:Abdul Haq Vidyarthi
{{Short description|Pakistani scholar}}
Abdul Haq Vidyarthi (1888–1977) known as Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarthi ({{langx|ur|مولانا عبدالحق ودیارتھی}}) is a Pakistani scholar, author, writer, Islamic preacher and a prominent figure of Lahore Ahmadiyya movement, joined in 1907.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Patrick |last2=Case |first2=Frederick I. |title=The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1: A - L; Volume 2: M - Z |date=2013 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=9780252094330 |page=36 |edition=Volume 1:A-L |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XOyYCgAAQBAJ&dq=abdul+haque+vidyarthi&pg=PA36 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |title=The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints: A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries |date=1968 |publisher=Mansell |isbn=9780720100037 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEkPAQAAMAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}} In 1914, Maulana Muhammad Ali and his associates founded the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha‘at Islam missionary society in Lahore and Maulana Abdul Haq joined.{{cite book |last1=Aziz |first1=Zahid |title=A Survey of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement: History, Beliefs, Aims and Work |date=2008 |publisher=A.a.i.i.l. (u.k.) |isbn=9781906109035 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=seY3-6IS9vAC&dq=abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PA35 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}} He spent the rest of his life there as missionary, journalist, lecturer, writer and scholar.{{cite book |last1=Ahmad |first1=Muhammad |title=A Mighty Striving |date=2012 |publisher=A.a.i.i.l. (u.k.) |isbn=9781906109127 |page=461 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TH5NalWJFOoC&dq=abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PA461 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Lohlker |first1=Rüdiger |title=Jihadism, Online Discourses and Representations |date=2013 |publisher=V&R unipress GmbH |isbn=9783847100683 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBBDD_qB-68C&dq=abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PA37 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}} He studied Sanskrit and other languages and Hindu scriptures,{{cite news |title=देव भाषा संस्कृत पढ़ते और पढ़ाते हैं अहमदिया मुसलमान |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/punjab/amritsar/news/PUN-AMR-MAT-latest-amritsar-news-020010-1002920-NOR.html |accessdate=28 October 2019 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=13 December 2014 |language=hi}} to discover what he believed to be prophecies about Muhammad and to refute negative criticism of Islam.{{cite book |last1=Unal |first1=Ali |last2=Gultekin |first2=Harun |title=The Prophet Promised in World Scriptures |date=2013 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=9781597848237 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZB1RCwAAQBAJ&dq=abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PT134 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}} He earned the title vidyarthi due to his extensive knowledge of the Vedas.
From 1918 to the 1940s, he participated in public debates against Arya Samaj Hindus and Christian missionaries.{{cite book |last1=Franklin |first1=Michael J. |title='Orientalist Jones': Sir William Jones, Poet, Lawyer, and Linguist, 1746-1794 |date=2011 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=9780199532001 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=auhgTbmbqUEC&dq=abdul+haque+vidyarthi&pg=PA35 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Barq |first1=G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī |title=Islam, the Religion of Humanity |date=1956 |publisher=Kitab Manzil |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eK8GAQAAIAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite journal |title=Islamic News Letter |date=1965 |issue=1 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwoLAQAAMAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019 |publisher=The Circle |language=en}} He published an Urdu translation of part of a Hindu scripture, the Yajur Veda.{{cite book |last1=Newar |first1=Sanjeev |title=Divine Vedas |date=2017 |publisher=Agniveer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uL9ADwAAQBAJ&dq=abdul+haque+vidyarthi&pg=PT31 |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=al-Din |first1=Khwajah Kamal |title=The Islamic Review |date=1962 |issue=50 |page=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6lfoAAAAMAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019 |publisher=Woking Muslim Mission and Literary Trust |language=en}}
Works
=Muhammad in world scriptures=
Muhammad in World Scriptures is a book by Abdul Haq Vidyarthi. It was first published in 1936.{{cite book |last1=Renard |first1=John |title=Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective |date=2011 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-94833-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-YEtXXN0BkC&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PA241 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}} When written it was called Mithaq-al-Nabiyeen (میثاق النبیین, Promise of the prophets).{{cite book |last1=Fārūqī |first1=Mumtāz Aḥmad |last2=Aḥmad |first2=Muhammad |title=Mujāhid-i kabīr |date=1962 |publisher=Aḥmadiyyah-yi Anjuman-i Ishāʻat-i Islām |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8oRWAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8+%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C++%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%86 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ur}}{{cite book |title=Masnūn duʻāen |date=2006 |publisher=Dārulkutub-i ʻIlmiyyah |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNxIAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ur}}{{cite book |last1=Ahmad |first1=Khwaja Nazir |title=حضرت مسىح کشمىر جنت نظىر ميں |date=2005 |publisher=ووکنگ مسلم مشن اينڈ لٹريرى ٹرسٹ، |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSLYAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%81%DB%8C%DA%BA |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ur}} It was written in Urdu in 1936. The book was translated to English in 1942 and called Muhammad in World scriptures.{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Brian Arthur |title=Noah's Other Son: Bridging the Gap Between the Bible and the Qur'an |date=2014 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62564-087-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_L1NAwAAQBAJ&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PA244 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Muhammad |first1=T. |title=One God, One Creed: A Brief Analysis of the Undercurrents of Indian Thought |date=1980 |publisher=Islamic Publishing House |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6189AAAAIAAJ&q=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}} After publication of the translation, the book became very popular across the world.{{cite book |last1=Ahmad |first1=Khwaja Nazir |title=Jesus in Heaven on Earth |date=1952 |publisher=Woking Muslim Mission & Literary Trust |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TozNAAAAMAAJ&q=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}} The book claims the mention of Muhammad in scriptures of the world's major religions including Abrahamic religions{{cite book |last1=Mahmutćehajić |first1=Rusmir |title=The Praised and the Virgin |date=2015 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-27940-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4EcBQAAQBAJ&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PA834 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}} and Indian religions.{{cite book |last1=Unal |first1=Ali |last2=Gultekin |first2=Harun |title=The Prophet Promised in World Scriptures |date=2013 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=978-1-59784-823-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZB1RCwAAQBAJ&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&pg=PT7 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=News-Journal 30 Dec 1950, page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/294650994/?terms=Muhammad%20scripture%20vidyarthi&match=1 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}{{cite news |title=News-Journal 19 Jun 1953, page 33 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/293606607/?terms=Muhammad%20scripture%20abdul%20haq&match=1 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}{{cite news |title=News-Journal 21 Jul 1951, page 6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/294505106/?terms=Muhammad%20scripture%20abdul%20haq&match=1 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=البطيخي |first1=غيث |title=إن كنت تبحث عن الله |date=2018 |publisher=Alaan Publishing Co. |isbn=978-9957-625-78-8 |page=383 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f39SDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A&pg=PA383 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ar}}{{cite book |last1=عامري |first1=سامي |title=محمد رسول الله فى الكتب المقدسة : عند النصارى و اليهود و الهندوس و الصابئة و البوذيين و المجوس |date=2006 |publisher=منظمة الاسلاميةللعلوم الطبية |isbn=978-977-289-127-6 |pages=77, 252, 282, 475, 476 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=575gAAAAIAAJ&q=Abdul+Haq+Vidyarthi |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ar}}{{cite book |last1=العقاد |first1=عباس محمود |title=مطلع النور |date=2017 |publisher=Al Manhal |isbn=9796500265339 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16I8DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A&pg=PA15 |language=ar}} The English translation has 3 editions with 3 volumes. The book has been translated in many languages including Turkish, Indonesian, French etc. The book has been quoted extensively by many inter-faith scholars including Ahmed Deedat, Zakir Naik, Ved Prakash Upadhyay (Kalki Avatar and Muhammad), Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad, Muḥammad Jawād Mughnīyya etc.
=Editions=
- Mithaq-un-nabiyyin (Urdu), 1936
- Muhammad in World Scriptures English translation of Urdu Mithaq-un-nabiyyin, 1940
- Mohammad in World Scriptures, Buddha foretells the advent of [the] prophet of Islam, Evergreen Press, 1955 {{ASIN|B0007KAZOY}}
- Mohammad in World Scriptures, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat-i-Islam, 2nd and enlarged ed., 1968 {{ASIN|B0007J63ZK}}
- Muhammad in Parsi, Hindoo and Buddhist scriptures, Islamic Book Service, 1983 {{ASIN|B0007AYFAY}}{{cite book |title=Prophet Muhammad in the Indian Context: A Radiance Presentation |date=1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNfjAAAAMAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019}}
- Mohammad in World Scriptures, Adam Publishers & Distributors, 2nd edition, 1994 {{ASIN|B000DT8RRG}}{{cite book |title=Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society |date=2006 |publisher=Pakistan Historical Society. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBVuAAAAMAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Sher |last2=Sadhu |first2=S. N. |title=Indian Books in Print |date=2001 |publisher=Indian Bureau of Bibliographies. |edition=2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zDcbAQAAMAAJ&q=abdul+haq+vidyarthi |accessdate=27 October 2019 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.muslim.org/islam/miws/author.htm Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarthi biography]
- [http://www.aaiil.org/text/pic/ind/vidyarthi4.shtml Maulana Abdul Haq Vidyarthi Sahib photo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008223024/http://www.aaiil.org/text/pic/ind/vidyarthi4.shtml |date=2017-10-08 }}
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