Maulana qasim nanotvi photo

Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautvi was a very important scholar, intellectual figure, and Sufi, of his time. He is the most famous for founding, along with Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, the influential madrasah at Deoband that has become one of the most important religious institutions of Sunni Islam, …Maulana Nanautvi is known in three capacities in which he wrote and taught: one, as a scholar of the religious sciences; two, as an intellectual figure who took upon himself the task of defending traditional Islam intellectually, largely through theology kalam and philosophy falsafah or hikmah , against Muslim and Hindu modernism as well as Christian missionary work; three, as a Sufi master.

Maulana qasim nanotvi biography

Birth and Education Al-Nanawtawi was born in in the environs of Saharanpur in Northern Indian province of Uttar Pradesh; there is an old village, Nanawta Nanota , reputed for producing men of high caliber. Primary education he received at his native-place after which he was sent to Deoband where he read for some time in Maulawi Mahtab Ali's primary school.

From him he acquired the science of Hadith; during his student-days the fame of his acuteness, knowledge and learning, comprehension and discernment had become widespread. Fair for God-Consciousness at Shahjahanpur A dangerous conspiracy hatched by the English government was to provoke the Hindus against the Muslims. The Muslims had once had Political importance and supremacy in India.

The English now, under their policy, pushed up the Hindus and brought down the Muslims. Robert George. Representatives of all the three religions, Christian, Hindu and Muslim, were invited through posters to attend and prove the truthfulness of their respective religions. All these Ulama delivered speeches at this fair, causing the desired effect.

In repudiation of the Doctrine of Trinity and Polytheism, and on affirmation of Divine Unity Monotheism , Al-Nanawtawi spoke so well that the audience, both those who were against and those who were for him, were convinced. His opponents have praised his method of polemical discussion and his command on Islamic religious philosophy and theology.

For Instance, Priest Frank has written,. Next year this "fair" was held again in March, Padre Knowles had called one Padre Scot also.