Ghulam Jilani Barq

G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī Barq (Urdu: غلام جیلانی برق‎; 26 October 1901, Basal, Attock District - 12 March 1985, Attock) was an 20th Century Pakistani Islamic scholar, theologian, educator, scholar, author and translator.

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TitleDoctor, Allamah
Personal
Born
Ghulam Jilani Barq

(1901-10-26)October 26, 1901
Basal, Attock
DiedMarch 12, 1985(1985-03-12) (aged 83–84)
Attock
ReligionIslam
NationalityBritish India (till 1947)
Pakistan (1947-till death)
Home townAttock
OccupationIslamic scholar, theologian, author and translator

Early life and education

Ghulam Jilani Barq was born on 26 October 1901 in Attock District to Muhammad Qasim Shah.[1] Barq completed his education in his hometown, Attock where he was living with his uncle, his father used to live out of the town due to his official work.[2] From Madrassas to universities, he won gold medal in Arabic language. Barq wrote his thesis on Ibn Taymiyyah in English, which was ratified in 1940 by universities such as Harvard and Oxford.[3][4] According to Pakistani journalist Javed Chaudhry, Barq was one of the twenty scholars who had Ph.D degree in 1940 before the creation of Pakistan.[5]

Works

Ghulam Jilani Barq has written several books including:[6]

  • Imām Ibn-i Taymiyyah (Book on Ibn Taymiyyah)
  • Dānish-i Rūmī o Saʻdī (Rumi and Saadi)[7][8]
  • Merī dāstān-i ḥayāt (My life story)
  • Yūrap par Islām ke iḥsān (The blessings of Islam on Europe)
  • Falsafiyān-i Islām (Philosophy of Islam)
  • Ḍākṭar G̲h̲ulām̲ Jīlānī Barq ke k̲h̲ut̤ūt̤ (Letters from Dr. Ghulam Jilani Barq)
  • Barq-i betāb: Ḍākṭar G̲h̲ulām̲ Jīlānī Barq kā kalām
  • Maz̤āmīn-i Barq: 1926 tā qayām-i Pākistān
  • Do Islam
  • Do Qurʼān
  • Islam, the Religion of Humanity
  • Mann Ki Duniya

Death

Barq passed away on 12 March 1985 in Attock.

Bibliography
  • Mājid, Rāja F. M. (1962). Ghulām Jīlānī Barq: a study in Muslim "nationalism" (Ph.D thesis). Canada: McGill University.
  • Barq, G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī (1982). My life story (in Urdu). Shaiḵh̲ G̲h̲ulām ʻAlī ainḍ Sanz.
  • Barq, Dr. Ghulam Jilani (2011). Imam Ibn Taymiyyah. Lahore: Al-Faisal Nasran. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-969-503-812-3.

References
  1. Hassan, Syed Hammad. "Ghulam Jilani Barq's Views on the Relationship of Science and Rationality with Islam: An Appraisal" (PDF). National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR).
  2. Mājid 1962, p. 53.
  3. "How did injustice happen to Dr. Ghulam Jilani Barq?" (in Urdu).
  4. Barq 2011, p. 9.
  5. Chaudhry, Javed. "کیا ڈاکٹر برق واقعی نادم تھے؟".
  6. ""G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī Barq" -". Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  7. Barq, G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī; Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī; Saʻdī (1963). Dānish-i Rūmī o Saʻdī (in Urdu). Lāhaur: Shaik̲h̲ g̲h̲ulām ʻalī. OCLC 20908425.
  8. Barq, G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī (2018). Dānish-i Rūmī o Saʻdī. Lāhaur: al-Faiṣal. ISBN 9799695038030.
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