Abul A'la Maududi
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Syed Abul A'la Maududi Chishti (25 September 1903 – 22 September 1979) was a Pakistani Muslim philosopher, jurist, journalist and imam.
His numerous works, which "covered a range of disciplines such as Qur’anic exegesis, hadith, law, philosophy and history", were written in Urdu, but then translated into English, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Burmese and many other languages. He sought to revive Islam, and to propagate what he understood to be "true Islam". He believed that Islam was essential for politics, and that it was necessary to institute sharia and preserve Islamic culture from what he viewed as the evils of secularism, nationalism and socialism, which he understood to be the influence Western imperialism.
Selected bibliography
Maududi had produced 73 books at the time of his death, written more than 120 books and pamphlets, and made more than 1000 speeches and press statements. His magnum opus was the 30 years in progress translation (tafsir) in Urdu of the Qur’an, Tafhim ul-Qur’an (The Meaning of the Qur'an), intended to give the Qur’an a self-claim interpretation. It became widely read throughout the South Asia and has been translated into several languages.
Some of his books translated into English.
- Jihad in Islam
- Towards Understanding Islam
- Purdah & the Status of Women in Islam
- The Islamic Law and Constitution
- Let Us Be Muslims
- The Islamic Way Of Life
- The Meaning Of The Qur'an
- A Short History Of The Revivalist Movement In Islam
- Human Rights in Islam
- Four basic Qur'anic terms
- The process of Islamic revolution
- Unity of the Muslim world
- The moral foundations of the Islamic movement
- Economic system of Islam
- The road to peace and salvation
- The Qadiani Problem
- The Question of Dress
- The Rights of Non-Muslims in Islamic State
See also
- Islamic schools and branches
- Naeem Siddiqui
- Tehreek e Islami
- Contemporary Islamic philosophy
