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Old 05-31-2007, 02:11 AM   #28
indocrew

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I absolutely love love and love Naqsh-e-Hayat. Subhanallah, I read it in around 1998. Subhanallah, an absolute must. You've got read it to believe it. I've always felt encouraged to translate it. I wish someone will.

Will have to get hold of Mereh Walid Mereh Shaykh insha Allah.

Autobiographies by the Akabir themselves are beautiful to read. They're very spontaneous. Naqsh-e-Hayat, Aap Beeti by Hadhrat Shaykh Zakariyyah and Aap Beeti by Mawlana Abdul Majid Daryabadi are three autobiographies I know of. Anyone know anymore let me know.

Also a nice book is Hadhrat Ali Miyah's biography of Mawlana Abdul Qadir Raipuri (Allah's mercy on them all).
Although I have only managed to read the first 50 pages out of 700+, I found it very inspiring and felt an ever increasing love and respect for Shaykhul Islam Madni ra. I had purchased 'prisoners of Malta' prior to that and was deeply moved by the struggle of Shaykh al-Hind ra and Maulana Madni ra. I always wanted to read about their struggle against the British in Urdu so I bought Naqsh-e-Hayat.

Alhamdollilah, I have Aap Beeti, Tazkirat-ur-Rasheed (biography of Maulana Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi ra), Sawanah-e-Mufakir-e-Islam (biography of Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi ra), Maulana Ilyas ra aur Unki Deeni Dawat, and Naqoosh-e-Raftagan (short biographies of recent Deobandi scholars of note) by Mufti Taqi Usmani ra.

These books have only reinforced my belief that Allah had blessed our akabir with his and his beloved nabi's (peace and blessings be upon him) unflinching love. Their pure lives were a testament to this fact. Truly, if someone is worthy of being called 'Auliya Allah', it is this group of selfless individuals who through their speech and action changed the lives of so many. Some aspects of their lives are enough to overwhelm a person and make him cry.....
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