Prof. Yousaf Saleem Chishti ( ur, 1895 – 1984), known as Yusuf Salim Chishti, was a Pakistani eminent scholar and writer. He was the interpreter and commentator of Allama Mohammed Iqbal's work and worked with him from 1925 to 1938 predominantly.

Early life and education

Born in Bareilly ( India) in 1895, Muhammad Yousaf Khan (Later known as Yousaf Saleem Chishti) got his early education in

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

. He obtained BA Honors in Philosophy from

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(1918) and in 1924 he did his MA Philosophy from Ahmedabad University.

Career

He taught in Forman Christian College Lahore and from 1929 to 1943, he served as Principal, Ashaat e Islam College Lahore. In 1948, he shifted to Karachi and started his literary career. He has very close relations with Quaid e Azam

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, he used to attend meetings in Javid Manzil, Lahore (Allama Muhammad Iqbal's residence). He recorded conversations in his diaries but in 1955 most of them were destroyed by an upsurge in Ravi, at Lahore. He is famous for his commentaries on Allama Muhammad Iqbal's works and these commentaries are particularly known to be grounded in philosophy and comparative religion, as he was particularly knowledgeable in Hinduism, as "during his stay in Lahore, he met Lala Lajpat Roy Lahori and on his advice studied Vedas and Shastras from a Hindu pundit. Later, Swami Prakash Anand taught him Upanishads, Gita and Hindu philosophy of mysticism."

Literary works

He has written many books and his major subject was Iqbal and his poetry. His books include: * Sharah '' Asrar-i-Khudi'' * Sharah ''

Rumuz-i-Bekhudi ''Rumuz-e-Bekhudi'' ( fa, ; or ''The Secrets of Selflessness''; published in Persian, 1918) was the second philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, a poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. This is a sequel to his first book ''Asrar-e-Khu ...

'' * Sharah '' Payam-i-Mashriq'' * Sharah ''

Bang-i-Dara ''The Call of the Marching Bell'' ( ur, , ''Bang-e-Dara''; published in 1924) was the first Urdu philosophical poetry book by Muhammad Iqbal, one of the greatest poet-philosophers of the sub-continent of India. Content The poems in ''The Call ...

'' * Sharah '' Zabur-i-Ajam'' * Sharah '' Javid Nama'' * Sharah ''

Bal-i-Jibril ''Bal-e-Jibril'' ( ur, بال جبریل; or ''Gabriel's Wing''; published in Urdu, 1935) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal), the great poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. Introduction Iqbal's first book ...

'' * Sharah '' Zarb-i Kalim'' * Sharah '' Pas Cheh Bayed Kard ai Aqwam-e-Sharq'' * Sharah '' Armughan-e-Hijaz''Iqbal Academy Pakistan
/ref> (in Persian and Urdu) * Commentary on Mohkamat Alam-e-Qurani * Commentary on Diwan-e-Ghalib *Radha Krishnan Aur

Iqbal Iqbal, Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal may refer to: Geography Iran * ''Eqbal, Iran'', a village in West Azerbaijan Province *''Eqbaliyeh'', rural district in Iran * ''Eqbal-e Gharbi Rural District'', western provincial district in Qazvin, Iran * ''Eqbal- ...

: Mumasilat-o-Mutabiqat Afkaar *Taleemat-e-Iqbal *Sharah Rumi-e-Asr: Iqbal Ki Nazmein *Anwar-e-Mujaddidi *Allama Iqbal Marhoom: Hayat, Falsafa, Paygham * Maulana Syed Hussain Ahmad Madni Ke Baare Mai Sabiqa Gustakhana Aur Touheen Aamez Rawayye Par Aetiraf-e-Taqseer-o-Nadamat * Allama Iqbal Marhoom Ke Ash’ar Mutaliqa Syed Hussain Ahmad Madni Ki Zaruri Wazahat * Tareekh Tasawwuf ma Islami Tasawwuf Mai Ghayr Islami Nazriyat ki Aamezish

References

External links

*http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ Official website For Allama Muhammad Iqbal *http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/ Iqbal Cyber Library *http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/2011/08/yousuf-saleem-chishti-eminent-scholar.htmlProf. Yousaf Saleem Chishti {{DEFAULTSORT:Chishti, Yousaf Saleem Iqbal scholars Academic staff of the Forman Christian College Pakistani Sunni Muslims 1895 births 1984 deaths Chishtis

Early life and education

Career

Literary works

See also

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