Muhammad Muhsin Khan
{{Short description|Muslim scholar and author (1927–2021)}}
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|name = Muhammad Muhsin Khan
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|birth_date = {{birth date text|1927}}
|birth_place = Kasur, British India (present-day Pakistan)
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|14|1927|df=y}}
|death_place = Madinah, Saudi Arabia
|religion = Islam
|alma_mater = {{bulleted list|University of the Punjab|University of Wales}}
|notable_works = {{bulleted list|Noble Qur'an| The Translation of the Meanings Of Sahih Al-Bukhari}}
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Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Pashto/Dari/Arabic: {{lang|ps|{{nq|محمد محسن خان}}}} ; 1927 – 14 July 2021) was an Islamic scholar and translator of Afghan origin, who lived in Madinah and served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He translated both the Quran and Sahih Al-Bukhari into English. He was the director of the clinic of Islamic University of Madinah.
Biography
Muhammad Muhsin Khan was born in 1927 in Kasur, British India.{{cite news |author1=Shaik Zakeer Hussain |title=Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Renowned Translator Of The Quran And Sahih Al-Bukhari Passes Away At 97 |url=https://thecognate.com/dr-muhammad-muhsin-khan-renowned-translator-of-the-quran-and-sahih-al-bukhari-passes-away-at-97/|access-date=15 July 2021 |work=The Cognate}} His nasab (patronymic) is: Muhammad Muhsin bin Muhi-ud-Din bin Ahmed Al-Essa Al-Khoashki Al-Jamandi Al-Afghani. His grandparents emigrated from Afghanistan in order to escape from war and tribal strifes. He belongs to the Kheshgi Pashtun tribe (arabized as Al-Khoashki) that resides in the valley of Arghistan, Kandahar province Afghanistan, where he completed most of his education.{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Muhammad Muhsin |date= 1996|title=The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari Arabic-English|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BDRbKTxOf7AC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716035102/https://books.google.com/books%3Fid%3DBDRbKTxOf7AC%26printsec%3Dfrontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=16 July 2021|url-status=live|access-date=15 July 2021 |location=Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |publisher= Darussalm Publishers and Distributers|page=11|isbn=978-9960-740-80-5 }}Muhammad M. Khan & Muhammad T. Al-Hilali, Biography of Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan. The Noble Quran, Dar-us-Salam Publications; 1 edition (March 1, 1999).ISBN 9960-740-79-X
He received an MBBS degree from the University of the Punjab, and a Diploma of Chest Diseases from the University of Wales. Prior to his studies at the University of Wales, he worked in the university hospital of the University of Lahore. He later worked with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health, and then became the director of El-Sadad Hospital for the Chest Diseases. He moved to Madinah, where he served as the Chief of Department of Chest Diseases at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He later became the director of the clinic of the Islamic University of Madinah.{{Cite book|last=Khan|first=Muhammad Muhsin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yp9RLUAS8zsC|title=Sahih Bukhari|publisher=Peace Vision|isbn=978-1-4710-6369-5|language=en}}
Muhsin Khan died on 14 July 2021 in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web|last=Hussain|first=Shaik Zakeer|date=2021-07-15|title=Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, Renowned Translator Of The Quran And Sahih Al-Bukhari Passes Away At 97|url=https://thecognate.com/dr-muhammad-muhsin-khan-renowned-translator-of-the-quran-and-sahih-al-bukhari-passes-away-at-97/|access-date=2021-07-15|website=The Cognate|language=en-GB}} His funeral prayers were offered in Masjid al-Haram and he was buried in Jannat al-Baqi'.{{Cite web|url=https://muslimmirror.com/eng/dr-muhammad-muhsin-khan-passes-away/|title = Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan passes away|date = 15 July 2021}}
Works
- The Translation of the Meanings Of Sahih Al-Bukhari
- Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhari
- Noble Qur'an, co-authored with Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali.DM Nassimi, A Thematic Comparative review of some of the English translations of the Qur'an, p 83.
- Understanding Ramadan
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.dar-us-salam.com/authors/muhsin-khan.htm Biography of Dr. Muhsin Khan]
- [http://www.searchtruth.com/chapter_display.php?chapter=1&translator=5 Read translation of Quran by Dr. Muhsin Khan]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Wales
Category:Translators of the Quran into English
Category:People from Kasur District