Muniruddin Ahmed

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Muniruddin Ahmed ( Urdu منیرالدین احمد; *  November 22, 1934 in Rawalpindi ; † April 21, 2019 ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer. His specialization was the history and politics of the Muslim world with a focus on the Indian subcontinent .

Life

He studied Islamic and political science at the University of the Punjab , the Jamia Ahmadiyya ( Rabwah ) and the University of Hamburg . In 1960 he came to Hamburg as a missionary for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community . After a dispute with the leading missionary, he was expelled from the religious community and from 1967 to 1999 worked as a research assistant at the German Orient Institute in Hamburg and taught at the University of Hamburg. There he received his doctorate in 1967 at the University of Hamburg on Ta'rich Baghdad , the main work of Al-Chatib al-Baghdadi .

Muniruddin Ahmed is considered one of the pioneers of Urdu literature abroad. He published five volumes of short stories in Urdu. In addition, he has translated from German literature, seven volumes of which have appeared so far, including an anthology of German stories and volumes of poetry. His autobiography Dahlte Saayee was published in the literary magazine Savera , Lahore, and was published as a book in October 2006. His correspondence with Urdu writer Sayyid Ahmad Sa'id Hamdani appeared in 1999.

He wrote in Urdu, German and English . His scientific and journalistic contributions in European languages ​​appeared under the name Munir D. Ahmed.

Ahmed died on April 21, 2019.

Works

Fonts

  • Ahmadiyya - history and teaching. In: The Religions of Mankind. The islam. III: Islamic culture - contemporary trends - popular piety. Volume 25, 3, pp. 415-422.
  • Koran in Ahmadiyya theology. XIX. German Orientalist Day from September 28 to October 4, 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
  • The Fiqh of the Ahmadiyya. German Orientalist Day in Würzburg.
  • The Christology of the Ahmadiyya. XXII. German Orientalist Day from March 21 to 25, 1983 in Tübingen
  • The Sociology of Ahmadiyya. XX. German Orientalist Day from October 3rd to 8th, 1977 in Erlangen
  • Exclusion of Ahmadiyya from Islam: A Controversial Decision by the Pakistani Parliament. In: ORIENT . Opladen. 16 (1975) 1, pp. 112-143.

literature

  • Muslim education and the scholars' social status up to the 5th century Muslim era (11th century Christian era) in the light of Ta'rikh Baghdad. Zurich 1968. (Translations into Persian and Arabic have appeared).

Urdu short stories

  • Zard sitaara (زرد ستارہ) - Lahore 1988. Hamburg 1991.
  • Shajar-i mamnu'a (شجر ممنوعہ۔ افسانے۔ نظمانے۔ نثرانے) - Lahore 1991.
  • Bint haraam - بنت حرام - Delhi 1999.
  • Bichri hui koonj - بچھڑی ھوءی کونج - Delhi 2001 - Lahore 2002.
  • La faani ishq - لافانی عشق - Hamburg 2005.

Translations from Pakistani literature

  • Munir D. Ahmed with the assistance of Annemarie Schimmel (Ed.): Pakistani literature. Translations from the languages ​​of Pakistan. Germany Pakistan. Forum, Mayen 1986, DNB 871159244 .

Translations from German literature

  • Ma'asar Jarman Adab. Numa'inda adab aproon ka majmu'a. - معاصر جرمن ادب۔ نماءندہ ادب پاروں کا مجموعہ - Hamburg 1986. 2nd edition. Lahore 1994.
  • Jiwan saayee. jarman sha'ir Erich Fried ki aik sau nazmaiN. یون ساءے۔ جرمن شاعر ایریش فرید کی ایک سو نظمیں۔ - Lahore 1993. 2nd edition. Lahore 2001.
  • MaiN usee dhundta phira. the jarman sha'irooN ki aik sau nazmaiN. میں اسے ڈھونڈتا پھرا ؕ دس جرمن شاعروں کی ایک سو نظمیں۔ - Delhi 1999.
  • Doodi darwaaze. jarman sha'ir Wolfgang Bächler ki aik sw nazmaiN. دودی دروازے۔ جرمن شاعر وولفگانگ بیشلر کی ایک سو نظمیں۔ - Delhi 1999.
  • Aadami jis nee apne aap ko bhula diya. jarman kahaniyaN. ادمی جس نے اپنے اپ کو بھلا دیا۔ جرمن کھانیاں - Lahore 1995.
  • Peter Bichsel . kahaaniaN - afsaane - khubaat-i bootiqa. پیٹر بخسل۔ کھانیاں ؕ افسانے ؕ خطبات بوطیقا۔ Lahore 1995. 2nd edition Lahore 2001.

Correspondence

  • Hadeeth-e yaaraaN - Maktoobat. حدیث یاراں۔ مکتوبات۔ منیر الدین احمد۔ سید احمد سعید ھمدانی۔ Delhi 1999.
  • Agha Babur se murasalat - اغا بابر سے مراسلت۔ ۔ - Lahore 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Munir-ud-Din Ahmed: Obituary notice: Pinneberger Tageblatt. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ahmed, Muniruddin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES منیرالدین احمد (Urdu); Ahmed, Munir-ud-Din
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Rawalpindi
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2019