Ahmed Ali Lahori (1887 – 23 February 1962) ( ur, ) was a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar and

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, ...

interpreter.Profile of Ahmed Ali Lahori on google.com website
retrieved 2 May 2017 His students include

Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (also known as Ali Miyan; 5 December 1913 – 31 December 1999) was a leading Islamic scholar, thinker, writer, preacher, reformer and a Muslim public intellectual of 20th century India and the author of numerous boo ...

Early life and career

Ahmed Ali Lahori was a student of

Ubaidullah Sindhi Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (10 March 1872 – 21 August 1944) was a political activist of the Indian independence movement and one of its vigorous leaders. According to ''Dawn'', Karachi, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi struggled for the independence ...

.Darul-Uloom in the Fight for Freedom of India from British colonial rule
retrieved 2 May 2017 He studied Islamic studies and graduated in 1927. Ahmed Ali Lahori was employed as a lecturer at his teacher's institute and also married his teacher's daughter. He also helped him in organizing new groups. However, Ubaidullah Sindhi died in 1944 before the 1947

partition of India The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...

. So Maulana

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led a group of Deobandi scholars including Ahmed Ali Lahori to support the demand for

Pakistan movement The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the pe ...

and

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 ...

. Therefore, this whole group came over to newly created Pakistan in 1947 and settled here.

Death and survivors

Ahmed Ali Lahori died in Lahore on 23 February 1962 and was buried in Miani Saheb Graveyard. His son Ubaidullah Anwar was an Islamic scholar.

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کھوکھر, محمد اسلم
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Read Maulana Ahmed Ali Lahori's Translation of Quran-e-Aziz ONLINE
currently shown is translation in English. If desired, choose URDU from Translation on the Right-Top of the Opened Window)
Read Muslims in India since 1947: Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations
for a detailed account of the Role of True Freedom Fighters in the Indian Subcontinent *https://islamicbookslibrary.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/maulana-ahmad-ali-lahori-r-a-ke-hairat-angaiz-waqiat-by-shaykh-hakim-ali/ A book on the amazing events in the life of Ahmed Ali Lahori 1887 births 1962 deaths Pakistani Sufis Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam People from Lahore People of British India Pakistani Islamic religious leaders Deobandis Pakistan Movement activists {{Pakistan-bio-stub

Early life and career

Death and survivors

See also

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