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Asad
Asad (), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib. People Among prominent people named "Asad" or "Assad" are: Given name * Asadullah (other), multiple people * Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure * Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician * Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London * Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar * Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat * Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian * Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib * Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician * Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist * Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer * Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid * Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader * Asad Shafiq, Pakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Muslim polymath, born in modern day Ukraine. He worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, List of political theorists, political theorist, and diplomat. His translation of the Quran in English, "''The Message of The Qur'an''" (1980) is one of the most notable of his works. In Asad's words in "''The Message of the Quran''": "the work which I am now placing before the public is based on a lifetime of study and of many years spent in Arabia. It is an attempt – perhaps the first attempt – at a really idiomatic, explanatory rendition of the Qur'anic message into a European language." By age 13, Weiss had acquired a passing fluency in Hebrew language, Hebrew and Aramaic language, Aramaic, in addition to his First language, native German and Polish language, Polish languages. By his mid-twenties, he could read and write in English, French, Persian language, Persia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Talal Asad
Talal Asad (born 1932) is a Saudi-born British-Pakistani cultural anthropologist who is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses on religiosity, Middle Eastern studies, postcolonialism, and notions of power, law, and discipline. He is also known for his writing calling for an anthropology of secularism. His work has had a significant influence beyond his home discipline of anthropology. As Donovan Schaefer writes:The gravitational field of Asad’s influence has emanated far from his home discipline and reshaped the landscape of other humanistic disciplines around him. Biography Talal Asad was born in April 1932 in Medina, Saudi Arabia. His parents are Muhammad Asad, an Austrian diplomat and writer who converted from Judaism to Islam in his twenties, and Munira Hussein Al Shammari, a Saudi Arabian Muslim. Asad was born in Saudi Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asaduddin Owaisi
Asaduddin Owaisi (born 13 May 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the third and current president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) since 2008. He is a five time Member of Parliament (India), Member of Parliament representing the Hyderabad (Lok Sabha constituency), Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, Indian Parliament. Born to the Owaisi family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Asaduddin Owaisi was trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London, England. He assumed leadership of the AIMIM upon the death of his father Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi in 2008. Owaisi is considered the leading political representative of Indian Muslims and is also regarded as a prominent member of the anti-Pakistan lobby in India. For years, he has been regularly listed by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC), among ''the 500 Most Influential Muslims'' of the world. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asad Q
Asad (), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning "lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib. People Among prominent people named "Asad" or "Assad" are: Given name * Asadullah (other), multiple people * Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza, early Islamic historical figure * Asad Abdul Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian political scientist, academic and politician * Asad Ahmad, journalist for BBC News and newsreader for BBC London * Asad Q. Ahmed, American scholar * Asad Al Faqih (1910–1989), Lebanese lawyer and diplomat * Asad ibn al-Furat (760–828) jurist and theologian * Asad ibn Hashim, maternal grandfather of Ali ibn Abi Talib * Asaduddin Owaisi, Indian politician * Asad Raza (artist), Pakistani-American artist * Asad Rustum, Lebanese historian, academic and writer * Asad ibn Saman, early Samanid * Assad Saftawi (1935–1993), Palestinian Fatah cofounder and leader * Asad Shafiq, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asadullah (other)
Asadullāh (), also written Asadollah, Assadullah or Asad Ullah, is a male Muslim given name meaning ''Lion of Allah''. The name was initially used to refer to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's closest kinsmen, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Ali ibn abu Talib. Initially, the title was first given to Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Prophet Muhammad (s.a.v)'s uncle.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. After the Battle of the Trench, when Ali defeated Amr ibn Abd al-Wud, Prophet Muhammad (s.a.v) reportedly gave Ali the name Asadullah (Lion of God) and praised him, saying 'Ali's strike on Amr ibn Abd al-Wud is greater than the worship of both mankind and jinn until the Day of Judgement.' The name may additionally refer to: *Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or Mirza Ghalib (1797–1869), Urdu and Persian poet from the Indian subcontinent *Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, called Asadullah by Islamic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asad Raza (artist)
Asad Raza is an American artist who lives and works in New York, New York. He "creates dialogues and rejects disciplinary boundaries in his work, which conceives of art as a metabolic, active encounter that is participatory, and engages with all of the human senses." Life and education Asad Raza was born in 1974 in Buffalo, New York to Pakistani immigrant parents, and studied literature at Johns Hopkins University from 1992-1996 and filmmaking at the Tisch School of Arts in 1993. He also studied literature at NYU, where he helped organize the 2005 graduate student strike. From 2005-2010, Raza wrote frequently about tennis for various magazines and newspapers. Work Asad Raza's practices encompass artistic projects, collaborations, curatorial work and his work, and he is described as "one of the most interesting crossroads figures in our sometimes rigid panorama." Raza's works often respond to a particular environment in a site-specific manner. For example, in ''Root sequence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asad Umar
Asad Umar (; born 8 September 1961) is a Pakistani former business executive and politician who served as the Finance, Revenue, and Economic Affairs Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to April 2019 and the Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives from November 2019 to April 2022. Prior to entering politics, he served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Engro from 2004 to 2012. Asad joined politics in 2012 and served as secretary-general of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from December 2021 to 24 May 2023. Early life and education Asad Umar was born in Rawalpindi in 1961 to a military family. His father, Ghulam Umar, who retired as a major general, was considered a close aide to President Yahya Khan and served as the first National Security Advisor from 1969 to 1971. He is also the youngest brother of Mohammad Zubair and is the youngest of six brothers and one sister. After his father's retirement from the military, he moved to Karachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Omar Asad
Omar Andrés Asad (born 9 April 1971) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Ecuadorian club El Nacional. As a player, Asad spent all of his career in Vélez Sársfield, winning 8 titles with the club (including both the Copa Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup). Asad is nicknamed ''el Turco'' (in English: "the Turk") because he has Syrian and Lebanese ethnicity. In Argentina, Arabs are usually mistakenly called Turks since they came to the country with Ottoman Turkish documents in the 1900s. Playing career Asad played as a striker and was characterised by being strong and quick. His first match in the Argentine Primera División came in 1992, when he played for Vélez Sársfield against Talleres de Córdoba. He was a determinant player in Vélez' most successful years, along manager Carlos Bianchi and Paraguayan goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert. With Vélez, Asad won the Argentine Primera Divisi� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asaduzzaman (other)
Asaduzzaman () is a Bengali masculine given name of Arabic origin and may refer to: * Asaduzzaman Khan Hossainpuri (1916–1992), former Jute Minister of Bangladesh * Khandaker Asaduzzaman (1935–2020), first Finance Secretary of Bangladesh * Mohammad Asaduzzaman (1935–1993), Bangladeshi politician from Magura * Amanullah Asaduzzaman (1942–1969), Bangladeshi student activist * Asaduzzaman Noor (born 1946), Bangladeshi actor, politician * Mohammad Asaduzzaman (c. 1948–2008), Bangladeshi educator * Asaduzzaman Khan (born 1950), Bangladeshi minister of home affairs * Asaduzzaman Mohammad Raisul Islam (born 1953), Bangladeshi actor * A. K. Mohammad Asaduzzaman (born 1959), Bangladeshi High Court judge * Asaduzzaman Mia (born 1960), CEO of National Security Affairs Cell * Assaduzzaman Bablu (born 1996), Bangladeshi footballer * Asaduzzaman Bablu (politician) (born 1984), Bangladeshi politician * Mohammad Asaduzzaman Asad, Bangladeshi politician from Rajshahi * Mohammed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asad Ibn Hashim
Asad ibn Hāshim () was the son of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf and the brother of Abd al-Muttalib. He was the father of Fatimah bint Asad, Fatima bint Asad, the mother of Ali and the cousin and wife of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Abu Talib. Asad was a very respected person among the Qureshi Tribes of Arabia, Arab tribe. He was a merchant and very often helped the poor. His name means Lion (a brave one). His descendants usually use the surnames Al-Quraishi, Al-Hashimi, Al-Asadi, Sayyid, or Sharif, while some of his descendants avoid using any surname. Birth Historians are not clear about his exact date of birth, but according to the sources he was born in 485AD or 497AD in Mecca. Religion According to sources, he was a polytheistic pagan like the rest of his tribe, Quraish during the "jahhilliyaa" time of ignorance. He worshipped the Arabian goddesses Allat, Al-Uza, and Mannat. His son-in-law, Abu-Taleb, whose birth name was Abd-Munaf (slave of "Munaf" one of the idols) was the father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq (; born 28 January 1986) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2010 and 2020. He is a member of the Men's National Selection Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board. In August 2018, he was one of thirty-three players to be awarded a central contract for the 2018–19 season by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). In September 2019, he was named in Sindh's squad for the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy tournament. Personal life Shafiq hails from a Gujarati Muslim family. He is fluent in Urdu and English, while he can speak Gujarati partly and understands it. In 2023, he resumed his studies, after having to interrupt them due to his professional cricket career, by joining University of Karachi's BS ''Health Physical Education and Sports Sciences'' (HPESS) program. Career Early career (2007–2010) Asad Shafiq made his first-class debut at 21 years old for Karachi Whites against Hyderabad at Niaz Stadium on 21 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
