Muhiuddin Khan (; 1935–2016) was an

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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

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Early life and education

Khan was born on 19 April 1935 at the home of his maternal grandfather in the village of Chhaychir in Pakundia,

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, Bengal Province. His mother's name was Mosammat Rabeya Khatun. Khan belonged to a

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family originally from Ansarnagar in Gafargaon,

Mymensingh District Mymensingh District () is a district in Mymensingh Division Bangladesh, and is bordered in the north by Meghalaya, India and the Garo Hills, in the south by Gazipur District, in the east by the districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj and in ...

. His father, Hakim Ansaruddin Khan, was an educationist and '' moulvi''. Khan passed ''Aalim'' in 1951 and ''Fazil'' in 1953 from the madrasa. In 1953, he was admitted to Govt. Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka where he studied under Abdur Rahman Kashgari and other schoalrs. In 1955, Khan received the ''Kamil'' degree in

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and in 1956 he got a ''Kamil'' degree in

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from the madrasa.

Career

Khan edited ''Weekly Naya Jamana'' in 1960, ''Monthly Dishari'' from 1963 to 1970. From 1961 until his death, he served as the editor of ''Monthly Madina'' and ''Aaj'' (Today). Khan was appointed a member of the central executive committee of Saudi-based international organization Rabataye Aalame Islami in 1988. He has been honored as a well-known writer in

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. He was the president of Mutamar al-Alam Al-Islami Bangladesh unit, the founder chairman of the Jatiya Seerat Committee of Bangladesh, the chairman of the Nastik-Murtad Protirud Andolon Islami Murcha, and the leader of Jamiate Ulamae Islam. Khan co-operated and assisted the Bengali freedom fighters during the

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of 1971. In December 1976, the

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh () is a Bangladeshi Islamic Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission. It is the successor to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was a member of the 20-Party alliance. It was a ...

held a conference at the Patuakhali Jame Mosque in which

Azizul Haque Azizul Haque, () meaning "strong in the truth", is a male Muslim given name. Notable bearers of the name include: * Qazi Azizul Haque (1872–1935), also Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Huq, Quazi Syed Azizul Haque, police officer and fingerprint pioneer ...

was made the party's president and Khan as its general-secretary. Khan resigned from this post in 1978. However, at the Jamiat Central Council of 1996, Khan was appointed as the executive president of a 51-member executive council. After the death of the council's erstwhile president, Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi, on 20 May 2005, Khan was given the responsibility as acting president.

Works

Khan wrote, edited and published Islamic literature in Bangla. He gave the realization of the fact that

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can be a separate topic of literature, and it can be unique. Today, ''Seerat'' Literature is a rich section of Bengali language. He has translated and compiled nearly 105 books. He translated the eight volume

Tafsir Tafsir ( ; ) refers to an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' (; plural: ). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, interpretation, context or commentary for clear understanding ...

book ''Maarreef al Quran'' of

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 ...

from Urdu to Bengali. It is published from the ''Islamic Foundation Bangladesh''. In 1413 Hijri, the ''King Fahd Quran printing project'' of Madinah distributed the Tafseer printing in one volume in Bengali to the Bengali speakers throughout the world free of cost. Khan translated Al-Ghazali's ''Ihyau Ulumuddin'' and Abul Kalam Azad's ''Insaniat Mawt ki Darwaje Por (The form of humanity in the face of death)''. His established ''Madina Publications'' has published 600 quality books from the year 1957 in various subjects including the

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, Seerat-e Rasool, history, tradition and dictionary. List of books written or translated by Muhiuddin Khan * Islam and Our Life (ইসলাম ও আমাদের জীবন) * The Right Path (সিরাতুল মুস্তাকীম) * Maariful Qur'an (মারেফুল কোরআন সংক্ষিপ্ত বাংলা অনুবাদ সহ) * Holy Jamjam (জান্নাতের অমীয়ধারা পবিত্র যমযম) * Tajreedul Bukhari(তজরীদুল বোখারী) * Azadi Movement 1857 (আযাদী আন্দোলন-১৮৫৭) * Extra-Ordinary Incidents of Prophet Muhammad's Life (খাসায়েসুল কুবরা: নবী (সা:) জীবনের অত্যাশ্চর্য ঘটনাবলী ) * Biography of Prophet Muhammad's (সীরাতুন নবী)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Muhiuddin Deobandis 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Sunni Islamic movements Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 1935 births 2016 deaths People from Gafargaon Upazila Government Madrasah-e-Alia alumni Translators of the Quran into Bengali 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis Secretaries-general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam

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Career

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