Writing books has always been one of the fruitful activities of Muslim scholars for promoting knowledge and scholarship. Pir sahib has written numerous books in Urdu and essays on variety of topics. His articles have appeared in different journals and in Zia-e-Haram in particular. This is a monthly magazine which Pir sahib started publishing in 1970 and it has since been serving an important purpose. Its editorial often highly political represented the voice of the serious and enlightened Muslims of Pakistan and therefore acts as a reminder to the secularist authorities and socialists that they must tread carefully.
In 1977, during the Nizam-e-Mustafa movement he wrote and spoke vehemently against Bhutto’s socialist regime and was consequently imprisoned. He started writing a commentary of the Quran in 1960 and this commentary Zia-ul-Quran was completed in 1979. This is in 5 volumes and spread over 3600 pages. It is written in beautiful literary Urdu. The translation of the Quran is near literal yet flows in Urdu idiom conveying the true sense of the majestic book. He cites all the famous commentaries like Tabari, Qurtabie, Ibn-Kathir, Kashaf of Zarnakhshari Baidawi and Roohul Ma’ani as well as using most authentic lexicons like Mufridat of Raghib and Lisnul Arab.
However his magnum opus must be Zia-un-Nabi. This is a book on the life of the blessed Prophet (peace be upon him), which is approximately four thousand pages in seven volumes. It is written in poetical and fluent Urdu, which is full of passion. It represents a successful combination of scholarly information with literary style. Covering every aspect of the greatest man’s (peace be upon him) life in depth based on original Arabic sources. The loving aspect of the biography is an outstanding feature of this book. The reader is infused with the love of the Prophet (peace be upon him), which flows from every page of this magnificent book.
Source : Dr. Musharraf Hussain UK
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