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 75 arranged in a group keeping in view this theme. Within a group, the s ū rahs themselves generally occur in pairs with regard to the subject discussed in them. Each s ū rah also has a specific theme which is the most comprehensive statement of its contents. In 1981, Isl ā h ī founded the Idarah Tadabbur-i Qur’ ā n-o Ha dith , which remained until his death (15 th December 1 997) the centre of his intellectual activities. A quarterly journal Tadabbur started publication in 1981 as its organ. He gave weekly lectures on the text of the Qur’ ā n . La ter, h e took up deep study on the principles of Ha dith and began teaching al-Mu’att ā ’ of Im ā m M ā lik in weekly sittings to a close circle of students and associates. After completing al-Mu’att ā ’ , he also taught some portions of Im ā m al-Bukh ā r ī ’s al- J ā mi‘ al-sah ī h . Besides the Tadabbur-i Qur’ ā n , Isl ā h ī authored a number of books in Urdu on various topics of Islam. They include Tazkiyah-i nafs (Purification of the Soul), Haq ī qat-i shirk-o tawh ī d (The Essence of Polytheism and Monotheism), Da‘wat-i d ī n awr us ka tar ī qah-i k ā r (Islamic Message and the Mode of its Preaching), Isl ā m ī riy ā sat (The Islamic State), Mab ā d ī tadabbur-i Qur’ ā n (Principles of Understanding the Qur’ ā n), Mab ā d ī tadabbur-i Had ī th (Principles of Understanding the Had ī th), Isl ā m ī riy ā sat mayn fiqh ī ikhtil ā f ā t k ā hal (Solution of Juristic Differences in an Islamic State) and Isl ā m ī q ā n ū n k ī tadw ī n (Codification of Islamic Law). Isl ā h ī also translated al-F ā rah ī ’s commentary consisting of fourteen s ū rahs of the Qur’ ā n , as well as the following books by him from Arabic: F ī man huwa www.javedahmadghamidi.com www.al-mawrid.org