Biography:Khurram Murad

Khurram Murad
Born	3 November 1932 Bhopal, India
Died	19 December 1996
Nationality	Pakistani, British Raj
Education	Government Hamidiya Arts & Commerce Degree College D. J. Sindh Government Science College NED University of Engineering and Technology (BS) University of Minnesota (MS)
Occupation	Islamic scholar, Author, Politician, Civil Engineer
Organization	Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba The Islamic Foundation Muslim World Book Review

Khurram Jah Murad (1932–1996) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer. He was born in Bhopal, British Raj, current day India. While his da'wah activities began in Pakistan, he has been involved in the promotion of the Islamic movement in Asia, Europe and Africa. As a teacher and a da'iyah his speeches and orations have inspired thousands of young men and women all over the world. As chief of the training departments of the Jamiat, the Jamaat and as an active resource-person in training programmes in the UK, he played a key role in the character-building of the youth in the Islamic Movement.

Education

Murad graduated cum laude from NED University of Engineering and Technology in Bachelor of Science.After getting his engineering degree we went on to complete his master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota

Career

While his da'wah activities began in Pakistan , he has been involved in the promotion of the Islamic movement in Asia, Europe and Africa. As a teacher and a da'iyah his speeches and orations have inspired thousands of young men and women all over the world. As chief of the training departments of the Jamiat, the Jamaat and as an active resource-person in training programs in the UK, he played a key role in the character-building of the youth in the Islamic Movement.

Khurram Murad served as Naib Amir (Vice-President) Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Amir (President) in Bangladesh, a Trustee and a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK, and editor of Tarjumanal Qur'an, Lahore, Pakistan (a journal founded by the Islamic scholar, Abul Ala Maududi in 1932), and the quarterly Muslim World Book Review, UK. He was also a prisoner of war for many years in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. From 1975–1976, he was involved in the extension project of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as he was a civil engineer by profession. During his time in NED he gained stature as a student leader and later served as Nazim-e-Ala of Islami Jamiat Talaba for session 1951–52.

He was the author of over fifty works in Urdu and English.

He also edited Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi's work, Muslims in the West: Message and the Mission. Khurram also wrote over half a dozen books for children, edited and directed a video on "The Life of the Prophet Muhammad," and contributed dozens of scholarly articles to different journals and magazines. Over four hundred audio and video cassettes of Khurram Murad are in circulation in Pakistan and different parts of the Muslim World.

Murad was involved in Islamic da'wah and inter-faith dialogue in the West for the last twenty years. In this connection, he addressed dozens of conferences and seminars. His contributions in initiating and promoting strategic thinking on da'wah issues in Muslim countries as well as in countries where Muslims are in a minority have been immense.

Publications

Some of his works in English are:

• Way to the Quran (and an online website)
• Key to al-Baqarah
• The Quranic Treasures
• Islam – The Easy Way
• Who is Muhammad?
• Gifts from Muhammad
• Shariah: The Way to Justice
• Shari'ah: The Way to God
• Interpersonal Relations
• In the Early Hours: Reflections on Spiritual and Self-Development
• Sacrifice the making of a Muslim
• Dawah among Non-Muslims in the West
• Islam & Terrorism
• The Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values Power and Change
• Islamic Movement in the West: Reflections on Some Issues
• Dying & Living for Allah
• Treasures of the Qur'an

Some of his booklets in Urdu are:

• Zikr-e-Ilahi ("Remembrance of God")
• Rabb se Mulaaqaat ("Meeting with the Lord")
• Dawat kai Nishan-e-Raah
• Imaanat Daary ("Honesty")
• Allah se Muhabbat ("Loving Allah")
• Hasad aur Bughz ("Jealousy & Envy")
• Rizq-e-halal ("Lawful Sustenance")
• Niyyat aur Amal ("Intention & Action")
• Hubb-e-Dunya ("Love of the World")
• Dil ki zindagi ("Life of the Heart")
• Ghalatiyon to Maaf Karna ("Forgiving Mistakes")
• Haqeeqat-e-Zuhd ("Reality of Piety")
• Urooj ka Raasta ("The Way to Elevation")

References

• Racius, Egdunas. 2004. The multiple nature of the Islamic Da'wa. Dissertation, University of Helsinki.

Further reading

• Ansari, Humayun. 3 September 2002. Muslims in Britain. London: Minority Rights Group International (MRG).
• Musharraf, Mohammad Nabeel. Khurram J. Murad: An Overview of His Political and Scholarly Contributions. AJHISR,Vol.3,Issue 2.

External links

• UK Islamic Mission (parent organization of the Islamic Foundation)
• Islamworld.net
• Collection of English Books by Khurram Murad
• Collection of Books by Khurram Murad in PDF-format