Crisis of Traditional Education in Religious Schools
The religious madrasahs of the Indian sub-continent have played an historic role in safeguarding the Islamic sciences, the religious legacy and the civilisational identity.…
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The Educational Institution Where the Questioner Is Hunted
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light, one begins to wonder whether it has been placed there merely…
Life and Services of Maulana Muhammad Isa Mansoori
Mawlānā Muḥammad ʿĪsā Manṣūrī (raḥimahu llāh) belonged to that circle of active and thoughtful scholars of our age who devoted their lives to daʿwah…
Counting Stars All Night
It is our considered opinion that many Urdu idioms are, in fact, fundamentally flawed. One such expression is: “counting the stars all night.” One…
The Art of Eloquence and Its Importance
ʿIlm al-maʿānī is that cornerstone of the science of balāghah which grants the speaker an acute awareness that appropriateness of expression shifts with the…
An Easy Summary of Logic
A student wrote that he encounters considerable difficulty in grasping the discussions of manṭiq and wishes to have a brief and simple outline of…
A Synopsis of the Art of Balāghah
A few days ago a student of Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ expressed the wish that the foundational discussions of the art of balāghah be presented in…
The Essence of Brotherhood in Islam
One of the gentlemen there delivered so thunderous and pelting an address against the idol-makers of rigidity and the worshippers of elders that it…
The Essence of Unity Among Muslims
Every bird does not receive nature’s training; Few indeed are the fowl who profit from the snare of the cage. For the past few…
Journey to Turkey
In the morning we convened a sitting to review and discuss the fatāwā. It became an assembly in which juristic reflection met scholarly dialogue,…
Becoming a Scholar: Beyond Traditional Education
A few days ago, a student of Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ wrote to me. His question bore both the restlessness of one seeking knowledge and a…
Turkey Journey Conference Summary
I descended to the conference hall and found gathered there a select company of ‘ulamāʾ and researchers: at their head Shaykh Ṣuhayb Ḥasan, Shaykh…
The Poets and the Scholars: A Reflection
Imruʾ al-Qays opens his Muʿallaqah with that plaintive summons which succeeding generations have echoed, as though he left no doorway into poetry that he…
Questions & Answers on Education
View all Q&A →Iqbāl’s World of Learning and Thought: Does His Poetry Express All His Sciences and Knowledges?
wa ʿalaykum al-salām wa raḥmat Allāh wa barakātuhu! I am delighted to learn that you are engaging with the Kulliyāt-i Iqbāl. The study of Iqbāl is not merely the enjoyment of a poet’s verses; rather, it is entry into a…
Understanding Hadith Terminology: Aziz and Shahid
This question is extremely important and worthy of reflection. In truth, this confusion is not restricted to you alone; many of those who occupy themselves with the science of ḥadīth—scholars as well as students—become entangled in this very problem. The…
Knowing oneself through returning to the Dīn
My student, Abu Hanifah Dilawar, forwarded to me the following question: Assalāmu ʿalaykum wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhu, Shaykh. This is a question from a Bangladeshi reader of the Bangla Facebook page who regularly reads your articles. They wrote: “I could…
Books on Education
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Madrasah Life: A Student’s Life at Nadwat al-Ulama
This book, authored by Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi provides a unique insight into his daily routine as a…
Shaykh Abu al-Hasan Ali Nadwi: His Life & Work
A biography of Shaykh Abu al-Hasan Ali Nadwi, his life, work, and lasting legacy.