Sadruddin Islahi (1917 - 1998) was an

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writer and a close companion of

Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi (; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan. Described by Wilfred C ...

. He was one of the early members of Jamat e Islami.

Early life and education

Islahi was born in 1917 in Sidha Sultanpur,

Azamgarh district Azamgarh district is one of the three districts of Azamgarh division in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Etymology The district is named after its headquarters town, Azamgarh. Azam, a son of Vikramajit, founded the town in 1665. Vikramajit ...

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. After early school education, he went to an Islamic school,

Madrasatul Islah Madrasatul Islah is a traditional Islamic institution of learning and a renowned center of oriental and Islamic studies at Sarai Mir in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. It was started by Mawlana Muhammad Shafi in 1908 along with particip ...

, to get a degree in religious education in 1937.

Membership of Jamat e Islami

Islahi joined Jamat-e-Islami in its early days and remained an active member until his death. He corresponded with

who was mentoring him as a writer.

Writing career

After completing his education, Islahi started writing articles for different journals. He was also published in the Islamic journal, ''Tarjuman ul Quran'',

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. When

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (, abbreviated as JIH) is an Islamic organisation in India, founded as an offshoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami, which split into separate independent organisations in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh following the Partition of India i ...

asked ''Abul A'la Maududi'' to grant his permission for a condensed publication of

Tafhim-ul-Quran ''Tafhim-ul-Quran'' () is a 6-volume translation and commentary of the Qur'an by the Pakistani Islamist ideologue and activist Syed Abul Ala Maududi. Maududi began writing the book in 1942 and completed it in 1972. ''Tafhim'' is derived from t ...

, he gave his consent only if it was to be done by Sadruddin Islahi.

Books

* ''Haqiqat-e-Nifaq'' (1944) * ''Ifadat-e-hazrat shah waliullah dehlvi'' (Translation) (1944) * ''Haqeeqat-e-Ubudiyat'' (1946) * ''Islam Ek Nazar Mein'' (Islam at a Glance) (1961) * ''Asase Deen ki Tameer'' (Building up the foundations of faith) (1969) * ''Maaraka-e-islam-o-jahiliyat'' (1991) * ''Islam Aur Ijtimaiyat'' (Islam And Collectivism) * ''Quran Majeed Ka Ta'aruf'' * ''Fareeza Iqamat-e-Deen'' * ''Tahreek-e-Islami Hind'' (Jamat-e-Islami Hind Conceptual Basis)

Death

Islahi died on November 13,1998, in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Islahi, Sadruddin 1917 births 1998 deaths People from Azamgarh district Indian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam