Shihabuddin Nadvi

Sheikh Shihabuddin Nadvi
Born	Sheikh Mohamad Shihabuddin Nadvi November 12, 1931(1931-11-12) Bangalore
Died	April 18, 2002(2002-04-18) (aged 70) India
Resting place	Bangalore Bangalore
Residence	Bangalore
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sheikh Nadvi
Occupation	Writer, scholar.
Known for	Islamic scientic
Title	Sheikh Shihab Nadvi
Religion	Islam

Deobandi movement

Key figures

Qasim Nanotvi · Rashid Gangohi Husain Madani · Mehmud Hasan Shabbir Usmani · Ashraf Ali Thanwi Anwar Kashmiri · Ilyas Kandhlawi Ubaidullah Sindhi · Taqi Usmani

Notable Institutions

Darul Uloom Deoband, India Mazahirul Uloom Saharanpur, India Hathazari Madrassah, Bangladesh Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, India Darul Uloom Karachi, Pakistan Jamia Uloom ul Islamia, Pakistan Jamiah Darul Uloom Zahedan, Iran Darul Uloom London, England Darul Uloom New York, United States Darul Uloom Canada Madrasah In'aamiyyah, South Africa

Movements

Tablighi Jamaat Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Tehreek-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Sipah-e-Sahaba Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Taliban

Sheikh Mohammed Shihabuddin Nadvi (1931–2002) was one of the greatest original Islamic thinkers, scholastic philosopher, religious reformer and a prolific writer from India. He was born in the Indian city of Bangalore on 12 November 1931. He authored more than 100 books on various topics pertaining to Qur'an, Hadith and modern science. He founded a research academy by name Furqania Academy in Bangalore in 1970 as a center for research on Qur'anic sciences. Some prominent ulamas have regarded him as Mujaddid, a religious revivalist.^[1] He died on 18 April 2002.^[2]

Major works

Besides writing hundreds of research articles in Urdu and Arabic, he wrote more than 100 books on different topics relating to Qur'an and modern sciences which includes:

1. Evolution or Creation?
2. The Holy Qur'an and Biology
3. The Holy Qur'an Natural World
4. Cloning Testifies Resurrection
5. Qur'anic Code of Argumentation
6. Qur'anic Concept of Knowledge
7. Death of the Sun and the Doomsday
8. Qur'an, Science and the Muslims
9. Moon Sighting and Astronomical Calculations
10. Rise and Fall of Muslims in Science
11. Need to Institutionalize Zakat
12. قرآن حکيم اور علم نباتات (Qur'an Hakeem aur Ilm-e-Nabatat: Qur'an and Botanical World)
13. تخليق آدم اور نظريہ ارتقاء (Takhleeq-e-Adam aur Nazria Irtiqa: Creation of Adam and the Theory of Evolution)
14. قرآن مجيد اور دنيائے حيات (Qur'an-e-Majeed aur Duniya-e-Hayat: Holy Qur'an and Biological World)
15. اسلام اور عصر حاضر (Islam aur Asr-e-Hazir: Islam and Modern World)
16. چاند کى تسخير قرآن کى نظر ميں (Chand ki Taskhir Qur'an ki Nazar Mein: Conquest of the Moon in the Light of Holy Qur'an)
17. قرآن، سائنس اور مسلمان (Qur'an, Science aur Musalmaan: Qur'an, Sciece and the Muslims)
18. اسلام اور جديد سائنس (Islam aur Jadeed Science: Islam and Modern Science)
19. جديد علم کلام (Jadeed Ilm-e-Kalam: Modern Scholastic Philosophy)
20. میری علمی زندگی کی داستان عبرت (Meri Ilmi Zindagi ki Dastan-e-Ibrat: Exemplary Moments of My Literary Life)
21. تفسیر سورہ تکویر: اور اس کے اسرار وعجائب (Tafseer Surah-e-Takveer aur Uske Asrar-o-Aja'ib: Chater Takveer of the Qur'an and its Mysteries)
22. فطرت وشریعت میں مشابہت (Fitrat-o-Shariat mein Mushabahat: Concurrence between Nature and Shariah)
23. ماہیت بارئ تعالی پر ایک نظر قدیم وجدید نظریات کی روشنی میں (Mahiat-e-Bari-e-Ta'ala par Eik Nazar Qadeem-o-Jadeed Nazariyat ki Raushani Mein: A Glance at the Divine Being in the Light of the Ancient and Modern Thought)
24. قرآن عظیم کے دلائل ربوبیت اور جدید علم کلام کی اہمیت (Qur'an-e-Azeem ke Dala'il-e-Ruboobiat aur Jadeed Ilm-e-Kalam ki Ahmiat: The Glorious Qur'an and the Arguments of Providence and Importance of the New Scholastic Philosophy of Islam)
25. قرآن کی حجت عالم انسانی پر (Qur'an ki Hujjat Alam-e-Insani par:
26. قرآن اور نظام فطرت (Qur'an and Nizam-e-Fitrat: Qur'an and Natural World)
27. قرآن کا پیغام (Qur'an ka Paigham: The Message of Qur'an)
28. اسرار نبوت (Asrar-e-Nubuwat: Mysteries of the Prophethood)
29. سائنسی میدان میں مسلمانوں کا عروج وزوال (Scienci Maidan Mein Musalmanoon ka Urooj wa Zawal: Rise and Fall of Muslims in Science)
30. قرآن عظیم کا نیا معجزہ اور علماء کی ذمہ داریاں (Qur'an-e-Azeem ka Naya Mojiza aur Ulama ki Zimmadarian: The New Miracle of the Glorious Qur'an and the Duties of the Islamic Scholars)
31. سورج کی موت اور قیامت (Suraj ki Mouth aur Qiyamat: Death of the Sun and the Doomsday)
32. قرآن عظیم کا نظام دلائل (Qur'an-e-Azeem ka Nizam-e-Dalail: Qur'anic Code of Argumentation)
33. قرآن کا نظریہء علم (Qur'an ka Nazari-e-Ilm: Islamic Concept of Knowledge)
34. قرآن کا فلسفہء کائنات اور اس کی ابدی سچائیاں (Qur'an ka Falsafa-e-Kainat aur us ki Abadi Sachchaian: Qur'anic Philosophy of the Universe and its Eternal Truths)
35. عالم ربوبیت میں توحید شھودی کے جلوے (Alam-e-Ruboobiat main Tauheed-e-Shuhoodi ke Jalway: Manifestations of Monotheism in the Realm of Providence)
36. زکاہ اور مصالح عامہ (Zakat aur Masalaeh-e-Amma: Zakat and the General Expediencies)
37. اسلام کا قانون نکاح (Islam ka Qanoon-e-Nikah: Islamic Code of Marriage)
38. اسلام کا قانون طلاق (Islam ka Qanoon-e-Talaq: Islamic Code of Divorce)
39. اسلامی شریعت علم وعقل کی میزان میں (Islami Shariath Ilm-o-Aql ki Meezan Mein: Islamic Shariah: An Intellectual and Argumentative Critique)
40. تعدد ازدواج پر ایک نظر (Ta'addud-d-Izdiwaj par Aik Nazar: Polygamy: An Outlook)
41. ہمارے تعلیمی مسائل (Hamare Taleemi Masa'il: Educational Problems of the Muslims)
42. زکاہ کے مستحق کون ہیں؟ (Zakat ke Mustahiq Kaun Hain?: Who Deserves Zakath?) - Two parts
43. اسلام اور جدید عالمی نظام (Islam aur Jadeed Aalami Nizam: Islam and the New World Order)
44. بين علم آدم وعلم حديث (Baina Ilmi Adam wa al-Ilm al-Hadees: Between the Knowledge of Adam and the Knowledge of the Day)
45. نظرة على ذات البارئ تعالى (Nazara Ala Zat al-Bari Ta'ala: A Glance at the Divine Being)
46. التجليات الربانية في عالم الطبيعة (Al-Tajalliat al-Rabbaniah fi Alam al-Tabe'eah: Divine Manifestations in the Natural World)
47. نهضة العالم الإسلامي في ظلال القرآن الكريم (Nahza al-Aalam al-Islami fi Zilal al-Qur'an al-Kareem: Reawakening of the Muslim World in the Light of the Qur'an)
48. الاستنساخ الجيني يصدق على المعاد الجسدي (Al-Istinsaq al-Jeeni Usaddiqu ala al-Ma'ad al-Jasadi: Cloning Testifies Resurrection)
49. مشاهد الربوبية في دنيا النبات (Mashahid al-Rububiat fi Dunya al-Nabat: Glimpses of Divine Providence in the Plant World)
50. أهميت علم الكيمياء والفيزياء (Ahmiatu Ilm al-Kimia wa al-Fezia: Importance of Chemistry and Physics)
51. خلق آدم ونظرية التطور والارتقاء (Qalqu Adam wa Nazaria al-Tatawwur wa al-Irtiqa: Creation of Adam and the Theory of Evolution)
52. أهميت الجهاد لنهضة العالم الإسلامي (Ahmia al-Jihad li Nahza al-Alam al-Islami: Importance of Jihad in the Reawakening of the Muslim World)
53. القرآن الكريم وعلم الكلام الحديث (Al-Qur'an al-Kareem wa Ilm al-Kalam al-Hadees: The Glorious Qur'an and the New Scholastic Philosophy of Islam
54. نظام الأدلة القرآنية ونهضة الأمة الإسلامية (Nizam al-Adilla Qur'ania wa Nahza al-Ummah al-Islamiah: Code of Argumentation of the Qur'an and the Reawakening of the Ummah
55. موت الشمس ويوم القيامة (Mout al-Shams wa Youm al-Qiyamah (Death of the Sun and the Doomsday)

References

1. ^ Mujaddid-e- Millat Hazrat Allama Mohammed Shihabuddin Nadvi - Nuqoosh wa Taassurat, Compiled by Jameelur Rahman Nadvi, ISBN 81-88497-17-7
2. ^ "Renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Shihabuddin Nadvi Passes Away". The Mili Gate. http://www.milligazette.com/dailyupdate/200204/20020422.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 

External links

• Furqania Academy (official website)
• Mohammed Shihabuddin Nadvi
• Mohammed Shihabuddin Nadvi
• Mohammed Shihabuddin Nadvi

Persondata
Name	Nadvi, Shihabuddin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1931
Place of birth	Bangalore
Date of death	2002
Place of death	India