Muhammad Pickthall: British Scholar who introduced Quran to English speakin

Res1Pect

Minister (2k+ posts)
بہت دکھ ہوا ڈاکٹر معید پیرزادہ کو یہ کہتے سن کر کہ ک' میں ایک سیکولر ہوں اور 'مذہبی' نہیں ہوں

ہر مسلمان مذہبی ہوتا ہے ... اس کے اعمال مختلف ہو سکتے ہیں ... کوئی بہت اونچے درجے کا مومن اور مسلمان ہوتا ہے ، تو کوئی متوسط درجے کا اور کوئی
کمزور درجے کا بھی ہوتا ہے ... لیکن ہر مسلمان مذہبی ہوتا ہے

سیکولر کا مطلب تو یوں بنتا ہے کہ میں جس طرح کی زندگی گزار رہا ہوں اسے ہی صحیح سمجھتا ہوں اور مذھب پر زیادہ عمل کرنے کے حق میں نہیں ہوں

الله پاک ہم سب کو ہدایت عطا فرمائے امین
 

atensari

(50k+ posts) بابائے فورم
شکریہ، شائد روایتی مدارس میں بھی پکھتال کا تذکرہ نا ہوتا ہو. ان کے علاوہ جن حلقوں میں قرآن مجید کو سمجھنے سمجھانے کا شغف موجود ہے وہ اس نام کو جانتے ہیں. ہمارے انگلش میڈیم سکول لبرلازم کا مظاہرہ کرتے ہوئے بچوں کو غیر مسلم ثقافت سے مانوس کرواتے ہیں لیکن پکتھال سے متعارف کرواتے وقت سیکولرازم آڑے آ جاتا ہو گا
 

Rambler

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Here's an interesting story from a grand grand grand daughter of a convert in Britain. Whats fascinating is that her brother converted to Islam without the knowledge that his grand grand grand father was a muslim.

 

rahail

Senator (1k+ posts)
Imagine the sawab this great man is getting even after his death. Whenever the English translation of the Holy Quran is read, Pickthall is getting tons of sawab. May Allah rest his soul. In Jannah along with sahaba RA. AMEEN
 

iltaf

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Since a few days, I have been stumbling upon content esp how the Brits defamed our cultural values, imposed their touts in Pakistan's first political structure (waderis, Sirs etc.) and defaming our religion in their regime in subcontinent.

Some fun facts:
- Brits established colleges/universities in India for the elite.
- Brits established railway tracks for their own military equipment's movements
- how they introduced 2nd class citizen concept in India while remain impartial in UK to their own citizens.

And we are told that the Brits are the best, they did all of these things for us i.e. common man.
 

iltaf

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
بہت دکھ ہوا ڈاکٹر معید پیرزادہ کو یہ کہتے سن کر کہ ک' میں ایک سیکولر ہوں اور 'مذہبی' نہیں ہوں

ہر مسلمان مذہبی ہوتا ہے ... اس کے اعمال مختلف ہو سکتے ہیں ... کوئی بہت اونچے درجے کا مومن اور مسلمان ہوتا ہے ، تو کوئی متوسط درجے کا اور کوئی
کمزور درجے کا بھی ہوتا ہے ... لیکن ہر مسلمان مذہبی ہوتا ہے

سیکولر کا مطلب تو یوں بنتا ہے کہ میں جس طرح کی زندگی گزار رہا ہوں اسے ہی صحیح سمجھتا ہوں اور مذھب پر زیادہ عمل کرنے کے حق میں نہیں ہوں

الله پاک ہم سب کو ہدایت عطا فرمائے امین

Probably he meant in his professional field. Dr Moeed is a sane person if you listen to his views. He is never anti-religion esp towards Muslims.
 

Rambler

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Since a few days, I have been stumbling upon content esp how the Brits defamed our cultural values, imposed their touts in Pakistan's first political structure (waderis, Sirs etc.) and defaming our religion in their regime in subcontinent.

Some fun facts:
- Brits established colleges/universities in India for the elite.
- Brits established railway tracks for their own military equipment's movements
- how they introduced 2nd class citizen concept in India while remain impartial in UK to their own citizens.

And we are told that the Brits are the best, they did all of these things for us i.e. common man.

Why would anyone even think that an imperialist power would do good things. It is however the case that as a wise nation they did somethings which benefited the common people as well but their greatest crime was the creation of a sense of inferiority in the local people. However one must note that the english society was also divided into socioeconomic classes at that time and most of the english, serving in india came from lower working backgrounds who were trying to move up the social ladder - same as our lower / middle class going abroad to lift the family out of poverty. The people coming back from India even with a lot of money were treated as social outcasts and at best looked down upon.
 
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MHAMZA

Minister (2k+ posts)
The translation is in beautiful old English which is semi prose and Nawab Of Hyderabad commissioned him to write the translation ... a must read for those who like English language ..
 

Res1Pect

Minister (2k+ posts)
Probably he meant in his professional field. Dr Moeed is a sane person if you listen to his views. He is never anti-religion esp towards Muslims.

Yeah, maybe, you are right. In fact, he is the only journalist who can be called real journalist in Pakistani media. I like his sincerity towards his profession and his candid and logical analysis of matters.