat aur unka Qurani hal'' * ''Sarmaya Darana Ishteraki Nizam Ka Islami Muashi Nizam Say Mawaznah''

References

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