Muhammad Muhsin Khan (

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

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: ; 1927 – 14 July 2021) was an Islamic scholar and translator of

Afghan Afghan or Afgan may refer to: Related to Afghanistan *Afghans, historically refers to the Pashtun people. It is both an ethnicity and nationality. Ethnicity wise, it refers to the Pashtuns. In modern terms, it means both the citizens of Afghanist ...

origin, who lived in

Madinah Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (, ), also known as Taybah () and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib (), is the capital of Medina Province (Saudi Arabia), Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ...

and served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He translated both the

Quran The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

and

Sahih Al-Bukhari () is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Sunni Islam. Compiled by Islamic scholar al-Bukhari () in the format, the work is valued by Sunni Muslims, alongside , as the most authentic after the Qur'an. Al-Bukhari organized the bo ...

into English. He was the director of the clinic of

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Biography

Muhammad Muhsin Khan was born in 1927 in

Kasur Kasur (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ; also Romanization, romanized as Qasūr; from pluralized Arabic word ''Qasr'' meaning "palaces" or "forts") is a city to the south of Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. The city s ...

, British India. His ''

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'' (

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) is: Muhammad Muhsin bin Muhi-ud-Din bin Ahmed Al-Essa Al-Khoashki Al-Jamandi

Al-Afghani al-Afghani () is a '' nisba'' meaning "Afghan" or from Afghanistan. It may refer to: * Jamal al-Din al-Afghani Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (Pashto/), also known as Jamāl ad-Dīn Asadābādī () and commonly known as Al-Afghani (1838/183 ...

. His grandparents emigrated from

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in order to escape from war and tribal strifes. He belongs to the

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tribe (arabized as Al-Khoashki) that resides in the valley of Arghistan, Kandahar province Afghanistan, where he completed most of his education.Muhammad M. Khan & Muhammad T. Al-Hilali, Biography of Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan. The Noble Quran, Dar-us-Salam Publications; 1 edition (March 1, 1999).ISBN 9960-740-79-X He received an

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degree from the

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, and a Diploma of Chest Diseases from the

University of Wales The University of Wales () is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first universit ...

. Prior to his studies at the University of Wales, he worked in the university hospital of the

University of Lahore The University of Lahore (), abbreviated as UOL, is a private university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The University of Lahore was founded at the collegiate level in 1999, under the IBADAT Educational Trust and was granted full degree a ...

. He later worked with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health, and then became the director of El-Sadad Hospital for the Chest Diseases. He moved to

, where he served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He later became the director of the clinic of the

. Muhsin Khan died on 14 July 2021 in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. His funeral prayers were offered in

Masjid al-Haram Masjid al-Haram (), also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia. It is among the ...

and he was buried in Jannat al-Baqi'.

Works

*'' The Translation of the Meanings Of Sahih Al-Bukhari'' *''Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhari'' *'' Noble Qur'an'', co-authored with Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali.DM Nassimi, A Thematic Comparative review of some of the English translations of the Qur'an, p 83. *''Understanding Ramadan''

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Biography of Dr. Muhsin KhanRead translation of Quran by Dr. Muhsin Khan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Muhammad Muhsin Pashtun people 1927 births 2021 deaths Alumni of the University of Wales Translators of the Quran into English People from Kasur District University of the Punjab alumni Burials at Jannat al-Baqī

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