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Abul A'la al-Maududi (Urdu: ابو الاعلیٰ المودودی, romanized: Abū al-Aʿlā al-Mawdūdī; () 25 September 1903 – () 22 September 1979) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan. [1]
Headquarters in New Delhi. Jamaat-e-Islami as formed on 26 August 1941 at Lahore under the leadership of Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi. [16] After the Partition members of the organisation remaining in what became the Republic of India, re-organised themselves to form an independent party, having its own Constitution and separate leadership and organisational structure from Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan.
Jamaat-e-Islami (Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی, lit. ' Society of Islam ') is an Islamist fundamentalist movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamist author, theorist, and socio-political philosopher, Syed Abul Ala Maududi, who was inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood. [3]
'Towards Understanding the Qur'an') is a 6-volume translation and commentary of the Qur'an by the Pakistani Islamist ideologue and activist Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Maududi began writing the book in 1942 [1] and completed it in 1972. [2] [3] Tafhim is derived from the Arabic word fahm which means "understanding". [4]
Mian Tufail Mohammad co-authored with Abul A'la Maududi and Amin Ahsan Islahi the following books: Kashful Mahjub: An Urdu commentary [1] Daw'at-e-Islami and Its Demands (Urdu) [1] Several biographies have been written on his life and work. The most prominent ones are the following: Mushahidaat (Urdu)" Tufail Nama" (Urdu)" Tufail Qabila" (Urdu)
[7] [8] Like Naeem Siddiqui, Israr Ahmad, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi and Khurshid Ahmad, Ahmad also worked closely with Syed Abul Ala Maududi (alternative spelling Syed Maudoodi; often referred to as Maulana Maududi) (1903–1979). Ahmed was elected twice as member of National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970 and 1977. [1]
Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi [51] [52] was an important early twentieth-century figure in the Islamic revival in India, and then after independence from Britain, in Pakistan. Trained as a lawyer he chose the profession of journalism, and wrote about contemporary issues and most importantly about Islam and Islamic law.
Seventy-five people attended the first meeting and became the first members of the movement. Maulana Amin Ahsan Islahi, Maulana Naeem Siddiqui, Maulana Muhammad Manzoor Naumanai and Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (although he left after a few years) [26] were among the founders of Jamaat-e-Islami along with Syed Abul Ala Maududi. [27]