Nadwatul Musannifeen Explained

Founded:	1938
Status:	defunct

Nadwatul Musannifeen (en|'''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.

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
Al-Fauzul Kabīr fi Usūl it-Tafsīr (Urdu translation)	Shah Waliullah, Abdul Rasheed Ansari
Al-Basā'ir	Abd al-Hayy Farooqi
Tadween-e-Qur'an
Tafsir al-Mazhari
Fehm-e-Qur'an
Lughāt-ul-Qur'ān		^[6]
Hikmat al-Qur'ān
Qasas al-Qur'ān

Books related to Hadith sciences

Book	Author	References
Tarjuman al-Sunnah
Uswa-e-Hasanah
Kitab-e-Hadees	Minnatullah Rahmani
Hadees ka dirāyati meyār
Ma'āsr-o-Ma'ārif

Books related to Islamic history

Book	Author	References
Āsār-o-Akhbār
Tārikh-e-Millat (volume 1 to 3)
Tārikh-e-Millat (volume 4 to volume 11)	Intizamullah Shehbai
Tārikh-e-Tabari ke Ma'ākhaz ka tanqīdi mutāla
Tārikhi Maqālāt
Tahzeeb ki tashkīl-e-jadīd
MusalmānoN ki firqa-bandiyoN ka afsāna
Sarkashi-e-Zila Bijnor
Ulama-e-Hind ka shāndār māzi
Hindustān mai ArboN ki hakūmateN

Books related to Sufism

Book	Author	References
Imdād al-Mushtāq
Tārikh Mashāyikh-e-Chisht

Books on other topics

Book	Author	References
Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat
Islām ka nizām-e-masājid
Urooj-o-Zawāl ka ilāhi nizām
Hayāt Abd al-Hayy
Tālimāt-e-Islāmi awr Masīhi aqwām

Legacy

At the Jamia Millia Islamia, Abdul Waris Khan wrote a doctoral thesis entitled Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla, .^[7]

Bibliography

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

External links

• Nadwatul Musannifeen, Delhi in Encyclopaedia of India.

Notes and References

1. Book: Nayab Hasan Qasmi . Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati ManzarNama . . 176, 198.
2. Book: Meerthi, Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad . Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi . Jameel . Mehdi . Mufakkir-e-Millat Number, Burhan . Mufti Saheb Ki Zindagi Ke Chand Goshey. November 1987 . 46 . Few glimpses from the life of Mufti . Nadwatul Musannifeen . Delhi . Urdu.
3. Book: Paul Jackson . The Muslims of India: Beliefs and Practices . 1988 . Islamic Studies Association . . 247 . 3 January 2021.
4. Book: Sajjad Zaheer . Sajjad Zaheer . Amina Azfar. The Light, A History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent: a Translation of Roshnai . 2006 . 233 . Oxford University Press.
5. News: Educationists mourn the death of Prof Fariq . 5 January 2021 . The Milli Gazette.
6. Web site: . M. Afzal Hoosen Elias . Maulana Abdur Rasheed Nomani, Great Muhaddith & Research Scholar . islaminsight.org . 5 January 2021 . 4 December 2020.
7. Book: Abdul Waris Khan . Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla . The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study. Islamic Book Foundation . New Delhi . 7 . 5 January 2021 . Preface By Shees Ismail Azmi.