Nur al-Anwar (2 Volumes) Combined in 1 Volume

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Nur al-Anwar (Sharh Risalat al-Manar) - Two Volumes Combined in 1 Volume

Nur al-Anwar Sharh Risalat al-Manar - is based on the Usul of the Hanafi fiqh and is the Sharh of another work called Risalat al-Manaar of Imam al-Nasafi, rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alayhi.

This work presented here in 2 volumes contains two hashiyas' Qamar al-Aqmar and Hashiyat al-Sanbali. Qamar al-Aqmar ala Nur al-Anwar / Hashiyah Nur al-Anwar is by Muhammad Abd al-Haleem bin Muhammad Ameenullah, al-Lakhnawi (d.1285h)

As the Publishers tend to change the covers very frequently the cover may vary from the Picture shown.

About The Author

Shaykh Ahmad Mulla Jiwan

He is al-Shaykh ibn Abu Sa'id Ahmad Mulla Jeewan al-Siddiqi al-Qadiri. His ancesters had come to India from Makkah al-Mukarramah and settled in the suburbs of Lucknow. He was born at , Lucknow, in 1048 hijrah, and had memorised the Noble Quran at the tender age of seven. Shaykh Mulla Jeewan was one of the teachers of the famous Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir.

According to Dr Sayyad Abdul Khaliq Pirzada, former professor of Al-Azhar University, Egypt, Mulla Nizamuddin (compiler of the Dars e Nizami syllabus) and other scholars followed Mulla Jeewan’s footsteps as far as the religious education being imparted through Madrassah at that time was concerned. He said that the then Mughal kings benefited a lot from the teachings and religious books of Mulla Jeewan. He opined that the kitab ‘Nur ul Anwar’ of the selfless Mulla Jeewan could still guide Muslim countries regarding the framing of a Hanafi constitution.

Mullah Jeewan revived the Islamic education in India and dominated the era from late 17th century to early 18th century.

He was murid in the Qadiriyyah tariqah and was authorised to make others into his allegiance. He also had links with Chishtiyyah silsila and was known to hold regular lectures within Ajmer shareef. He lived for approximately 82 years and passed away is buried in his home village of Amethi, Lucknow.

Amongst his works were :

Al-Tafsir al-Ahmadiyyah fi Bayan al-Ayat al-Shar`iyyah (30 Volumes).
Nur al-Anwar Sharh al-Manar,
Manaqib al-Awliya (A history in Persian);
Adab-i-Ahmadi,
Al-Adab al-Ahmadiyah fi bayan Awrad al-Masha’ikh wa al-Sufiyyah,
Lawa’ih bar Majazat-i-Lawa’ih Jami,
Khutbat `Idayn wa Jumu`ah,
Khud Nawisht Sawanih,
Mathnawi, in 6 volumes & containing 25,000 verses,
Sharh Qasidah Burdah Sharif,
Poetry in Urdu, Arabic and Persian.

Mulla Jeewan also wrote many editions of his grandfather (Ubaydullah) works

About The Publisher

Maktabatul Bushra

Al Bushra Welfare & Educational Trust is a non-profitable, multilingual Islamic Publishing House. Their publications include the Holy Quran and its translations, books related to Dars-e-Nizami, and myriad Islamic works. Their publications are not merely confined to English and Urdu, in fact, they have published books written in Arabic, Spanish, German, French etc. All these works highlight different aspects of sacred learning and have been penned by genuine and enlightened Muslim scholars.