Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
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| Islamic scholar, Muhaddith,Sufi Shah Waliullah Dehlawi | |
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| Born | 21 Feb, 1703 Moza Phalat, Delhi, British India |
| Died |
20 Aug[1] 1773 referce zeeshan malik m.phil scholar
[2]Delhi, British India |
| Cause of death | Natural |
| Resting place | Munhadiyan[3] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Indian |
| Era | 18th century |
| Region | Indian Sub-Continent |
| Occupation | Muhaddtih, Faqih, Historiographer, bibliographer |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith studies |
| Notable work(s) | Translation of Quran,Hujjat Allah Baligha |
| Sufi order | Naqshbandi |
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Syed Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad Walī Allāh ibn ‘Abd ar-Raḥīm al-‘Umarī ad-Dihlawī (Arabic: قطب الدين أحمد ولي الله بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, was an Islamic scholar, muhaddithand reformer.[4][5]
Early life and education
Shah Waliullah was born in 1703 to Shah Abdur Rahim, a prominent Sufi and scholar of Delhi. He memorized the Qur'an by seven, soon thereafter, he mastered Arabic and Persian letters.[6] He was married at fourteen.[6] By sixteen he had completed the standard curriculum of Hanafi law, theology, geometry, arithmetic and logic.[6] He lived during the time when Fatawa-e-Alamgiri[7] was being compiled and he was asked to join the team of scholars that was working on it, however, credible sources reveal that he joined the team but for a very brief period of time and then he dissociated himself from the task. His father was the founder of the Madrasah-i Rahimiyah. Shah Abdur Rahim was on the committee appointed by Aurangzeb for compilation of the code of law, Fatwa-e-Alamgiri. [8] His grandfather, Sheikh Wajihuddin, was an important officer in the army of Shah Jahan.
He had a son who was also a famous religious scholar, Shah Abdul Aziz.
Death and legacy
He died on 20 August, 1773.
His works have influence over both orthodox Muslim and Sufis. His magnum opus, Hujjat Allah Balaghah to instruct Sufis to conform with orthodoxy, he states:
Works
- (The Sacred Knowledge), ed. D. Pendlebury, trans. G. Jalbani, The Sacred Knowledge, London: Octagon, 1982.[9]
- Al-Khayr al-kathir (The Abundant Good), trans. G. Jalbani, Lahore: Ashraf, 1974.[9]
- Hujjat Allah al-baligha (The Profound Evidence of Allah), Lahore: Shaikh Ghulam Ali and Sons, 1979. Considered his most important work. First published in Rae Bareily, India in 1286 Hijri.[10]
- Sata'at (Manifestations), trans. into Urdu by S.M. Hashimi, Lahore: Idarah Thaqafat Islamiyya, 1989; trans. into English by G. Jalbani, Sufism and the Islamic Tradition: the Lamahat and Sata'at of Shah Waliullah, London.[9]
- Lamahat (Flashes of Lightning), Hyderabad: Shah Wali Allah Academy, 1963; trans. G. Jalbani, Sufism and the Islamic Tradition: the Lamahat and Sata'at of Shah Waliullah, London, 1980. (One of the important writings on Sufism.)[9]
- Al-Tafhimat (Instructions or Clear Understanding), Dabhail, 1936, 2 vols. (One of the most comprehensive metaphysical works.)
- Al-Budur al-bazighah (The Full Moons Rising in Splendour).
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