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Muhammad Ali | |
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 Maulana Muhammad Ali in 1911 | |
| Native name | محمد علي |
| Born | 1874 (1874) |
| Died | 13 October 1951(1951-10-13) (aged 76–77) |
| Resting place | Lahore,Pakistan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Urdu,Arabic |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Literary movement | Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement |
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Muhammad Ali (/mɔːˈlɑːnəmʊˈhɑːmədɑːˈliː/;Arabic:محمد علي; 1874 – 13 October 1951) was a British Indian, and a Pakistani writer, scholar, and leading figure of theLahore Ahmadiyya Movement. His name is often prefixed with the honorificMaulvi orMaulana.[1]
Ali was born inMurar,Kapurthala State (now inLudhiana district,Punjab, India) in 1874. He obtained aMaster of Arts in English and aBachelor of Laws in 1899. He joined theAhmadiyya Movement in 1897 and dedicated his life to the service of the movement as part of what he saw as a restored and pristineIslam.[2] He died inKarachi on October 13, 1951, and is buried inLahore.
Marmaduke Pickthall, British Muslim and translator of the Quran into English, wrote a review of Muhammad Ali's bookThe Religion of Islam when this book was published in 1936. The review was published in the journalIslamic Culture of Hyderabad Deccan (India), whose editor was Pickthall. In this review Pickthall wrote:
Probably no man living has done longer or more valuable service for the cause of Islamic revival than Maulana Muhammad Ali of Lahore. His literary works, with those of the late Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, have given fame and distinction to the Ahmadiyya Movement. In our opinion the present volume is his finest work. … It is a description of Al-Islam by one well-versed in the Sunna who has on his mind the shame of the Muslim decadence of the past five centuries and in his heart the hope of the revival, of which signs can now be seen on every side.
Such a book is greatly needed at the present day when in many Muslim countries we see persons eager for the reformation and revival of Islam making mistakes through lack of just this knowledge. …
We do not always agree with Muhammad Ali’s conclusions upon minor points — sometimes they appear to us eccentric — but his premises are always sound, we are always conscious of his deep sincerity; and his reverence for the holy Quran is sufficient in itself to guarantee his work in all essentials. There are some, no doubt, who will disagree with his general findings, but they will not be those from whom Al-Islam has anything to hope in the future.[3]
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