Muhammad Ali (; ar, محمد علي; 1874 – 13 October 1951) was an
Indian
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writer, scholar, and leading figure of the
Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, ( ur, , translit=Aḥmadiyyah Anjuman-i Ishāʿat-i Islām Lahore) is a separatist group within the Ahmadiyya movement that formed in 1914 as a result of ideological and administrati ...
.
Biography
Ali was born in
Murar,
Kapurthala State (now in
Ludhiana district,
Punjab, India
Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...
) in 1874. He obtained a
Master of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Th ...
in English and a
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...
in 1899. He joined the Ahmadiyya Movement in 1897 and dedicated his life to the service of the movement as part of what he saw as a restored and pristine
Islam.
He died in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
on October 13, 1951, and is buried in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...
.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (born Marmaduke William Pickthall; 7 April 187519 May 1936) was an English Islamic scholar noted for his 1930 English translation of the Quran, called ''The Meaning of the Glorious Koran''. His translation of the Qur ...
, British Muslim and translator of the Quran into English, wrote a review of Muhammad Ali's book ''The Religion of Islam'' when this book was published in 1936. The review was published in the journal ''Islamic Culture'' of Hyderabad Deccan (India), whose editor was Pickthall. In this review Pickthall wrote:
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See also
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Ahmadiyya
Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
Notes
References
*''Maulana Muhammad Ali,'
Detailed information website about Maulana Muhammad Ali* ''A Mighty Striving,'
Detailed biography of Maulana Muhammad Ali
External links
The Holy Qur-án, ''Lahore, The Islamic Review Office, Surrey'', 1917 (First Edition)Quran Archive
Lets Learn Quranincludes the Quran translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali
Online Quran Projectincludes the Qur'an translation by Maulana Muhammad Ali.
Selection of Maulana Muhammad Ali works available online
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Emirs of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
Pakistani Ahmadis
1874 births
1951 deaths
People of British India
Translators of the Quran into English