Ghulam Ullah Khan (born; 1905 - 27 May 1980) ( Urdu: ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar.

Early life and education

Khan was born in 1904 to Malik Feroze Khan in

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. His father was pious and a village Nambardar belongs to

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. He learned Quran from

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (12 June 182611 August 1905) was a Deobandi Islamic scholar from Indian subcontinent, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith, author of '' Fatawa-e-Rash ...

. He passed the middle school examination from Hazro High School and then moved to

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...

and read early Persian and grammar books from Maulana Ahmad Din, a student of Maulana Saif-ur-Rehman Peshawari. Then he learned various books from Maulana Sikandar Ali and his elder brother Maulana Muhammad Ismail, a resident of Kokal (Hazara). Studied art books from Maulana Abdullah Patwar and Maulana Muhammad Din. Studied last books of rationality from Maulana Ghulam Rasool of Gujarat District and his son-in-law Maulana Waliullah.

Mishkat () by Walī ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī (d.1248) is an expanded and revised version of al-Baghawī's '' Maṣābīḥ as-Sunnah''. Khaṭīb at-Tibrīzī rendered this version of the original ...

, Jalalayn,

Tafsir al-Baydawi ''Anwār al-Tanzīl wa-Asrār al-Ta’wīl'' (), better known as ''Tafsīr al-Bayḍāwī'' (), is one of the most popular classical Sunni Qur'anic interpretational works ('' tafsīr'') composed by the 13th-century Muslim scholar al-Bayḍā ...

and translation of the Quran were also studied here. Later from Maulana Hussain Ali, a resident of Wan Bhachran, learned Qur'an exegesis from him and on his instructions made a journey to

Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

and studied most literature books there. Maulana Rasul Khan Hazarvi took the entrance exam. In 1933 he studied the hadith in Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel.

Career

After graduation from Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel on the behest of

Anwar Shah Kashmiri Anwar Shah Kashmiri (; 26 November 1875 – 28 May 1933) was an Islamic scholar from Kashmir in the early twentieth century, best known for his expertise in the study of hadith, a strong memory, and a unique approach to interpreting traditions, ...

, he continued to teach there for one year. There he assisted

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in compiling the ''Tafseer-e-Usmani''. On the instructions of his Sheikh Maulana Hussain Ali, he was assigned to teach at the Madrasa Barakat-ul-Islam in Wazirabad. Sheikh Abdul Ghani brought him from Wazirabad to Rawalpindi in 1939, where he worked in high school for few months. After leaving school, he started teaching in the old fort mosque and started lecturing on the Qur'an in addition to giving speeches in different places. In 1930 founded Darul Uloom Taleemul Quran. He wrote a commentary on the Qur'an called "Tafsir Jawahar-ul-Quran". He was one of the prominent scholars of Jamiat-e-Ishaat-e-Tawhid-o-Sunnah Pakistan and held the post of Nazim-e-Ala. In 1980, he was a special supporter of

Zafar Ahmad Usmani Zafar Ahmad Usmani (also known as Zafar Ahmad Thanwi) () (4 October 1892 – 1974), was a 20th Century Sunni Muslim Jurist who became an influential figure of the Hanafi school of Sunni jurisprudence's Deobandi Movement. He also was a prom ...

Muhammad Shafi Muhammad Shafi (24 January 1897 – 6 October 1976), often referred to as Mufti Muhammad Shafi, was a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar of the Deobandi school, a Hanafi jurist and mufti, he was also an authority on shari'ah, hadith, Qur'anic ...

and Ehtisham ul Haq Thanvi. And as the Ameer of Central Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Punjab, he raised the word of truth together with these gentlemen against socialism and communist movements.

Death

On the night of 26 May 1980, he died of a heart attack in

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. Syed Inayatullah Shah Bukhari led the funeral prayers in Liaqat Bagh and the then Chief of Army Staff and President of Pakistan General

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also se ...

also shouldered the funeral bed. About 200,000 people attended the funeral. He was buried at Jamia Ishaat-ul-Islam Attock.

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