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Muhammad Naimuddin

{{Short description|Bengali Islamic scholar (1832-1907/16)}}

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| birth_date = 1832

| birth_place = Tangail, Bengal Presidency

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| occupation = Writer, philanthropist

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Muhammad Naimuddin ({{langx|bn|মোহাম্মদ নইমুদ্দীন}}; 1832–1907{{Cite Banglapedia|author=Wakil Ahmed|article=Naimuddin, Mohammad}}/1916) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, writer, and journalist. He was the chief editor of the Akhbare Islamia.{{Cite book|last=Ahmed|first=Wakil|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Akhbare_Islamia|title=Banglapedia|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|isbn=984-32-0576-6|page=|chapter=Akhbare Islamia|year=2003 |access-date=5 January 2018}}

Early life and education

Muhammad Naimuddin was born in 1832 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Shuruj in Tangail, Mymensingh District, Bengal Presidency.

He completed his initial education at the Dulai Madrasa in Sujanagar, Pabna District, and also completed Islamic studies in Dhaka. He later traveled through Murshidabad, Bihar, Allahabad, Agra, Delhi, and other places to gain further religious knowledge. He was awarded the title of 'Alem-ud-Dahar' for his specialization in Islamic knowledge.

Career

Naimuddin had numerous careers in his life. He was a school teacher as well as a qazi (marriage registrar) whilst in Pabna.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}

He finally started concentrating on publishing magazines, writing books and spreading the message of Islam under the patronage of the Panni zamindars of Karatia.{{Citation needed|date= June 2022}}

The family employed Naimuddin as the editor of the Akhbare Islamia journal. Aside from that, he began working on translating the entire Quran into Bengali language.{{Cite news|date=16 March 2017|script-title=bn:বাংলায় কুরআনের প্রথম অনুবাদক|work=Daily Naya Diganta|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/religion/357719/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87|language=bn|access-date=5 January 2018}}{{Cite news|date=26 June 2017|script-title=bn:বাংলা সাহিত্যে ঈদ-উৎসব|work=Dhaka Times 24|url=http://www.dhakatimes24.com/2017/06/26/38268/বাংলা-সাহিত্যে-ঈদ-উৎসব|language=bn|access-date=5 January 2018}}

Works

Naimuddin had written around 30 books relating to religion. The first volume of his translation of the Quran was published on 26 September 1891.{{Cite news |date=26 July 2018|script-title=bn:কুরআনের প্রথম বঙ্গানুবাদক কে?|url=http://www.dailysangram.com/post/338654-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201221405/http://www.dailysangram.com/post/338654-%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A7%2581%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%2586%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A7%2587%25E0%25A6%25B0-%25E0%25A6%25AA%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25A5%25E0%25A6%25AE-%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%2599%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%2597%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A7%2581%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A6%25E0%25A6%2595-%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A7%2587|archive-date=1 February 2020|access-date=1 February 2020|work=The Daily Sangram|language=bn}} From 1892 to 1908, he published the translation of 9 paras. In 1892, he also released a four-volume Bengali translation of the Fatwa-e-Alamgir with the assistance of Wajed Ali Khan Panni and patronage of Hafez Mahmud Ali Khan Panni.{{Cite book|last=Islam Khan|first=Nurul|script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ জেলা গেজেটীয়ার টাংগাইল|publisher=Establishment Ministry|year=1990|language=bn|isbn=|pages=277}}{{cite Banglapedia|article=Panni, Wazed Ali Khan|author=Mir Shamsur Rahman}} He was made the chief editor of the Bengali monthly Akhbare Islamia in 1883, published from the Mahmudia Press. These works were sponsored by the Zamindar of Karatia Hafez Mahmud Ali Khan Panni. Some of his other notable books include:

Death

There is difference of opinion as to what year Naimuddin died. Wakil Ahmed of Banglapedia claims it was on 23 November 1907 in his home village, while others say 1916.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

References

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Category:Bengali writers

Category:1832 births

Category:Translators of the Quran into Bengali

Category:1907 deaths

Category:People from Tangail District

Category:Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam

Category:19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam

Category:19th-century Bengalis

Category:Hanafis