Nadwatul Musannifeen

Nadwatul Musannifeen (English: Council of Writers) was an academic research institution and publishing house in Delhi. The institution was co-founded by scholars including Atiqur Rahman Usmani, Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi in 1938.

Nadwatul Musannifeen

Nadwatul Musannifeen during 1987
Status	defunct
Founded	1938
Founders	Atiqur Rahman Usmani Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi

History

Nadwatul Musannifeen was established by Atiqur Rahman Usmani, Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi in 1938.^[1] Originally set up in Karol Bagh, the institution suffered losses during 1947 riots. It was moved to nearby Jama Masjid, Delhi post the Partition of India by Atiqur Rahman Usmani.^[2]

The institution has published books on issues related to religion, history, culture and theology.^[3] The institution published Burhan, a magazine that is regarded as the best Islamiyat magazine after the Al-Ma'ārif of Shibli Academy.^[4]

Associated scholars

• Muhammad Taqi Amini
• Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi

Publications

The Nadwatul Musannifeen has published more than 250 books including:^[5]

Books related to Quran and Tafsir

Book	Author	References
Akhbār-ut-Tanzeel	Ismail Sambhali	[6]
Al-Fauzul Kabīr fi Usūl it-Tafsīr (Urdu translation)	Shah Waliullah, Abdul Rasheed Ansari	[7]
Al-Basā'ir	Abd al-Hayy Farooqi	[8]
Tadween-e-Qur'an	Manazir Ahsan Gilani	[9]
Tafsir al-Mazhari	Qadi Thanaullah Panipati	[10]
Fehm-e-Qur'an	Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi	[11]
Lughāt-ul-Qur'ān	Abdul Rasheed Nomani	[12][13]
Hikmat al-Qur'ān	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[14]
Qasas al-Qur'ān	Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi	[15]

Books related to Hadith sciences

Book	Author	References
Tarjuman al-Sunnah	Badre Alam Merathi	[16]
Uswa-e-Hasanah	Zafeeruddin Miftahi	[17]
Kitab-e-Hadees	Minnatullah Rahmani	[18]
Hadees ka dirāyati meyār	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[19]
Ma'āsr-o-Ma'ārif	Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri	[20]

Books related to Islamic history

Book	Author	References
Āsār-o-Akhbār	Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri	[21]
Tārikh-e-Millat (volume 1 to 3)	Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi	[22]
Tārikh-e-Millat (volume 4 to volume 11)	Intizamullah Shehbai	[23]
Tārikh-e-Tabari ke Ma'ākhaz ka tanqīdi mutāla	Nisar Ahmed Faruqi	[24]
Tārikhi Maqālāt	K. A. Nizami	[25]
Tahzeeb ki tashkīl-e-jadīd	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[26]
MusalmānoN ki firqa-bandiyoN ka afsāna	Manazir Ahsan Gilani	[27]
Sarkashi-e-Zila Bijnor	Syed Ahmad Khan	[28]
Ulama-e-Hind ka shāndār māzi	Muhammad Miyan Deobandi	[29]
Hindustān mai ArboN ki hakūmateN	Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri	[30]

Books related to Sufism

Book	Author	References
Imdād al-Mushtāq	Ashraf Ali Thanwi	[31]
Tārikh Mashāyikh-e-Chisht	K. A. Nizami	[32]

Books on other topics

Book	Author	References
Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat	Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi	[33]
Islām ka nizām-e-masājid	Zafeeruddin Miftahi	[34]
Urooj-o-Zawāl ka ilāhi nizām	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[35]
Hayāt Abd al-Hayy	Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi	[36]
Tālimāt-e-Islāmi awr Masīhi aqwām	Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi	[37]

Legacy

At the Jamia Millia Islamia, Abdul Waris Khan wrote a doctoral thesis entitled Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla, (transl. The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study).^[38]

References

1. Nayab Hasan Qasmi. Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama. Idara Tehqeeq-e-Islami, Deoband. pp. 176, 198.
2. Meerthi, Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad. "Mufti Saheb Ki Zindagi Ke Chand Goshey". In Mehdi, Jameel (ed.). Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan [Few glimpses from the life of Mufti] (in Urdu) (November 1987 ed.). Delhi: Nadwatul Musannifeen. p. 46.
3. Paul Jackson (1988). The Muslims of India: Beliefs and Practices. Delhi: Islamic Studies Association. p. 247. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
4. Sajjad Zaheer (2006). The Light, A History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent: a Translation of Roshnai. Translated by Amina Azfar. Oxford University Press. p. 233.
5. "Educationists mourn the death of Prof Fariq". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
6. Khan 1999, p. 32.
7. Khan 1999, p. 33.
8. Khan 1999, p. 34.
9. Khan 1999, p. 35.
10. Khan 1999, p. 36.
11. Khan 1999, p. 40.
12. Khan 1999, p. 45.
13. Bilal Abdul Hai Hasani Nadwi (4 December 2020). "Maulana Abdur Rasheed Nomani, Great Muhaddith & Research Scholar". islaminsight.org. Translated by M. Afzal Hoosen Elias. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
14. Khan 1999, p. 49.
15. Khan 1999, p. 50.
16. Khan 1999, p. 62–71.
17. Khan 1999, p. 72.
18. Khan 1999, p. 73.
19. Khan 1999, p. 84.
20. Khan 1999, p. 87.
21. Khan 1999, p. 99.
22. Khan 1999, p. 106–111.
23. Khan 1999, p. 87–124.
24. Khan 1999, p. 127.
25. Khan 1999, p. 129.
26. Khan 1999, p. 132.
27. Khan 1999, p. 169.
28. Khan 1999, p. 189.
29. Khan 1999, p. 192.
30. Khan 1999, p. 194.
31. Khan 1999, p. 209.
32. Khan 1999, p. 212.
33. Khan 1999, p. 250.
34. Khan 1999, p. 252.
35. Khan 1999, p. 258.
36. Khan 1999, p. 280.
37. Khan 1999, p. 293.
38. Abdul Waris Khan. "Preface By Shees Ismail Azmi". Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla [The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study]. New Delhi: Islamic Book Foundation. p. 7. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

Bibliography

• Khan, Abdul Waris (1999). Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla [The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study]. New Delhi: Islamic Book Foundation.

External links

• Nadwatul Musannifeen, Delhi in Encyclopaedia of India.