Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi

{{Infobox writer

|honorific_prefix = {{small|Maulana}}

|name = Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi

|image = Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi.jpg

|birth_date = 17 February 1930

|birth_place = Kairana, Muzaffarnagar district, United Provinces, British India {{small|(now Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, India)}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|04|15|1930|02|17}}

|death_place = Delhi, India

|resting_place = Mazar-e-Qasmi, Deoband

|alma_mater = Darul Uloom Deoband

|subject = Arabic literature

|notable_works =

{{bulleted list|Al-Daie|Al Qamūs Al Wahīd|Al Qamūs Al Jadīd|Jawāhir ul Ma‘ārif| Al qirā’at ul wāziha}}

|nationality = {{flag|British India}}
{{flag|India}}

|occupation = Writer, Teacher, lexicographer

|language = Urdu, Arabic

|awards =

}}

Wahīduzzamān Kairānawi (1930–1995), also spelt as Waheed-uz-Zaman Keranvi, was an Indian Islamic scholar, writer, lexicographer, and professor who specialised in Arabic. He spent around 27 years instructing Hadith and Arabic at Darul Uloom Deoband.

Early life and education

Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi was born on 17 February 1930, in Kairana.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=217}} He was a descendant of Abu Ayub Ansari, a companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.{{Sfn|Alig|2001|p=19}}{{cite book |last1=‘Alwi|first1=Tanweer Ahmad|title=Sahīfa-e-Abrār|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/saheefa-e-abrar-tanveer-ahmad-alvi-ebooks|publisher=Idara-e-Matbuat Noor Mohammadia|location= Muzaffarnagar|page= 567 The family tree of the Ansari's of Kairana|edition=1973 |language=ur}}

Kairanawi studied Hifz, Arabic, and Persian in Jama Masjid, Kairana from his father Masīhuzzamān and Muhammad Khalid,{{sfn|Qasmi|Azmi|1995|pp=38–41}} then accidentally went to Hyderabad for education in 1946, where he learned the Arabic language from an Arabic scholar, Mamūn Al-Dimashqi.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=229}}{{cite web |url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/arabicarticles/archives/894#:~:text=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE%20%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%20%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF%20%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87%D8%AC%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%20%D9%84%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF,-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%2020%2C%202022&text=%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%20%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%87%20%3A,%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%AF%20%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%20%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9%D9%8C%20%D9%85%D9%86%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1. |title= الشيخ وحيد الزمان الكيرانوي أحد رواد المنهج التدريسي الجديد للغة العربية في الهند|trans-title=Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi is one of the pioneers of the new teaching methodology of the Arabic language in India|last=Mirza|first=Nabīl Aḥmad Hāfiz|date=May 2007|website=darululoom-deoband.com|access-date=31 March 2023|language=ar}}

He was admitted to Darul Uloom Deoband in 1367 AH (1948 AD) and graduated from the Aalim course in 1371 AH (1952 AD). His teachers include Hussain Ahmad Madani, Muhammad Ibrahim Balyawi, Aizaz Ali Amrohi, Mairajul Haque Deobandi, Muhammad Hussain Bihari, Fakhrul Hasan Muradabadi, Naseer Ahmad Khan,{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=240–245}} and Sayyid Hasan Deobandi.{{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Khurshid Hasan|title=Darul Uloom Aur Deoband Ki Tarīkhi Shakhsiyyāt|trans-title=Historical Figures of Darul Uloom and Deoband|url=https://archive.org/details/BESTUBOOKSDDTS/mode/1up |publisher=Maktaba Tafsir al-Qur'an|location=Jamia Masjid, Deoband|pages=87–89|edition=2003|language=ur}}

Career

After graduating from Darul Uloom Deoband, Kairanawi was the private secretary of Habib-ur-Rehman Ludhianvi until his death in 1956, and in the meantime, in 1952, he visited Saudi Arabia as the spokesperson of a goodwill delegation.{{sfn|Amini|2000|pp=251–254}}{{sfn|Azmi|1996|p=255}}

In 1958, he established an institution called Darul Fikr ({{langx|ar|دار الفكر}}){{sfn|Qasmi|Azmi|1995|pp=62, 117}} in Deoband for students interested in the Arabic language, and from this institution issued a monthly magazine called Al-Qāsim ({{langx|ar|القاسم}}), which continued to be published for years and gained popularity among the students and the scholars.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=255–257}}{{Sfn|Kairānawi|2000|p=83}}

In 1963, he was appointed as a teacher in the Arabic department at Darul Uloom Deoband.{{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Muhammad Tayyib|author-link=Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Sad Saala Zindagi|trans-title=Centenary Life of Darul Uloom Deoband|publisher=Darul Uloom|location=Deoband |pages=115, 118|date=June 1965|edition=1st|language=ur}}{{sfn|Qasmi|Azmi|1995|p=96}}{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=262–264}} In 1964, he established a department called "Al-Nadi Al-Adabi" ({{langx|ar|النادي الأدبي}}) in Darul Uloom Deoband for the practise of Arabic language and literature.{{Sfn|Kairānawi|2000|p=82}}

In 1965, the quarterly magazine Dawat al-Haq ({{langx|ar|دعوة الحق}}) was launched, and he was appointed its editor.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=270–271}}{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Muhsin Atiq|title=نظرة على تاريخ نشأة المجلات العربية في الهند|trans-title =A look at the history of the emergence of Arabic magazines in India|url=https://www.aljazeera.net/blogs/2018/6/8/%d9%86%d8%b8%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%a3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Al Jazeera Arabic |language=ar}} Later, in June 1976 (Jumada al-Thani 1396 AH), a fortnightly (present monthly) Al-Daie ({{langx|ar|الداعي}}) was published, and for some time he was also its editor.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=270–271}}{{cite web |url=https://www.aqlamalhind.com/?p=832 |title= مساهمة أبناء ديوبند في تطوير الصحافة العربية|trans-title=The contribution of the Deoband sons to the development of the Arab press|last=Qasmi|first=Muḥammad Raihan|date=October–December 2017|website=aqlamalhind.com|access-date=31 March 2023|language=ar}}

His teaching period in Darul Uloom Deoband spans a period of thirty years, during which he also taught Hadith books such as Sharḥ Maʿāni al-Āthār and Sunan al-Nasa'i;{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=268}}{{sfn|Qasmi|Azmi|1995|p=681}} however, his commitment and interest in teaching Arabic language remained high.{{Sfn|Kairānawi|2000|p=83–84}}

He was a member of the working committee of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind for a long time, and in 1977, he visited several Arab countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, etc. as the leader of a three-member delegation.{{sfn|Azmi|1996|p=257}}{{sfn|Amini|2000|p=289}}

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind launched an Arabic newspaper, Al-Kifah ({{langx|ar|الكفاح}}), of which he was the chief editor for about 15 years between 1973 and 1987.{{Sfn|Kairānawi|2000|p=84}}{{sfn|Amini|2000|p=291}}{{cite book |last1=Ramadan Yousuf |first1=Muhammad Khair|title=Al-Mustadrak 'ala tatimmatil A'lām Liz Zirikli|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsmeaU3PXmoC&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89&pg=PT119|date=2002|edition=1st|publisher=Dār Ibn Hazm |location=Beirut, Lebanon|volume=1st|page=116|chapter=Wahiduzzaman Al-Qāsmi Al-Kairanawi|language=ar}} In the meantime, he was also the director of the editorial department of Jamiat Ulama, "Markaz-e-Da'wat-e-Islām".{{sfn|Amini|2000|p=291}}{{sfn|Azmi|1996|p=257}}

From 1983 to 1985, he served as the director of the Education Department of Darul Uloom Deoband, and from 1985 to 1987, he served as the Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=291}}{{cite web |last=Nadwi |first=Faiyaz Ahmad |date=13 October 2014 |title=Maulana Waheed-uz-Zaman Kiranawi: 1930 - 1995 |url=https://hamariweb.com/articles/52382 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114010628/https://hamariweb.com/articles/52382 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=hamariweb.com |language=en}}

In 1988, the Milli Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind was established at the National Convention held in Delhi, and he was elected its first president.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=291}}

In 1988, he established an institution called Darul Muallifīn ({{langx|ar|دار المؤلفین}}) in Deoband for the purpose of employing young scholars to study the writings and literary services of great scholars, from which about 20 books were published.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=113–114}}{{Sfn|Amini|2010|p=297}}

In 1990, the governing body of Darul Uloom Deoband issued a pension to him due to illness and an excuse.{{Sfn|Amini|2000|p=164}}{{Sfn|Amini|2010|p=298}}

Literary works

Kairanawi's works include:{{sfn|Akhtar|2000|pp=132–175, 201–207}}{{sfn|Amini|2000|pp=283–286}}{{Cite web |last=Qasmi |first=Muhammad |date=2018-10-15 |title=الشيخ وحيد الزمان الكيرانوي ودوره في إعداد القواميس - منتدى العلماء |trans-title=Sheikh Waheed-uz-Zaman Keranvi and his role in preparing dictionaries |url=https://www.msf-online.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319002021/https://www.msf-online.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A5/ |archive-date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Muntada al-Ulama |language=ar}}

Al Qamūs Al Wahīd (Arabic to Urdu dictionary)
Al Qamūs Al Jadīd (Arabic to Urdu dictionary)
Al Qamūs Al Jadīd (Urdu to Arabic dictionary)
Al Qamūs Al Istilāhi (Arabic to Urdu dictionary)
Al Qamūs Al Istilāhi (Urdu to Arabic dictionary)
Al Qamūs Al Muhīt (prepared the Arabic to Urdu version of the Arabic-to-Arabic dictionary of "Al-Qamūs Al-Muhīt" by Muhammad Bin Ya‘qoob Firuzabadi).
Al qirā'at ul wāziha: (3 volumes, which is the syllabus included in most of the madrasas of the Subcontinent.)
Nafhatul Adab
Jawāhirul Ma'ārif (a collection of important academic and research discussions from the Ma'ariful Qur'an by Muhammad Shafi in three volumes.)
Taqsīm al-hind wal Muslimūn fi al-jamhūriyyat al-hindiyyah (Arabic translation of Mohammad Ahmad Kazimi's Urdu book Taqsīm e Hind aur Muslamān.)
Aakhirat Ka Safarnama (The journey of the Akhirah)
Shar'ī Namāz (Islamic prayer)
Insāniyyat Ka Paighām (A message to humanity)
Achchha Khāwind (Good Husband)
Achchhi Bīwi (Good Wife)
Khuda Ka In‘ām (God's reward)
Al-Qamūs Al-Maudoo‘ī (Unpublished dictionary)
Nukhbatul Ahādīth (Unpublished)
Silsilatul duroos ul-arabia (Unpublished)

Death

Kairanawi died on 15 April 1995, in Zakir Nagar, New Delhi, and was buried in Mazar-e-Qasmi in Deoband.{{sfn|Qasmi|Azmi|1995|pp=534–545}}{{cite book |last1=Mansoorpuri|first1= Muhammad Salman|title=Zikr e Raftagān|publisher=Al-markz al-ilmi Linnashri wat tahqīq|location=Lālbagh, Moradabad|volume=1|edition=2nd|date=April 2020|pages=197–199|chapter=Maulana Wahiduzzaman Qāsmi Kairanawi|language=ur}}{{cite book |last1=Sitamarhi|first1=Nizamuddin Qasmi|title=Tazkira e Akābir|publisher=Jamia Ishā‘atul Uloom|location=Akkalkuwa, Maharashtra|edition=2nd|date=September 2012|pages=297–298|chapter=Maulana Wahiduzzaman Qasmi Kairanawi|language=ur}}{{cite web|last=Noor|first=Usama|title=نبذة عن حياة وأعمال معلّم اللّغة العربية العبقري الوحيد الشيخ وحيد الزمان القاسمي الكيرانوي رحمه الله|url=http://darululoom-deoband.com/arabic/articles/tmp/1577851562%2005-Dirasat-11_1435_1.htm|trans-title=An overview of the life and works of the only genius teacher of the Arabic language, Sheikh Wahiduzzaman Al-Qasimi Al-Kiranawi, may God have mercy on him|publisher=Darul Uloom Deoband|access-date=30 March 2023|date=September 2014|language=ar}}{{cite book |last1=Mubarakpuri |first1=Muhammad Aarif Jameel|title=Mausoo'atu Ulam–i–Deoband|date=2021|edition=1st|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband|pages=497–798|chapter=1150–Al-Kairanawi|language=ar}}{{cite journal |last1=Azmi |first1=Saeed-ur-Rahman |author-link1=Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadvi |last2=Hasani |first2=Wazeh Rashid |author-link2=Wazeh Rashid Hasani Nadwi |date=June–July 1995 |title=فضيلة الشيخ وحيد الزمان الكيرانوي في ذمة الله |trans-title=His Eminence Shaikh Wahiduzaman Al-Kairanawi has passed away |journal=Al-Baas El-Islami |language=ar |location=Lucknow |publisher=Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama |volume=40 |issue=5 |page=100}}

File:The_grave_of_Wahiduzzaman_Kairanawi.jpg in Deoband]]

References

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{{cite book|last=Amini|first=Noor Alam Khalil|author-link=Noor Alam Khalil Amini|title=Woh Koh Kan Ki Baat|trans-title=Mention of a hardworking person|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/wo-kohkan-ki-baat-noor-alam-khaleel-amini-ebooks |publisher=Idara Ilm o Adab|location=Deoband|edition=3rd|date=December 2000|language=ur}}
{{cite book|last=Akhtar|first=Mehjabeen|title=Maulana Waheeduzzaman Kairanawi–Hayāt o Khidmāt|

trans-title=Maulana Waheeduzzama Keeranvi: His Life And Work|url=https://archive.org/details/Maulana-Waheed-uz-Zaman-Kairanvi-ra-Hayat-wa-Khidmaat/mode/1up|publisher=Idara Ilm o Adab|location=Deoband|date=December 2000|language=ur}}

{{cite journal|editor1-last=Qasmi|editor1-first=Muhammad Afzalul Haque Johar|editor2-last=Azmi |editor2-first=As'ad |title=Maulana Wahiduzzaman Kairanawi Number |url=https://archive.org/details/maulana-waheed-uz-zaman-kairanvi-ra-number-mahanama-tarjuman-darul-uloom/mode/1up|journal=Monthly Tarjaman e Darul Uloom|date=1995 |volume= |issue=|publisher=Tanzeem Abna e Qadeem Darul Uloom Deoband|location=Joga Bai, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi|language=ur}}
{{cite book|last=Kairānawi|first=‘Amīduzzamān Qasmi|title=The foreword on "Al-Qamoos Al-Wahid"|date=2000|publisher=Kutub Khānah Husaina|location=Deoband|language=ur}}
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{{cite book|last=Amini|first=Noor Alam Khalil|title=Pas-e-Marg Zinda|trans-title=People who are still alive after death|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/pas-e-marg-zinda-noor-alam-khaleel-amini-ebooks|publisher=Idara Ilm o Adab|location=Deoband|edition=3rd|date=May 2010|language=ur}}
{{cite journal |last1=Azmi|first1=Habibur Rahman Qasmi|title=Two tragic accidents|journal=Monthly Darul Uloom|date=April–July 1996|volume=81 |issue=7 |publisher=Darul Uloom Deoband|location=Deoband|language=ur}}
{{cite thesis|last=Alig |first=Qamruzzaman |title=Maulavi Wahiduzzaman Karanvi his contribution to Arabic language and literature in India|publisher=Department of Arabic, Aligarh Muslim University |location= Aligarh, India|date=2001|hdl= 10603/57789|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/57789|language=ur}}