Basharat Ahmad

Basharat Ahmad (1876–1943), a member of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement,[1] is the author of numerous publications about Islam and the Ahmadiyya movement. He was the father of Naseer Ahmad Faruqui and the father in law of Maulana Mohammad Ali.[2]

Basharat Ahmad was born in Dharamsala, India, where he received his early education. He then studied at the King Edward Medical College, Lahore. He served as a doctor in East Africa as well as various cities of the Punjab.[2][3]

On retirement he settled down in Lahore on the advice of Maulana Mohammad Ali and devoted himself to the cause of Islam.[2]

He was a regular contributor for thirty years to Paigham-i Sulh, the Urdu periodical of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement.[2] He is famous for his commentary of the 30th and 27th part of the Quran entitled Anwarul Quran and also for his three volume comprehensive biography, in Urdu, Mujaddid-i Azam, of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement.

Prominent Publications by Dr. Basharat Ahmad:

References

  1. ↑ http://aaiil.org/text/biog/auto/basharatahmad.shtml How I Became an Ahmadi: by Dr. Basharat Ahmad, Urdu original in: Paigham-e-Sulah, 7th November, 1933, English Translation in: The Light, Nov-Dec 1999, pp. 4-10
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://www.aaiil.org/text/biog/biog/basharatahmaddr.pdf Biography of Dr. Basharat Ahmad: by Dr. Zahid Aziz
  3. ↑ http://www.aaiil.org/uk/newsletters/1996/1196.pdf Dr. Basharat Ahmad -- A Worthy Example, Newsletter Nov 1996, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam Lahore (UK)


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