''Karwan-e-Zindagi'' () is a voluminous

autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights. This genre allows individuals to share thei ...

Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi Syed Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi (also known as Ali Miyan; 5 December 1913 – 31 December 1999) was a leading Indian Islamic scholar, thinker, writer, preacher, reformer and a Muslim public intellectual of 20th century India and the author of ...

in Seven volumes which is a contribution to the history as well as to

Urdu literature Urdu literature (, ) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language. While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ''ghazal'' () and '' nazm'' (), it has expanded into other styles of writing, includin ...

. Originally, the book was written in Urdu.

In this work, Nadwi tried to cover all the information related to himself as well as the remarkable events of his life. His motivation for writing his autobiography is not merely to recount memorable milestones in his life but to provide an all-encompassing spectrum of his activities that delineates his intellectual growth and development. The historical incidents in his life are contextualized to provide the reader an opportunity to examine his role in the said events, in which Nadwi was an active participant. Furthermore, his autobiography makes copious reference to his prolific writings to highlight his contribution to contemporary Islamic thought. The book also attempts to explore Nadwi's vision and thought regarding Islam and humanity as well as what was his attitude for the renaissance of Islam in the modern age. He stated in his autobiography that, he believed in steadfastness, progress, to make use of everything old which is beneficial, welcomed everything new which is sound, adopted from tradition what is sincere and rejected what is dubious. Its represents his synopsis of his other important works, which analyzed for a more complete appreciation of his contribution to contemporary Islamic thought. Text was copied from this source, which is available under
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Muhiuddin Khan Muhiuddin Khan (; 1935–2016) was an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh and editor of '' Monthly Madina''. Khan was also a Quranic commentator, journalist, poet, writer and translator. He translated for the first time tafseer Maariful Quran into B ...

said,

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* {{Authority control 1983 non-fiction books 20th-century Indian books History books about Islam Books by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi Deobandi biographical literature History books about India Islam in India Indian autobiographies Urdu-language books Indian non-fiction books Religious autobiographies

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