Khurram Murad

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KHURRAM MURAD

Khurram Murad
Born3 November 1932
Bhopal, India
Died19 December 1996
NationalityPakistani, British Raj
OccupationIslamic scholar, Author, Politician, Civil Engineer
OrganizationJamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba
The Islamic Foundation
Muslim World Book Review

Khurram Murad (1932-1996) was an eminent intellectual and a distinctive leader of the Muslim World. Born on November 5 in Riya Bhopal, he learned to recite the Quran with Urdu translation from his mother. Thus, for Khurram Sahib, his mother was a teacher, a mentor and above all a teacher of the Qur'an. In 1953, he received his BA in Civil Engineering from NED Engineering College, Karachi and in 1958 MS from the University of Minnesota- all with greater academic distinction. During his stay in the United States, he engaged in a dialogue with the Christian missionaries on Islam and Christianity. Having attended churches and social events there, he delivered talks on Islam and Pakistan. During his studies, he actively took part in the social, convalescing and academic activities of the students.

Career[]

He worked as a lecturer in NED Engineering College from 1955 to 1957. As a notable engineer of the country, he rendered his services in East Pakistan as chief engineer and resident director of the then famous consultancy firm; Associate and Consulting Engineers (ACE). During his employment, he in addition to Pakistan provided his services to the major construction projects in Iran and Saudi Arabia. In this regard, he took part in the expansion project of Makkah.

He performed valuable services for the restoration of democracy, public service and protection of basic human rights in Pakistan. Pursuing the same path, he first went through imprisonment in 1949 and then remained in India as a prisoner of war for two and a half years after the fall of East Pakistan in 1971.

Mr Khurram Murad chose the difficult path of research and reflection instead of counting on the available information. After moving from Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom, he served as the Director-General of The Islamic Foundation, a well-known scientific and research institution from 1977 to 1987. Analyzing the fundamentals of disagreement and consensus between the West and the Muslim World, he pointed out the path by which the Western World can choose to live in peace while the Muslim World too can opt for reverential life. He did a good job of liaising with Muslim organizations in Europe.

He provided intellectual and scholarly assistance in the establishment of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) to prepare a highly educated and skilled workforce and to meet the standard educational needs of ordinary students. Since then, the Institute after going through an evolutionary phase has now developed into the University of Management and Technology Lahore, which is expanding with every passing of a day.

Khurram Murad was an engineer by profession. He figured out the message of the Qur'an from the early stage of his life, responded to its call and spent his whole life spreading this message and calling the servants of God towards it. Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, the United States, wherever he lived, wherever he went, he prepared his audience to invest their lives, time, abilities, wealth and everything in the way of Allah and seek His pleasure and take the path to heaven. This is the path to success and ascension for Muslims. And to walk this path, connect with the Qur'an for which this book is a guide.

Murad served as Naib Amir (Vice-President) of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Amir (President) in Bangladesh, a Trustee and a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK, and editor of Tarjumanal Qur'an, Lahore, Pakistan (a journal founded by the Islamic scholar, Abul Ala Maududi in 1932), and the quarterly Muslim World Book Review, UK. He was also a prisoner of war for many years in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. From 1975–1976, he was involved in the extension project of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as he was a civil engineer by profession. During his time in NED he gained stature as a student leader and later served as Nazim-e-Ala of Islami Jamiat Talaba for session 1951–52.[1]

Publications[]

For publishing quality research literature in the Sindhi language, he took practical steps to establish 'Mehran Academy'. He also set up Manshoorat to produce low-priced, but quality literature in Urdu and Idara Sam-o-Basar for the production of audio-visual comparisons.

Manshoorat is playing an active role in publishing productive literature in the country since its inception in 1993. More than 500 books and booklets have gained general popularity. Even some booklets’ over 300,000 copies have been sold out. According to the broad concept of religion, Manshoorat is publishing every genre of literature related to every aspect of life.

Under his supervision, besides several scientific research projects, more than 100 books were brought out. He has published 117 books in Urdu and 40 books and booklets in English. He was also the editor of The Muslim World Book Review, a British-based quarterly magazine, and Lahore, and monthly Tarjuman-ul-Qur'an. He passed away on December 19, 1996.

His works include:

Some of his booklets in Urdu are:

Notes[]

  1. ^ http://jamaat.org/ur/profile.php?id=1433

References[]

Further reading[]

  • Ansari, Humayun. 3 September 2002. Muslims in Britain. London: Minority Rights Group International (MRG).
  • Musharraf, Mohammad Nabeel. Khurram J. Murad: An Overview of His Political and Scholarly Contributions. AJHISR,Vol.3,Issue 2.

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