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Understanding Islam is a translation of Ijtihad (Striving) written in Urdu by Nazir Ahmad (18361912) a leading Urdu writer, social and religious reformer.
The original work grew out of a response to the question, Why am I a Muslim? which had obsessed the author.
Nazir Ahmad critically examines questions that he felt had perhaps been inadequately understood by his co-religionists, and suggested areas where a change in their outlook might be conducive ...
It was a queens promise that upon the release of her son from prison she would present a ritual chadar cloth and a floral decoration at the holy dargah of Mehrauli. This procession and the offering of flowers that became an annual ritual for both Hindus and Muslims, came to be known as phool valon ki sair or the festival of flower sellers and it continues to this day.
In the days of Bahadur Shah II, the festival took the form of an exuberant celebration, an ...
A Tale of Four Dervishes (Bagh-o-Bahar) is a classic of early Urdu literature. Bagh-o-Bahar, also known as Qissa-e-Chaar Darvesh, is believed to have been composed in Persian sometime in the fourteenth century. Though the first Urdu translation appeared in 1775, it was Mir Amman's translation in colloquial Urdu, completed in 1803, that made the work popular.Structurally similar to the Arabian Nights, this book is a collection of five main stories and several ...