Ahmad Rafique

Ahmad Rafique Akhtar (born April 15, 1941) is a notable Islamic scholar and sufi from Pakistan. A graduate of Government College, Lahore, he has been associated with teaching for years. Finally, he resolved to his small crockery shop in Gujar Khan, near Islamabad. There he started delivering lectures on different Islamic and philosophical topics and this eventually grew to such an extent that he had to travel all over the country and different places in the world. Many of his lectures have been published in books.

Opinion of His Disciples

Ahmad Rafique Akhtar is a Sufi phenomenon of our times. You can have religious scholars ,Rumi's poetry lovers, saint's shrines crowded with the followers but it is extremely rare that someone in twenty first century had this genuine hunger to know God,to understand His message and than decided to live a SUFI LIFE.That is what is so unique about Professor Ahmad Rafique Akhtar.He is not only a scholar in the sense that he has read the Sufi Saints ,Quran and Hadith but he had opted to live a Sufi life.He has not become famous because he delivers lectures only but because he preaches Islam like hundreds of years ago Sufi Saints used to do.His style his decorum is modern so it is excuseable for people of his time to mistake him just as a TEACHER or Religious scholar but in essence he is a SUFI ,in the way of Sufism.He has a gift to change the making of people ,he does not do the mirracle of making you rich,young and happy but he does prescribe you the Tasbeeh (repetation of Allah's Name) which works with your personality in such a way that the inner struggle or the strife disappears overa period of time.One finds the balance and feels at ease with ones own self.One finds the strength to standup and find a direction for ones self and claim the innerpeace and hold of desires."'His command and expression in Urdu and English Language both are deep rooted andstrong and so is his thought.His words are not deriven from the books only he has gained wisdom by thinking hard on religious teachings of Quran ,Hadith and Sufi Maters.His approach towards Islam is not of a blind faith only but faith convinced of the TRUTH of ONENESS OF ALLAH.He has approached Quran first as an intellectual and than as a word of God and thirdly as a scholar.His approach towards Islam is from a man towards God.His world is not a world of Mullah but try to be one with your Creator,try to know Him,Try to love Him and try to approach Him.That is what is so beautiful about him,the message ,the book "QURAN" the love,"ALLAH" is UNIVERSAL. His style is SO ORIENTAL,it is so Deep Rooted,it is so ethnic and Authentic.If anybody wants to know SUFISM and wants to meet a real sufi in twenty first century,PROFESSOR AHMED RAFIQUE IS THE one.

"God must be the top priority of Mind and Heart". (Prof.Ahmad Rafique AKhtar)

Criticism

Professor Akhtar is criticized for expressing such notions, which are not correct scientifically. He frequently refers to scientific facts, but quotes them erroneously. For example in his book, Pas-e-Hijaj, he claims that in the galaxies other than ours, the faculty of human senses ceases to exist. On another occasion he maintains that if the force of gravity ceases to exist, the moon and the earth will collide. It is perfectly in contradiction to what science claims. As a matter of fact, if force of gravity is no longer there, the moon will cease to orbit around the earth. It will start moving away from the earth. Similarly he quotes scientific data in quite a misleading and erroneous way. He quotes that the thickness of earth and that of mountains on it is 2.7. (He does not mention any units of thickness here). It is wrong, the fact being that 2.7 is the average specific gravity of the rocks of the lithosphere. His books and orations are full of such scientific mistakes.

Works

*Haqeeqat-e-Muntazar (5th book), "( [http://www.geocities.com/haqeeqatemanzar read online] )"
*Basto Kushad
*Pas-e-Hijab
*An Approach to Quran
*Uthtay Hain Hijab Akhir
*Kishtay Zarbar, "( [http://www.geocities.com/kashtezarbar/kashtezarbar.html read online] )"
*Kisht-e-Zarbar (A land that bears gold (1st book)), "( [http://www.geocities.com/kishtezarbar read online] )"
*Haqeeqat-e-Muntazar (5th book), "( [http://www.geocities.com/haqeeqatemanzar read online] )"

*Paiman e Azal,
*Islam aur Asar e Hazir,
*Chiraag-e Sar-e Rah,
*Yeh Asmaan be Rasta hey,
*Jahan sooraj nahi dhalta,
*Alamaat,
*Nakoosh-e Sidra-tul jamal"

External links

Dedicated sites
* [http://www.alamaat.com Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar] , from http://www.alamaat.com
* [http://www.Almraa.com Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar] , from http://www.almraa.comBooks
* [http://www.amazon.de/dp/9693511603 Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar: Mystery Behind the Mystic] , from Amazon
* [http://geocities.com/kishtezarbar Kishtezarbar (1st Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar)]
* [http://geocities.com/haqeeqatemanzar Haqeeqatemuntazar (5th Book of Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar)] Criticism
* [http://criticismonprofakhta.tripod.com/cr-pr-rfq.htm A Criticism on the Views and Knowledge of Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar]