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Ali Mian Archive
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The need for an Islamic institution in the West : Ali Mian
Posted on January 2, 2011 | No CommentsLate Sayed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi's comment on the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies -
Mankind’s Debt To The Prophet
Posted on August 25, 2010 | No CommentsThere arose from among an uncivilized and ill-mannered people noble-hearted men who led a graceful and kindly life, men who started a new era of courtesy and warmth in human history, who engendered gentleness and goodness in those around them. by Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi (ra) -
The history of the world would have been different had America been blessed with Islam
Posted on August 25, 2010 | No CommentsI am going to begin with something that may startle you The Western World which stretches from Europe to the Americas is most fortunate, and yet it is most unfortunate... Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi (ra) -
Great Ones are grown in the lap of Noble Mothers
Posted on May 9, 2010 | No CommentsA life sketch of Sayyeda Khairunnisa, the mother of Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi -
The Indian Prime Minister pays homage to Ali Mian.
Posted on August 18, 2009 | 1 CommentAli Mian, who was the chairman of the Islamic Centre at Oxford University, died while reading the Holy Quran before the Friday prayers (Jan 2 2000) -
The Arabs Must Win
Posted on May 18, 2008 | No Commentsby Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi THE QUR’AN’S PROMISE OF VICTORY OF THE ARABS Inconceivable Success It is undoubtedly true that international Zionism has been successful in achieving many of its objectives beyond even its... -
The Verdict of History
Posted on May 14, 2008 | 1 CommentHistory records that it is men of this class and calibre who have rendered genuine service to Islam during all the phases of its career. The credit for changing the course of Umayyad rule and... -
Waves of Nationalism in Islamic Countries
Posted on May 11, 2008 | No CommentsThanks, however, to the political and cultural domination of the West, the Islamic World, which owes its very existence to the Prophet, has now wholeheartedly adopted the creed of nationalism as if it were a... -
Why is Islam Opposed to Factionalism?
Posted on May 8, 2008 | No CommentsIslam originally dealt a deadly blow to this spirit and administered a clear warning to its followers against the dangerous possibilities it contained. Factionalism is the very anonym of a universal Faith since the basic... -
Why Irreligiousness Succeeds
Posted on May 5, 2008 | 1 CommentBut how did this new faith infiltrate the Islamic World? How did it come to acquire the strength to engulf Muslims within their own homes; what can explain the mighty hold it enjoys over the... -
A Forsaken Issue
Posted on May 1, 2008 | No CommentsThis, indeed, is apostasy but it has managed to evade the notice of Muslims. The reason being that its victims do not go to the church or the synagogue, nor do they proclaim their conversion.... -
The Religion of Irreligiousness
Posted on April 30, 2008 | No CommentsWhat, then, is this new faith —however shy its protagonists may feel in giving it the name of a faith? It consists of, as we have said earlier, the rejection of that All-Knowing, Well-Informed Being... -
What does apostasy mean in Islamic terminology
Posted on April 27, 2008 | No CommentsIslam has experienced many an apostatic upsurge during the course of its history. The most powerful of them was the one that manifested itself among the Arab tribes soon after the Prophet’s death. By this... -
The Proclamation of Human Dignity
Posted on April 24, 2008 | No CommentsThe third universal gift of Islam is its declaration that man has been endowed with the highest rank and dignity in the entire scheme of God’s creation. Before the prophethood of Muhammad, on whom be... -
The Concept of Human Unity and Equality
Posted on April 21, 2008 | No CommentsThe Historic Declaration of Man’s Brotherhood The second great favour conferred by the Messenger of God on human beings was the concept of the equality and brotherhood of mankind. The world before him was divided... -
A Clear and distinct faith in the Oneness of God
Posted on April 19, 2008 | No CommentsThe initial gift of Islam, which also constitutes the invaluable heritage of Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the gift of the Absolute and undiluted Oneness of God. This creed is revolutionary, life-giving and vigorous,... -
Scope and Significance
Posted on April 17, 2008 | No CommentsIslam and civilisation is a realistic and living issue which relates not only to the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him) and the teachings of Islam, but also to the reality of life itself,... -
The Fifteen Century Hijri
Posted on April 15, 2008 | No CommentsThe dawn of the fifteenth century of Hijri today tends its air throughout the world. The Hijri Calendar began with the migration of the Holy Prophet(peace be upon him). Normally, every era is reckoned from... -
Linguistic and Cultural Formalism
Posted on April 13, 2008 | No Commentsby Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi God has bestowed numerous bounties upon man and one of these is his capacity to learn from his past experience. If he strikes his on a path, foot, he... -
A Ten Point Programme for the Islamic World
Posted on April 10, 2008 | No CommentsSyed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi outlines these hints which will be useful to organisations and individuals committed to upholding the cause of Islam -
Wealth and Society
Posted on April 5, 2008 | No CommentsBy Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Zakat, which Islam has enjoined upon Muslims, marks the lowest limit of the expression of human sympathy, kindness and compassion. It is a duty, the disregard or violation of... -
Protection of Faith must take precedence over everything
Posted on April 2, 2008 | No CommentsThis speech was delivered at the Muslim Community Centre of Chicago on June 20, 1977. As there was a very representative gathering and it was going to be the last speech of the tour, the... -
To the Muslim ladies
Posted on March 29, 2008 | No CommentsThis speech was delivered at the seminar of Muslim Women at Chicago on June 19, 1977. Brothers and Sisters ! I am deeply indebted to you for inviting me to this meeting and giving me... -
Goodwill and affection among those who strive for Faith cannot be produced by artificial means
Posted on March 25, 2008 | No CommentsThis speech was delivered at the 15th Convention of Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada. The audience included educationists, writers, historians and economists. Gentleman ! The subject for today’s discussion is Mutual... -
Mercy for the World
Posted on March 19, 2008 | No Comments(Speech of Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi delivered in connection with the Birthday Anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad at Lucknow on 2nd May, 1975.) “We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.”... -
Responsibilities of Muslim immigrants
Posted on March 14, 2008 | No CommentsThis speech was delivered at Toronto on June 10, 1977. O My bondmen who believe! spacious is My earth; therefore serve ye Me (and Me alone) (-XXIX: 56) The aim of man’s existence, in the... -
Beware of the emergence of a European or American Islam
Posted on March 11, 2008 | No CommentsThis speech was delivered at the Islamic Centre of New Jersey on June 4, 1977. Introducing the speaker, the Egyptian scholar, Dr. Sulaiman Duniya eulogised the services of Indian Muslims to the Arabic language and... -
The place of a Muslim and his Message
Posted on March 8, 2008 | No CommentsBeing the Friday sermon delivered on June 3, 1977 in the assembly room of the United Nations where the employees of the Muslim and Arab countries meet for the Friday service, a large number of... -
Discovery of America
Posted on March 3, 2008 | No Comments(The speech was delivered at the Muslim Community Centre, Chicago on June 19, 1977, before a large gathering of educated Muslims.) Allama Iqbal opens his long Persian poem, Asrar-i-Khudi (Secrets of the Self), with these... -
The World of Islam Today
Posted on February 29, 2008 | 1 CommentBy Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi The world of Islam is passing through a crisis of confidence. However, unpalatable it may be, the truth remains that the qualities of self-awareness and self-reliance are not the... -
മൌലാനാ അലീമിയാന്: പുണ്യകുടുംബത്തിന് പരമ്പരയിലൂടെ…
Posted on February 16, 2008 | No Comments40 – സയ്യിദ് അബുല് ഹസന് അലി നദ്വി 39 – സയ്യിദ് ഹകീം അബ്ദുല് ഹയ്യ് 38 – സയ്യിദ് ഫഖ്റുദ്ദീന് 37 – സയ്യിദ് അബ്ദുല് അലി 36 – സയ്യിദ് അലി മുഹമ്മദ് 35 – സയ്യിദ് അക്ബര് ശാഹ് 34 – സയ്യിദ്... -
Dr. Sheikh Sultan’s condolence message on the death of Ali Mian
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No CommentsIt is with the great sorrow that we learn the death of the great Islamist Abul Hasan al-Nadwi. We extend our condolence to you. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Amen. Sheikh Sultan Bin-Mohammed... -
The Unique position of Muslims
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No Comments[This is an abridged version of a speech delivered by the late Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, Rahmatullahi Alayh on 13th June 1999 to a congregation of around 100,000 people in Lucknow, India. The... -
While preparing to write on Imam Sirhind
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No CommentsThere were still two stumbling blocks in attempting a biography of the Mujaddid. The first was that no biographical sketch could be considered complete or satisfactory without a critical assessment of Unity of Being and... -
My meeting with Allama Iqbal
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No CommentsI had a meeting with the illustrious poet, which was worthy of being remembered. On 22nd November 1937 I visited Iqbal with my uncle and his son. The poet was confined o his house owing... -
Works of Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Posted on October 31, 2007 | 2 CommentsMaulana Ali Mian has written more than 100 books in Urdu and Arabic, many of which has been translated in English, French, Turkish, Malayalam and some other languages. The most popular of his books are... -
Maktubat-Letters of Imam Sirhind: Ali Mian’s testimonial
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No CommentsOur family has been intimately connected, at least for the past three hundred years, intellectually and spiritually, with the school of thought that goes by the name of Mujaddid Alf Thani and Shah Waliyullah. The... -
A day in the life of Ali Mian
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No CommentsKnown as Ali Mian among his family members and friends, the Maulana is scholar, thinker, writer, historian, researcher and reformer. He has been endowed with an immense degree of intellect and vision and a great... -
Great Ones are grown in the lap of Noble Mothers
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No Comments[A life sketch of Sayyeda Khairunnisa, the mother of Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.] Maulana’s mother was a hafidhah (committed Holy Quran into memory), a scholar and a poetess. A few of her books,... -
A message to Jaihoon from Ali Mian’s student
Posted on October 31, 2007 | No CommentsAssalamoalykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh May Almighty Allah reward you for hosting such a wonderful website, dedicated to such a noble scholar who was truly a genius Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi Rahmatullahi Alayh. As a mureed... -
Seeing air is not seeing Him
Posted on October 25, 2007 | No CommentsImam-i-Rabbani states, “Very frequently, the salik (disciple making progress in the grade of Suluk) is shown the world of souls. Because this world is very fine and immaterial, he thinks what he sees is Allahu... -
Lifesketch of Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Posted on October 19, 2007 | 3 CommentsMaulana was closely associated with the Madina University, the Islamic Center of Oxford University and Rabita Al Alam Al Islami -
A Plea for Dua
Posted on March 8, 2003 | No CommentsThere is a learned one from Hind whom I dearly hold Who covered me in Right Mantle from the confusing cold He was loved alike by the young and old His words would the help the Ummah mould
