Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri

Muhammad Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri (born 10 March 1971), is an Indian Islamic scholar and Arabic and Urdu language writer. He is a professor of Arabic language and literature at Darul Uloom Deoband. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of Arabic monthly, Al-Daie.

Maulana Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri
Born	Muhammad Arif (1971-03-10) 10 March 1971 (age 53) Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Islamic scholar, licentiate, translator, and writer
Academic background
Education	Aalimiyyah, Licentiate, Postgraduate diploma
Alma mater	Ehyaul Uloom Mubarakpur Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic University of Madinah King Saud University
Academic work
Main interests	Tafsir, Hadith studies, Fiqh, Islamic History, Arabic literature, Urdu literature
Notable works	Al-Mu'tasar Min Āthār as-Sunan (Hadith study), Badīhiyyāt e Quran e Karīm (Quran study), Mausoo'a-tu-Ulama-i-Deoband (Biography), Mausoo'a-tu-Ulama-i-Deoband (Biography), Al-Imām Muhammad Qasmi An-Nanawtawi Kama Ra’aituhu (translation)

Mubarakpuri is an alumnus of Ehyaul Uloom Mubarakpur, Darul Uloom Deoband, the Islamic University of Madinah, and King Saud University. His books include Al-Mu'tasar Min Āthār as-Sunan, Badīhiyyāt e Quran e Karīm, Mausoo'a-tu-Ulama-i-Deoband, and Al-Imām Muhammad Qasmi An-Nanawtawi Kama Ra’aituhu.

Early life and education

Muhammad Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri was born on 10 March 1971 in Mubarakpur, Azamgarh, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] His father, Jameel Ahmad Qasmi Mubarakpuri (d. 2018^[2]), was an alumnus of Dar Uloom Deoband, a student of Syed Fakhruddin Ahmad, and a teacher of scholars like Ijaz Ahmad Azmi, Abu Bakr Ghazipuri, and Naseem Ahmad Barabankwi.^[3]

He completed his graduation from Jamia Arabia Ehyaul Uloom, Mubarakpur, in 1407 AH (1987 AD),^[1][4] and then in 1409 AH (1989 AD), he re-graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband by studying the course of Daura-e-Hadith (the last year in Dars-e-nizami).^[5][4] He studied Sahih al-Bukhari with Naseer Ahmad Khan.^[6] He completed Arabic literature from there in 1410 AH (1990 AD).^[1]

He secured the degree of Licentiate (Arabic: الليسانس) in Islamic law from the Faculty of Shariah, Islamic University of Madinah, in 1414–15 AH (1994–95 AD) and did a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching the Arabic Language (Arabic: الدبلوم العالي في تعليم اللغة العربية) from King Saud University, Riyadh, in 1423–24 AH (2002–3 AD).^[1][4]

In 1416 AH (1995 AD), he was awarded the Certificate of Excellence and Academic Excellence (Arabic: شهادة التفوق و النبوغ الدراسي) by the Governor of Madinah.^[7][1]

Career

After graduating from Deoband Seminary, Mubarakpuri was an assistant teacher there from 1411 to 1412 AH (1991 to 92 AD).^[4] In 1417 AH (1996 AD), he was appointed as a teacher at Darul Uloom Deoband for the first time, remaining there until 1418 AH (1997 AD).^[8]

He worked as a translator at the Public Prosecution Portal (Arabic: النيابة العامة), Sharjah, UAE, for about three and a half years until 1998.^[1] He served as a professor of hadith and Arabic literature for about five years at Jamia Arabia Ehyaul Uloom, Mubarakpur.^[4] Then again, he was appointed as a professor in 1431 AH (2010 AD) at Darul Uloom Deoband and was promoted to a high rank in 1441 AH (2020 AD). ^[9][4][1]

He is an Arabic and Urdu writer and a notable student of Noor Alam Khalil Amini. His articles continue to be published in famous Arabic and Urdu journals like Al-Baath Al-Islami, Al-Daie, Darul Uloom, and Ma'arif Azamgarh.^[8]

In Jumada al-Ula 1435 AH (June 2014 AD), he was appointed as an associate editor for Al-Daie on the recommendation of his teacher and editor of Al-Daie, Amini.^[9][10][11] After Amini's demise, the advisory committee of Darul Uloom Deoband promoted him from associate editor to Editor-in-Chief of Al-Daie.^[5][10]

He is translating Tafseer-e-Usmani by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani in installments through Al-Daie's column, Al-Fikr al-Islami.^[12] By appointment of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, India, he translated about 4000 pages of the Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence into Urdu.^[4][1] On Amini's advice, he started the Arabic translation of Syed Mehboob Rizwi's Urdu version of the History of Darul Uloom Deoband, which is still in progress.^[11][5]

Literary works

The following books are included in Mubarakpuri's Urdu and Arabic works and Urdu-to-Arabic or Arabic-to-Urdu translations:^{[5][4][11][10][1][8]}

• Al-Mu'tasar Min Athar al-Sunan wa I'la al-Sunan (Arabic)
• Badīhiyyāt e Qur’ān e Karīm (Urdu)
• Naujawān: Masā’il, Mushkilāt, Tajziya, aur Hal (Urdu translation of the Arabic book Al-Shabāb: Mushkilāt wa Hulool.)
• Mausoo'a-tu-Ulama-i-Deoband (Arabic; Encyclopaedia on the Fourteenth Century's Deobandi Scholars)
• Lamhatun ‘an al-Jami'a al-Islamia: Dar al-Uloom Deoband (Arabic; An overview of Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Deoband)
• Al-Jami'a al-Islamia: Dar al-Uloom Deoband Kama Yarāha as-Shakhsiyyāt as-Sa‘ūdiyyā (Arabic; Islamic University: Dar Al Uloom Deoband as seen by Saudi figures)
• Tashīl al-Mu'tasar (Urdu; a facilitated version of his own work, Al-Mu'tasar)
• Zaib o Zīnat Ke Shar'i Ahkām (Urdu; Shariah rules of adornment)
• Sahaba-e-Kirām Islām Ki Nazar Mein (Urdu translation of Noor Alam Khalil Amini's Arabic book As-Sahāba wa Makānatuhum fil-Islam)
• Masjid-e-Nabawi Mein Tarāwīh ‘Ahd Ba ‘Ahd (Urdu translation of 'Atiyah bin Muhammad Saalim's Arabic book At-Tarāwīh Aktharu Min Alfi 'Ām Fī Masjid An-Nabawi)
• Al-Imamah wa al-Khilāfah (Arabic translation of the book Imamāt o Khilāfat by Abdush Shakoor Lakhnavi.)
• Al-Imām Muhammad Qasim An-Nanawtawi Kama Ra’aituhu (Arabic translation of the book Hālāt-e-Tayyib Janāb Maulvi Muhammad Qasim Sahab Marhūm by Yaqub Nanautawi)
• Maraqi al-Falah (Urdu translation of the book Maraqi al-Falah by Ash-Shurunbulali.)
• Al Fitna-tud-Dajjāliyyah wa Malāmihuha al-bārizah wa ishārātuha fī sūrati al-Kahf (Arabic translation of Manazir Ahsan Gilani's book Sūra e Kahf Ki Tafsīr Ke Tanāzur Mein Dajjāli Fitna Ke Numāyañ Khadd o Khāl [Tadhkīr Bi Sūrat al-Kahf])
• Salfiyyat Ek Jaizah (Urdu translation of the Arabic book As-Salafiyyah Marhaltun Zamaniyyah Mubarakah; La Madhhabun Islamiyy by Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti)
• Al-Asīdah As-Samāwiyyah Sharh Al-Aqida al-Tahawiyya (the Arabic translation of the book Al-Asīdat as-Samāwiyyah Sharh al-Aqeeda al-Tahawiyyah, compiled by Muhammad Usman Bastawi, contains the statements of Mufti Radha ul Haq in two volumes.)
• Ad-Durrat al-Furda Sharh Qasīdat al-Burda (the Arabic translation of the book Ad-Durrat al-furda Sharh Qasīdat al-Burda, compiled by Owais Yaqūb Punjabi Godhravi and Muhammad Usman Bastawi, contains the statements of Mufti Radha ul Haq in two volumes.)^[13]

References

1. Rahman, Obaidur (2021). مساهمة علماء ديوبند في اللغة العربية وآدابها ١٨٦٧م - ٢٠١٣م [Contribution of Olamae of Deoband to Arabic Language and Literature from 1867 to 2013] (PhD) (in Arabic). India: Department of Arabic, Banaras Hindu University. pp. 191–193. hdl:10603/536377.
2. "दारुल उलूम के उस्ताद मौलाना आरिफ जमील के पिता का इंतकाल" [Death of father of Darul Uloom's professor Maulana Arif Jameel]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). 12 November 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
3. Amini, Noor Alam, ed. (May–June 2019). "The scholar, preacher, and inimitable reformer, Shaikh Jameel Ahmad Qasmi Mubarakpuri, by Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri". Al-Daie (in Arabic). 43 (9–10). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband: 79–92. There are different sayings regarding the year of birth of Maulana Jameel Ahmad. His year of birth was recorded in 1941 in his passport, but he used to emphasize to his son that he was born in 1939, and as it is also proved from the records of Dar Uloom Deoband, at the time of the entrance examination, he had written the year of birth in 1939 and entered Dar Uloom Deoband. He was 18 years old in 1957. (translated into English.)
4. Azmi, Abul Hasan (2019). "Maulana Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri Azmi". Yaadon Ki Kehkashan (in Urdu). Deoband: Al-Hira’ Book Depot. pp. 621–624.
5. "Maulana Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri was appointed as the editor-in-chief of Darul Uloom Deoband's Arabic magazine, 'Al-Daie'". qindeelonline.com. Qindeel News Desk. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
6. Mubarakpuri 2021, p. 483.
7. Mubarakpuri, Muhammad Arif Jameel Qasmi (2011). "Foreword by Shabbier Ahmed Saloojee". Badīhiyyāt e Qur'ān e Karīm (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Lenasia, South Africa: The Arabic Club of Darul Uloom Zakariyya. pp. 29–32.
8. Mubarakpuri, Muhammad Arif Jameel (2021). "The author in brief" and "The author's works". Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars (in Arabic). Darul Uloom Deoband: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 502–505.
9. Qasmi, Muhammadullah Khalili (October 2020). Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh (in Urdu) (3rd ed.). India: Shaikhul Hind Academy. pp. 768, 776. OCLC 1345466013.
10. Hasan, Nayab (2022). Ek Shakhs Dilruba Sa [A beloved person] (in Urdu) (1st ed.). New Delhi: Markazi Publications. pp. 149, 254.
11. Qasmi Mubarakpuri, Muhammad Arif Jameel, ed. (August–November 2021). "الشيخ نور عالم خليل الأميني باقٍ حبُّه في القلوب مابَقِيَ الليلُ والنهارُ" [Sheikh Noor Alam Khalil Amini's love remains as long as night and day]. Al-Daie (in Arabic). 46 (1–3). Deoband: Darul Uloom Deoband: 44. In the year 1430 AH (2010 AD), I was appointed as a teacher at Darul Ulum Deoband in the Arabic Language Department, and it was an opportunity to benefit from it. He (Noor Alam Khalil Amini) assigned me to Arabize the book "The History of Darul Ulum Deoband" by the scholar Syed Mehboob Rizwi, and I had previously translated his own book "The Companions and Their Place in Islam" (Arabic: الصحابة ومكانتهم في الاسلام) in the Arabic language at his request. He praised my work and encouraged me to continue my translation work. This was due to his keenness to transfer the works of the great scholars and sheikhs of Deoband into the Arabic language so that our Arab brothers could read them. (Translated into English from Arabic.)
12. Dawood, Khursheed Alam (11 June 2021). "Tribute to Sheikh Noor Alam Khalil Amini, the chief editor of Arabic monthly, Al-Daie". Muslim Mirror. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
13. al-Haq, Mufti Raza (2020). Ad-Durrat al-furda Sharh Qasīdat al-Burda (Vol. 1) [Ad-Durrat al-furda Sharh Qasīdat al-Burda] (in Arabic). Translated by Mubarakpuri, Mohammad Arif Jamil. Beirut, Lebanon: Dār al-Kotob Al-ʿilmīyah. p. 4. ISBN 978-2-7451-9654-5.

Further reading

• Arabi, Zikrullah (2019). Contribution of Darul Uloom Deoband to Arabic Journalism With Special Reference of Al-Die (Monthly Magazine) and Comprehensive Catalogue Upto 2013 (PhD thesis) (in Arabic). India: Maulana Azad National Urdu University. pp. 59–62. hdl:10603/337869. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2024.