THE GREAT SUFI

This great Sufi was not a traditional Pir and Sajadahnashin but a great scholar of Islam. He is the author of many books. He wrote on Qur'an, Hadith, and Sirah. He completed his first book "Sunnat Khayr-al-Anam" while he was the student of al-Azhar University. In this book, he refuted Ghulam Ahmad Pervaiz's views regarding Prophetic traditions. Being a pupil of Sadr-ul-Afazal, he pondered over the Our'anic verses and completed his famous exegesis of the Holy Qur'an entitled "Zia-ul-Qur'an" in Urdu language in five volumes in 19 years. His Urdu translation "Jamal-ul-Qur'an" has also been separately published. He wrote detailed biography of the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) entitled "Zia-un-Nabi" in seven volumes. -His lectures and articles have been published under the title "Maqalat Zia-ul-Ummat' in two volumes and speeches delivered by him to the prisoners of Sargodha jail have been published by Gul Muharnmad Faizi in "Abr-e-Karam" He also translated Waza'if of Silsilah Chishtia and Dala'il al-Khayrat into Urdu language. He started a monthly journal "Zia-e-Haram" in 1970 and remained Editor-in-Chief of this journal for about 28 years. The editorial was written by himself under the title "Sirr-e-Dilbaran" that was specially admired by its readers.