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Basharat Ahmad (Urdu: بشارت احمد; 1876– 1943), a member of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement,[1] was 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:
- Anwaar-ul-Quran - Commentary, in Urdu, of Part 27 and 30 of the Quran [1]
- Birth of Jesus — In the Light of the Quran AND In the Light of the Gospels [2]
- The Great Mujaddid (Mujaddid-e-Azam) — 3 Volumes - Biography of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Mujadid of the 14th century of Islam and founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement [3]
- Quranic View of Human Freedom [4]
- Taqdir or Pre-Measurement in Islam [5]
- Bashaaraat-e-Ahmadiyya (3 Volumes): A Compilation of Articles on Various Interesting Topics on Islam [6]
- Position of Sufi-ism (Tasawwuf) in Islam [7]
References
[edit]- ^ http://aaiil.org/text/biog/auto/basharatahmad.shtml How I Became an Ahmadi: by Dr. Basharat Ahmad, Urdu original in: Paigham-e-Sulah, 7 November 1933, English Translation in: The Light, Nov-Dec 1999, pp. 4-10
- ^ a b c d http://www.aaiil.org/text/biog/biog/basharatahmaddr.pdf Biography of Dr. Basharat Ahmad: by Dr. Zahid Aziz
- ^ 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)