asalamualaiku my brothers and sister..short biography of dr.asrar
Israr Ahmed ﺍﺳﺮﺍﺭ ﺍﺣﻤﺪ ; April
26, 1932 – April 14, 2010) was a
Pakistani Muslim religious
scholar followed particularly in
South Asia and also among the
South Asian diaspora in the
Middle East, Western Europe, and
North America..Born in Hissar,
(today's Haryana) in India, the
second son of a government
servant, he is the founder of the
Tanzeem-e-Islami, an off-shoot
of the Jamaat-e-Islamic. He
hosted a daily show on Peace
TV, a 24 hours Islamic channel
broadcast internationally, and
until recently on ARY QTV. His
supporters describe him as
having spent the "last forty
years" actively engaged in
"reviving the Quran-centered
Islamic perennial philosophy and
world-view" with "the ultimate
objective of establishing a true
Islamic State, or the System of
Khilafah."Ahmed had been
skeptical of the efficacy of
"parliamentary politics of give-
and-take" in establishing an
"Islamic politico-socio-economic
system" as implementing this
system is a "revolutionary
process". Dr. Israr Ahmad was
born on April 26, 1932 in Hisar
(a district of East Punjab, now a
part of Haryana) in India, the
second son of a government
servant. He graduated from King
Edward Medical College (Lahore)
in 1954 and later received his
Masters Degree in Islamic Studies
from the University of Karachi
in 1965. He came under the
influence of 'Abul Ala Maududi'
as a young student, worked
briefly for Muslim Student's
Federation in the Independence
Movement and, following the
creation of Pakistan in 1947, for
the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and
then for the Jamaat-e-Islami. Dr.
Israr Ahmad resigned from the
Jama`at in April 1957 because of
its involvement in the electoral
politics, which he believed was
irreconcilable with the
revolutionary methodology
adopted by the Jama'at in the
pre-1947 period. While still a
student and an activist of the
Islami Jami`yat-e-Talaba, Dr. Israr
Ahmad became a Mudarris (or
teacher) of the Quran. Even
after resigning from the
Jama`at, he continued to give
Qur'anic lectures in different
cities of Pakistan, and especially
after 1965 spent a great deal of
time studying the Quran. In
1967 Dr. Israr Ahmad wrote
“ Islamic Renaissance: The Real
Task Ahead”, a tract explaining
his basic belief. This was that a
rebirth of Islam would be
possible only by revitalizing
iman (faith) among the Muslims
– particularly educated Muslims –
and the propagation of the
Qur'anic teachings in
contemporary idiom and at the
highest level of scholarship is
necessary to revitalize iman. This
undertaking would remove the
existing dichotomy between
modern physical and social
sciences on the one hand, and
Islamic revealed knowledge on
the other. In 1971 Ahmad gave
up his medical practice to
devote himself full time to the
Islamic revival. In 1972 he
established or helped establish
the Markazi Anjuman Khuddam-
ul-Qur'an Lahore, Tanzeem-e-
Islami was founded in 1975, and
Tahreek-e-Khilafat Pakistan was
launched in 1991. Dr. Israr
Ahmad first appeared on
Pakistan Television in 1978 in a
program called Al-Kitab; this was
followed by other programs,
known as Alif Lam Meem,
Rasool-e-Kamil, Umm-ul-Kitab
and the most popular of all
religious programs in the history
of Pakistan Television, the Al-
Huda, which made him a
household name throughout the
country.His television lectures
generally focused on the
revitalization of the Islamic faith
through studies of the Quran.
Dr. Israr Ahmad also criticized
modern democracy and the
electoral system and argued that
the head of an Islamic state can
reject the majority decisions of
an elected assembly.Although he
did not like to receive it
personally, Dr. Israr Ahmad was
awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 1981.
He has to his credit over 60 Urdu
books on topics related to Islam
and Pakistan, 9 of which have
been translated into English and
other languages. The veteran
scholar died of a cardiac arrest
at his home in Lahore on the
morning of 14 April 2010
between 3:00 and 3:30 a.m.
According to his son, his health
deteriorated at around 1:30 a.m.
with pain in the back, he was a
long time heart patient. His
Funeral (Namaz-e-Janazah) was
held after the Asr (afternoon)
Prayers at Central Model-town
Park (near Barkat Market) in the
city of Lahore. It is reported that
around twenty thousand people
attended his funeral.
showkat bin nazir..dua fr me..
