Naeem Siddiqui | |
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نعیم صدیقی | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 5 June 1916 |
| Died | 25 September 2002(2002-09-25) (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | University of the Punjab |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Movement | Jamaat-e-Islami Tehreek-e-Islami |
Maulana Naeem Siddiqui (1916 – 25 September 2002) was a PakistaniIslamic scholar, writer and politician. He was among the founder-members of theJamaat-e-Islami and a close associate ofAbul A'la Maududi andAmin Ahsan Islahi.[1]
Naeem Siddiqui was born on 5 June 1916 atChakwal,Punjab, British India.[2] He washome-schooled and then from Government High School,Khanpur. He completedMolvi Faazil at Uloom-e-Islamia (institution for Islamic religious sciences) and then got the degrees of "Munshi" (Graduation) and ofMunshi Faazil (that was equivalent to master's degree at that time) inArabic andPersian literature from theUniversity of Punjab,Lahore in 1938.[3] Naeem Siddiqui was among the founder members ofJamaat-e-Islami along with its founderAbul A'la Maududi. However, due to irreconcilable differences with its leadership, he quit Jamaat in 1994[1][4] and founded the Islamic religious and political party tehreek e Islami along with his fellows in 1994.[5] In 1996, Tehreek-e-Islami split into two groups,[5] one group was led by Naeem Siddiqui himself while the coordinator of the other group wasHafeez-ur-Rehman Ahsan. Due to the endavour and mediation of some Arab-countries-based Pakistani friends, both groups were re-united in 1998. He explained the story of the reunion in a letter to his friend Khwaja Maqbool Ellahi in 2001[5] by saying that our difference was unique and now our union is also unique.[5]
Siddiqui started his literary career by joining biweekly magazine,Kausar, fromKarachi under the editorship of Nasrullah Khan Aziz. Later, he joined the monthly Charagh-i-Rah and remained its editor for nine years.[1] He was instrumental in using the above outlets to disseminate Islamic knowledge and raise awareness on Islamic culture.
He was credited as a poet of a unique style and wrote verses on religious, political and social issues. Through his short stories, poetry and articles in magazines such as the Charagh-i-Rah, he helped in creating a wide audience for Islamic literature and poetry in Pakistan and the Muslim world.[6]
He was also editor of the monthly magazineTarjuman-ul-Quran for a long time after the death of Maulana Maududi.[6]
Siddiqui is well-known for his biographical work on Islamic prophetMuhammad,Muhsin-e-Insaniyat, orThe Benefactor of Humanity.[1][7][8] This book describes and explains various stages of prophetic revolution. Furthermore, he is also the author of many books dealing with issues related to the socio-politico-economics system of Islam.
His other major books include:
Other notable works includeHaq-o-Batil (1952),Tanjziyati Sirat ke Lawazim, andIslami Iqtisadiyat mein Infiradiyat aur Ijtimaiyyat, covering Islamic economics, ethics, and political theory.
Siddiqui served as editor for several influential publications:
He also authored more than 700 research articles on the matter of socio-politico-economic system of Islam which have been published in various journals such as the monthlyTarjuman-ul-Quran, monthlySiyaraa, monthlyChiraagh-e-Raah, bimonthlyNa'shur, weeklyTakbeer, weeklyShahab, weeklyAsia and weeklyTasneem.[2]
Siddiqui died on 25 September 2002 in Lahore due to ill health at the age of 86. His funeral prayers were offered at the Mansoora Ground. It was led byMian Tufail Mohammad, former Emir of the Jamaat-e-Islami.[1]
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