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Muslim scholar British India
Modern era
Name
Shibli Nomani
Birth 1857
Death 1914
School/tradition Hanafi
Notable ideas Sirat-un-Nabi
Influenced by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan,Thomas Arnold
Influenced Syed Suleman Nadvi, Hameeduddin Farahi, Amin Ahsan Islahi, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

Allama Shibli Nu'mani was an Indian Muslim scholar (1857 - 1914). Scholars in Islamic studies are both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of Islamic studies. For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Hanafi ( Arabic حنفي school is the oldest of the four schools of thought ( Madhhabs Sirat-un-Nabi ( Life of the Prophet) is one of the greatest and most authentic Sirah Rasul Allah ( Biographies) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, GCSI (also Sayyid Ahmad Khan (سید احمد خان بہا در October 17 1817 – March 27 1898 commonly known as Sir Syed was an Thomas Arnold ( 13 June 1795 &ndash 12 June 1842) was a British schoolmaster and historian head of Rugby School from 1828 Allama Sayyed Sulaiman Nadvi ( Urdu: سید سلیمان ندوی) ( November 22, 1884 - November 22, 1953 Hamiduddin Farahi (1863-1930 was a celebrated Islamic scholar of Indian subcontinent. Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904–1997 was an Indian Pakistani exegete of the Qur'an, who became famous for his Urdu exegeses of Qur'an Tadabbur-i-Qur’an Javed Ahmad Ghamidi ( Urdu: جاوید احمد غامدی) (b An Allamah ( Arabic and Persian: علامه) also spelled Allameh and Allama, is an honorary title carried by only the very highest The Demographics of India are overall remarkably diverse India's population of approximately 1 Scholars in Islamic studies are both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars who work in one or more fields of Islamic studies. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He collected much material on the life of Prophet Muhammad, but could write only first two volumes of the planned book Sirat-un-Nabi. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ ##### For all questions relating to the addition of (pbuh peace be upon him or other honorifics His disciple, Syed Suleman Nadvi, made use of this material and added his own and wrote remaining five volumes of the book Sirat-un-Nabi after the death of his mentor. Allama Sayyed Sulaiman Nadvi ( Urdu: سید سلیمان ندوی) ( November 22, 1884 - November 22, 1953 Sirat-un-Nabi ( Life of the Prophet) is one of the greatest and most authentic Sirah Rasul Allah ( Biographies) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

He went to Mecca for the Hajj and there he devoted his time to furthering his studies in Muslim theology, history, philosophy and Sufism from different scholars in Arabia. Mecca ˈmɛkə also spelled Makkah ˈmækə (in full Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Arabic mækːæ(t ælmʊkarˑamæ مكّة المكرمة, literally Honored The Hajj (حج is a pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah It is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Sufism ( تصوّف - taṣawwuf, Persian: صوفی‌گری sufigari, Turkish: tasavvuf, Urdu: تصوف The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻarab) An orthodox Hanafi Muslim, he was a staunch supporter of the Shari’a and an opponent of the Wahhabi movement. The Hanafi ( Arabic حنفي school is the oldest of the four schools of thought ( Madhhabs Sharia ( Arabic: ar شريعة) is the body of Islamic Religious law. Wahhabism ( Arabic: Al-Wahhābīyya الوهابية or Wahabism is a conservative reformist call of Sunni Islam attributed to

When he returned to India he met Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) who had just established Aligarh Muslim University. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, GCSI (also Sayyid Ahmad Khan (سید احمد خان بہا در October 17 1817 – March 27 1898 commonly known as Sir Syed was an Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Aligarh Muslim University is a Residential Academic Institution which was established in 1875 Nomani was offered and accepted a teaching position at the university. He taught at Aligarh for sixteen years where he met Thomas Arnold and other British scholars from whom he learned first hand modern Western ideas and thoughts. He traveled with Thomas Arnold in 1892 to Syria, Egypt, Turkey and other countries of the Middle East and got direct and practical experience of their societies. Sir Thomas Walker Arnold (1864-1930 was an eminent British Orientalist who taught at MAO College, Aligarh, and Government College Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. His scholarship influenced Thomas Arnold on one hand and on the other he was influenced by Thomas Arnold to a great extent, and this explains the modern touch in his ideas.

After the death of Sir Syed Ahmed, he left Aligarh and became an advisor in the Education Department of Hyderabad State. Hyderābād and Berar (హైదరాబాదు حیدر آباد under the Nizams was the largest Princely state in the erstwhile Indian Empire He initiated many reforms in the Hyderabad education system. From his policy, the Osmania University of Hyderabad adopted Urdu as the medium of instruction. Osmania University (also known as OU in short is a Public university situated in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Before that no other university of India had adopted any vernacular language as the medium of instruction in higher studies. In 1908 he left Hyderabad and went to Lucknow to become the principal of Nadwat tul-‘Ulum (Nadwa). Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Lucknow is also a mansion in New Hampshire Lucknow ( लखनऊ لکھنؤ Lakhnaū) is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic institution at Lucknow, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the country Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic institution at Lucknow, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the country He introduced reforms in the school's teaching and curriculum. He stayed at the school for five years but the orthodox class of scholars became hostile towards him, and he had to leave Lucknow for his birthplace, Azamgarh, in 1913. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Azamgarh ( Hindi: आज़मगढ़ Urdu: اعظم گڑھ) is a town and the Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Earlier at Nadwa he wanted to establish Darul Musannifin or the House of Writers but there he could not do this. He bequeathed his bungalow and mango orchard and motivated the members of his clan and relatives to do the same and succeeded. He wrote letters to his disciples and other eminent persons and sought their cooperation. But the first formal meeting of the institution was held on November 21, 1914, within three days of his death.

Shibli was a versatile scholar in Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Persian literature ( spans two and a half millennia though much of the pre- Islamic material has been lost Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised He was also a poet.

Shibli’s genius had its flowering in Aligarh University when he came into contact with Sir Syed Ahmed and British scholars. Both Shibli and Sir Syed Ahmed wished for the welfare of Muslims, and wanted to have Western thinking and style come along with it. However, Sir Syed wanted to save the Muslims from the wrath of the British rulers after their active participation in the War of Independence, called the "Sepoy Mutiny" by the British colonialist rulers, whereas, Shibli wanted to make them self-reliant and self-respecting by regaining their lost heritage and tradition.

Shibli was a staunch supporter of Pan-Islamism. Pan-Islamism ( اتّحاد الاسلام) is a Political movement advocating the unity of Muslims under one Islamic state or a Caliphate He wrote poems and articles decrying the British and other Western powers when Turkey was defeated in the Balkan Wars and he urged the world Muslims to unite. The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912–1913 in the course of which the Balkan League ( Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece In 1913, when the British Administration in India stormed the Kanpur Mosque, Shibli condemned them. Kanpur ( Hindi: कानपुर Urdu: کان پور spelled as Cawnpore before 1948 is one of the most populous cities in the north India

Allama Shibli sired two daughters, Rabia Khatoon and Fatima Jannutul, and one son, Hamid Hassan Nu'mani. He was born in 1882 and died in 1942. He had a son who died soon after birth, but five daughters who lived their life. They were: Nasim Jehan, Shamim Jehan, Tahsin Jehan, Mohsina Sultana, and Momna.

Books

Shibli was well aware of the progress of science and education in the West. He wanted to inspire the Muslims to make similar progress by having recourse to their lost heritage and culture, and warned them against getting lost in Western culture. In keeping with this goal, he wrote the following books;

See also

External links

Sirat-un-Nabi ( Life of the Prophet) is one of the greatest and most authentic Sirah Rasul Allah ( Biographies) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad Al-Farooq The Life of Omar The Great is The biography of Umar (also spelled Omar written by Islamic scholar Shibli Nomani. Mohammad Tanzeel al-siddiqi al-husaini (born 22 November 1979 - is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer and the son of the Muslim scholar Mohammad Ahsanullah Hamiduddin Farahi (1863-1930 was a celebrated Islamic scholar of Indian subcontinent.
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