AN ASSESSMENT OF THE REFORMIST AND MISSIONARY IDEAS OF MAULANA SYED ABUL HASAN: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND QUALITIES IN COMPARISON TO CONTEMPORARY THINKERS.

مولانا سیدابو الحسن ندوی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کے اصلاحی و دعوتی افکار کا جائزہ : ہم عصر مفکرین سے امتیازات و خصوصیات

Abstract

Maula Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, may ALLAH bless him and grant him peace, is a learned, trustworthy and representative scholar of Islam. He was simultaneously a thinker, a reformer, a leader, a scholar of the 20th century, a writer and a speaker at the same time. Allah had blessed him with a large portion of understanding and wisdom. He was a prolific writer in Arabic. He made the Arab world believe that even today the Arab world is passing in the scientific and religious development of the subcontinent. He rejected the propaganda that there are no more Muslims in India. Also, he informed the Arabs about the Islamic history of India. He undertook the unity and consensus of the Nation of Islam and highlighted all global issues including Palestine. The call to stick to Islamic civilization was the mission of his life. Ali Mian exposed the hollowness of the materialistic development of the West and proved that Europe has become devoid of morals. Only Islamic moral values can save the world from all crises. Mulana R.A blocked the way of efforts to undermine the intellectual and moral values of the Islamic world by being influenced by the material development of the West. Wherever such attempts were made in the Islamic world, they were strongly criticized and all energy was spent on making Muslims adhere to Islamic values. He appreciated the Islamization efforts in Pakistan and India. Here he gave a full and reasoned answer to the opinions of westernized thinkers. He was introduced Allama Iqbal to the Arab world and spread his religious values and Islamic thought and philosophy throughout the world. He was also convinced of jurisprudential expansion. He appreciated the amendments in jurisprudence, realizing the conditions of the new era. Due to the intellectual and practical expansion of Maulana, where he had a distinct position compared to his contemporary thinkers, due to the diversity of his topics, his opinion or grasp of the topic is sometimes superficial and sometimes strong. In this article we have discussed Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi's distinguish way of Criticism and a review of the prose narrative has also been presented.