Al-Farooq (book)

Al-Farūq (Urdu: الفاروق) is a biography of Caliph Umar, written by Shibli Nomani. Umar is universally acknowledged as the first conqueror, founder and administrator of the Muslim Empire. He was known as Al-Farooq ("Distinguisher between truth and false").^[1][2][3]

Al-Farūq

Cover of Urdu Version
Author	Shibli Nomani
Original title	الفاروق
Translator	Zafar Ali Khan
Language	ur
Subject	Umar
Genre	Biography
Publisher	Nami press, Kanpur
Publication date	1899
Publication place	British India
Published in English	1900
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	395
ISBN	978-9648287196 Urdu 2012 version
OCLC	1138117194
Dewey Decimal	297.09
LC Class	DS238. U5 S524 2007
Preceded by	Al-Mamun
Followed by	Siratun Noman
Website	shibliebooks.com

Its publication in 1939 was a significant addition to the knowledge and history of Islamic literature. By extensive study of the subject, the author Nomani collected and collated facts which were lying buried in unpublished manuscripts in great libraries of Istanbul, Beirut, Alexandria, Paris, Berlin and London. The book inspired an unparalleled enthusiasm and ran into several editions in a very short period. The book was translated into English by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and was titled, Al Farooq: The Life of Omar The Great (Second Caliph of Islam).

Translations

• In Turkish by Umar Rada published 1928.
• In Persian published in Kabul. (By sister of late King Mohammed Nadir Shah)
• In English by Zafar Ali Khan published in New Delhi, India in 1900.
• The latest edition in 1996 was published by Idara Isha'at-e-Diniyaat (Center of Islamic Books).

See also

• List of Sunni books

References

1. Yakub, Mohammad (2020). "'আল ফারুক' এবং সমাজতাত্ত্বিক দৃষ্টিকণে এর তাৎপর্য" ['Al Faruq' and its significance from a sociological point of view]. The Echo. 8 (4). ISSN 2278-5264.
2. Bhat, Samee-Ullah (29 May 2019). "The Importance of Works of Muhammad Shibli Nomani". Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities. 3 (2): 169–180. doi:10.21580/jish.32.2921. ISSN 2527-838X.
3. Mahmud, Minhaj Uddin (2017). উর্দু সাহিত্যে আল্লামা শিবলী নোমানীর অবদান [Contribution of Allama Shibli Nomani in Urdu Literature] (Thesis) (in Bengali). Bangladesh: University of Dhaka. pp. 52–55.

External links

• Al-Farūq at Google Books