Playing God

"All rights of this book are reserved for the publisher and the author. This copy is for reading purpose only. This copy cannot be uploaded on any website except those of the publisher and the author." Appendix: Brief Biographical Notes 73 special Qur’ ā nic styles and constructions in As ā l ī b al- Qur’ ā n . The arguments he presented to verify the principle of coherence are soundly enlisted in Dal ā ’il al- niz ā m . His complete mastery of Arabic and Persian can be seen from his poetical works in both these languages. Besides these scholarly dissertations, there are at least twenty other u nfinished works which need to be completed a nd deve loped further. ii. Am ī n Ahsan Isl ā h ī Isl ā h ī was born in 1904 at Bamh ū r , a small village in Azamgarh (U. P.), Ind ia. He graduated from the Madrasah al-Isl ā h around 1922. The teacher who influenced him the most during his student life at the Madrasah was ‘Abd al-Rahm ā n Nigr ā m ī (d. 1928?), himself a versatile genius. Nigr ā m ī ’s attention helped him in developing an intense inclination towards Arabic literature. After graduating from the Madrasah, he entered the field of journalism. For a while, he edited a newspaper Mad ī nah at Bijnawr and also remained associated with Sach , a newspaper edited by the luminary ‘Abd al-M ā jid Dary ā b ā d ī (d. 1977) . From 1925-1930, he followed al-Far ā h ī like a shadow. It was in this formative period of his life that he developed a deep understanding of the Qur’ ā n and learnt from al-Far ā h ī the principles of direct deliberation on the Book of Allah. After al-Far ā h ī ’s death, Isl ā h ī studied Had ī th from a celebrated scholar of this discipline, ‘Abd al-Rahm ā n Muhaddith Mub ā rakpur ī (d. 1935). In 1936, he founded the D ā ’irah-i Hamidiyyah, a small institute, to disseminate the Qur’ ā nic thought of al-Far ā h ī . Under the auspices of this institute, he started publishing a www.javedahmadghamidi.com www.al-mawrid.org