Shamsul-hasan Shams Barelvi (1917 – 12 March 1997) was a

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ic scholar and a translator of classical Islamic texts from

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and

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into

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. He was a professor of Persian and Arabic at

Manzar-e-Islam Manzar-e-Islam, also known as Jamia Razvia Manzar-e-Islam, is an Islamic seminary in India. It was founded in 1904 in Bareilly, India by Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. It celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2004 this occasion was marked by a ser ...

in Bareilly, prior to his migration to Karachi, Pakistan. His book ''Sarwar-e-Kaunain ki Fasahat'' won an award from the Government of Pakistan. He lived and died in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan where he migrated from British India. The later years of his life were plagued by health problems. He had nine children in various countries and his wife died before him. He received the

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for his academic work in 1995.

Literary works

His works include: * ''Nizam-e-Mustufa'' by himself () * '' Sarwar-e-Kaunain ki Fasahat'' *''Ḥaz̤rat Ḥasan Raz̤ā Barelvī kī nʻat goʾī aur un ke divān-i zoq-i nʻat par nāqadānah naẓar'' * ''Auranzeb-Khutut ke Ayenah Mae'' * '' Aʻlā Ḥaz̤rat Imām Ahl-i Sunnat Maulānā Shāh Ḥāfiz Aḥmad Raz̤ā K̲h̲ān̲ Raz̤ā ke naʻtiyah kalām kā taḥqīqī aur adabī jāʾizah'' ()

Translation works

* '' Awaarif-ul-muwaarif'' (translation) by Shaikh-ul-Shuyukh Shihabuddin al-Suhrawardi * ''Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din'' (translation) by Shaikh

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* ''Nafahat al Uns'' (translation) by Shaikh Nuruddin Jami * '' Sad Maktubat'' (translation) by Shaikh Muniri * '' Tareekh-ul-Khulufaa'' (translation) by Imam al-Suyuti * ''Imām Aḥmad Raz̤ā kī ḥāshiyah nigārī/jāʼizah nigār'' (translation ) by Imam

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() * ''Qadiri Ridwi Majmu’ah Wazaaif'' (translation) by Shaykh Iqbal Nuri * ''Ruq'at-e-Alamgir'' (translation) by

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* ''Mukāshafat al-qulūb'' (translation) by Imam

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* ''Kitābulḥaqūq o kitābuṣṣidq'' (translation) by Imam

References

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