Whilst the former refers to topics related to the philosophy of religion, the latter to those that relate to law.

According to him, the Qur'an itself divides the contents of Islam in two categories: al-Hikmah and al-Shari'ah. Ghamidi has tried to unfold the meaning of the divine message by taking into consideration these devices within the text of the translation.Īn original contribution of Ghamidi is his categorization of the contents of religion, which can be seen in his book Mizan which is a comprehensive introduction to Islam. To achieve this brevity, various devices are employed in classical Arabic which are not found in most other languages.

Words and concepts which are understood are suppressed and left to the perspicacity of the reader. It takes the reader close to the classical Arabic of the Qur'an in which ideas are conveyed with brevity and terseness. However, many of his contributions to the Islamic thought are original.īoth these features can be witnessed in his ongoing annotated translation of the Qur'an, al-Bayan. Ghamidi has drawn heavily from the Qur'anic thought of his two illustrious predecessors, Hamid al-Din Farahi and Amin Ahsan Islahi presenting many of their views in a more precise manner. He appears regularly on various tv channels to discuss Islam and contemporary issues as a part of his campaign to educate people about Islam. He is the founder-president of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences (and is the chief editor of the Urdu Monthly 'Ishraq' and the English Monthly 'Renaissance' (He is also the founder of the Mus'ab School System.

Ghamidi has written and lectured widely on the Qur'an, Islamic law and various other aspects of Islam. He taught Islamic studies at the Civil Services Academy for more than a decade from 1979 to 1991. He was also associated with the famous scholar and revivalist Abu al-A'la Mawdudi (d. 1997), who was destined to who have a deep impact on him. In 1973, he came under the tutelage of Amin Ahsan Islahi (d. He did his BA honours (part I) in English Literature and Philosophy from the Government College, Lahore in 1972 and studied Islamic disciplines in the traditional manner from various teachers and scholars throughout his early years. After matriculating from a local school, he came to Lahore in 1967 where he is settled eversince. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi was born in 1951 in a village of Sahiwal, a district of the Punjab province.

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