Introduction:
Hamidudin Farahi |
Imam Hamidudin Farahi was an Indian Islamic scholar, A Quran researcher, and an author. Hamidudin Farahi is known for his work on Quran and Quranic verses. He analyzed the Quran during his whole life and tried to understand it with pure devotion. He made many theories on Quran and tried his best to translate it in a universal way. Farahi had been associated with literature his whole life and studied and taught Arabic and Persian.
He stated that Quran is arranged coherently in the form of a Nazm. He also said that Quran has a unique theme called Umood. He tried to wrote his own exegesis of the Quran but unfortunately, he wasn't able to complete it because he died in 1930. This theory of Imam Hamidudin Farahi is commonly known as Nazm-Ul-Quran.
Early life and education:
Hamidudin Farahi was born on November 18, 1863, in Pharia, the village of Uttar Pradesh, India. He got his name "Farahi" because his town's name was "Pharia". Farahi's parents were Abdul Kareem Sheikh and Mauqeem Bibi. The famous theologian and author "Maulana Shibli Nomani" was the cousin of Hamidudin Farahi. Maulana Shibli Naumani was also the teacher of Farahi, he taught him Arabic.
Farahi learned Persian from Maulvi Mehdi Hassan. After getting some basic education, Farahi went to Lahore to study Arabic literature. At Lahore, he studied Arabic and Persian literature from Maulana Faiz-ul-Hassan Saharaupuri, who was an expert of literature at that time.
In 1884, he got admission to Aligarh Muslim University and studied modern disciplines of the knowledge there. At that University, he met Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a famous figure. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan praised Farahi's intelligence a lot. He said that Farahi is better than many professors of Arabic and Persian.
Farahi's Career:
After that Hamidudin Farahi got graduated from MAO college. After graduating, Farahi started teaching Arabic at many Universities and Colleges including MAO college Lahore, Sindh Madrasah-Tul- Islam Karachi, Dar-Ul-Uloom. In his time in Hyderabad, he thought of establishing a university where all modern and religious education would be taught. As a result, he established Osmania University Hyderabad.
Later he went to Azamgarh again and became a head of the institute Madrasah-tul-Islah which was founded by Shibli Naumani and Farahi. In 1925, he came to Sir-e-Mir, and during this time he was handling the affairs of Madrasah-Tul-Islah. He taught numerous students during his life but Amin Ahmad Islahi was the one who took the responsibility to transmit Farahi's teachings.
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Farahi's work on Quran:
Hamidudin Farahi's main interest in his life was to research and translate Quran. He reflected on Quranic verses from almost fifty years. His writings also reflect Quran and its verses. His discovery of the coherency of the Quran was a big achievement of his life. Maulana Shibli Naumani said that "Farahi has achieved an impossible achievement".
Farahi stated that due to three main constitutions of coherency "Proportion, order and unity", Quran can have a single interpretation. Imam Hamidudin Farahi stated that if we perceive the Arabic language well and understand the coherency and the Nazm of the Quran, we can get rid of these numerous different interpretations of the Quran, which is the main cause of sectarianism
Farahi said that each sect in Islam has its own way to interpret Quran and many of them interpret it wrong. He said that interpreting a verse independently without knowing his context can be made big blunders and can create several meanings. According to Farahi, the coherency of the divine message of God leads a man to interpret it correctly.
Indeed if we perceive Farahis's message and start analyzing Quran according to a certain order, the division of the Muslim Ummah can be destroyed and unity can be attained. Farahi believed that Quran's wisdom can never be achieved if we don't understand it by order.
Many Islamic Scholars have praised the contributions of Imam Hamidudin Farahi in Islam. You can read the views of famous religious scholars on Hamidudin Farahi.
Works and Books:
Farhi devoted most of his life to understanding the eloquence of the Arabic language. Farahi's main interests were in Quran. His work on Quran and other contributions are present today in the form of notes. His students especially Amin Ahmad Islahi and others continued completing his objectives even after his death. He wrote a lot. Some of his books are:
Mufrdat-Ul-Quran
Majmua Tafseer-e-Farahi
Asalib-ul-Quran
Iman-fil-Aqsam-ul-Quran
Nizam-ul-Quran
The books written by Hamidudin Farahi are available on Ghamidi. tv, you can read them there.
Death:
Imam Hamidudin Farahi died on November 11, 1930, at the age of 66 due to some illness. His name is also stronger these days because the student of his student, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi is a big Islamic scholar these days and Ghamidi is still continuing his work and teachings. Al-Mawrid, a foundation founded by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi considers Imam Farahi as their origin.
Also read: Biography of Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
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