Quran Ki Chaar Buniyadi Istlahein (Urdu: قرآن کی چار بنیادی اصطلاحیں; English trans:Four Key Concepts of the Qur'an) is a 1944 Urdu Islamic book by Abul A'la Maududi. The book is considered to have fundamental importance in the religious thoughts of the author which present Islam as a comprehensive system of life.
| Author | Abul A'la Maududi |
|---|---|
| Country | British India, Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
| Genre | Islamic theology |
| Published | 1944 |
| Publisher | Islamic Publications (private) Limited, Lahore |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 136 |
Synopsis edit
Quran Ki Chaar Buniyadi Istlahein describes the four Arabic terms which are frequently mentioned in Quran as a key to understand the holy book; Elah, Rab, Ibadat, and Deen. The authors unfolds meanings of the terms in their full literal and Shariah context.[1][2][3]
Criticism edit
The book has been criticized for giving birth to so-called political Islam. In his 1963 Urdu book "Taebeer Ki Ghalti" (The Error of Interpretation), the Islamic scholar Wahiduddin Khan accused the author of presenting his own self-created meanings of the Arabic terms that are not found in writings of conventional academics and mainstream commentators.[4] Another scholar Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, in his 1978 Urdu book "Asar e Hazir Mein Deen Ki Tafheem o Tashreeh", also criticized the interpretations described in Maududi's Quran Ki Chaar Buniyadi Istlahein.[5]
Ban edit
Quran Ki Chaar Buniyadi Istlahein is one of 20 books of Maududi that were banned in Saudi Arabia in 2015 by the Saudi Ministry of Education.[6]
References edit
- ^ Qazi, Sameeha Raheel (3 June 2018). "قرآن کی چار بنیادی اصطلاحیں". Daily Jang (in Urdu).
- ^ Ali, Asif (8 March 2018). "مولانا سید ابو الاعلیٰ مودودیؒ اور تصورِ دین مزید پڑھیں". Mazameen.com (in Urdu).
- ^ Nauganvi, Ghulam ul Husnain Kaif. "مولانا مودودیؒ اور علامہ اقبالؒ کا تصور دین". Zindgi e Nau (in Urdu).
- ^ Nadeem, Khurshid (17 February 2020). "'سیاسی اسلام' کا تنقیدی مطالعہ". Daily Dunya (in Urdu).
- ^ Nadeem, Khurshid. "مولانا وحید الدین خان کا اسلوب تنقید". Ghamidi TV (in Urdu). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Khan, Wusatullah (9 December 2015). "مولانا مودودی خادمِ اسلام یا انتہا پسند؟". BBC Urdu (in Urdu).