Noor Alam Khalil Amini

Noor Alam Khalil Amini was born on 18 December 1952 in Muzaffarpur in Bihar.[3] He was schooled at Madrasa Imdadiya Darbhanga, Darul Uloom Mau and Darul Uloom Deoband. In 1970, he moved to Madrasa Aminia, Kashmiri Gate for graduation in traditional dars-e-nizami studies. His teachers include Abdul Haq Azmi, Waheeduz Zaman Kairanwi and Muhammad Miyan Deobandi.[4][1] He specialized in teaching Arabic language from the King Saud University.[5]

Amini taught Arabic literature at the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama for ten years from 1972 to 1982.[3] He later taught at the Darul Uloom Deoband for a span of 39 years.[4] He served as the chief-editor of Darul Uloom Deoband's monthly Arabic magazine Al-Dai.[6][7] He was conferred with the President's Certificate of Honour in 2017.[8] His students number more than 1000, including Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi.[6][3]

Amīni was an author of Arabic and the Urdu language. He wrote extensively in both languages and translated around 25 books from Urdu to Arabic.[3] He wrote more than 500 articles in Arabic language, and those were published in national and international magazines including, Al-Faysal, Al-Jazīrah, Al-Dawah of Riyadh; and Indian magazines like Al-B'as al-Islami, Tameer-e-Hayāt and Al-Furqān of Lucknow.[5] His translated works include, Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi's "Appreciation and interpretation of religion in the modern age"; Muhammad Taqi Usmani's "Muawiyah and historical facts"; Manzoor Nomani's "Iran Revolution, Khumaini and Shi'ism", "Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi and his religious reform", "Indian scholars and the propaganda against Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab"; and Hussain Ahmad Madani's, "Educational condition of India, before and after the British colonialism".[3]

Amīni died on 3 May 2021, at his residence in Deoband.[6] Islamic scholars, Abul Qasim Nomani, Arshad Madani, Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi and Mahmood Madani expressed sorrow at his death.[9] His funeral prayer was led by Arshad Madani, and he was buried in the Qasmi cemetery of Darul Uloom Deoband.[10]

Inscription on Amīni's grave in the Qasmi Cemetery in Deoband

At the Assam University, Abul Kalam wrote his doctoral thesis entitled Socio-Political Aspects in the Writings of Noor Alam Khalil Amini with Special Reference to Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin.[11]

Amini's works in Arabic and Urdu include:[12]

• Al-dawatul islamiyyah bayn al-ams wa al-yawm (Arabic)
• Al-sahabatu wa makanatuhum fi al-Islam (Arabic), published in Urdu as Sahaba-e-Rasool Islam ki Nazar Mai (Companions of Muhammad in the Islamic perspective)
• al-Muslimoona fi al-Hind (Arabic) (The Indian Muslims)
• Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin (Arabic), published in Urdu as, Falastīn kisi Salāhuddīn ke intezār mai (Palestine waiting for some Salahuddin)
• Harf-e-Shireen (Urdu)
• Kya Islam Paspa Horaha hai (Is Islam dying?)
• Maujuda Saleebi Saihuni Jang (Urdu)
• Miftahul Arabia (Arabic). This book is taught in the dars-e-nizami curriculum in various madrasas.[7]
• Mujtama'tuna al-ma'asarah wa al-tareequ ila al-Islam (Arabic)
• Mata Takoon ul Kitabaat-o- Muassirah? (Arabic)
• Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (Urdu)
• Ta'allamu Al-arabiya Fa'innaha Min Deenikum (Arabic)
• Wo Koh Kan Ki Baat (biography of Waheeduz Zaman Kairanwi)