Works on Quranic Sciences By Maulana Ḥamīduddīn Farāhī

Lineage:

Maulana Farahi was born in Phreha (hence the name “Farahi”), a village in the district of Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh, India). He belonged to a distinguished family, and was a maternal cousin of the famous theologian-historian Allama Shibli Nomani (1858-1914).

Education:

After studying Arabic, Persian, and Islamic sciences with several prominent religious scholars - Shibli Nomani was one of them - Maulana Farahi, about twenty years of age, secured admission to the reputed Aligarh Muslim College in order to study modern disciplines of knowledge. His recommender was Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1897), the founder of the college. In his letter addressed to the principal, Sir Sayyid wrote that he was commending him a young man who was a greater scholar of Arabic and Persian than the professors of the college. While a student at the college, Farahi rendered parts of the At-Tabaqat al-Kubra of Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sad az-Zuhri (784-845) into Persian. The translation was found to be so good that Sir Sayyid had it included in the collage syllabus. Farahi obtained his B.A from AIlahabad University.

Maulana Farahi as a teacher:

For the next many years, Farahi taught Arabic at various institutions, including Aligarh and Dar-ul-Ulum, Hyderabad. During his stay in Hyderabad, Farahi conceived the idea of establishing a university where all religious and modern sciences would be taught in Urdu. The scheme he prepared for this purpose later materialized in the form of Jamiah Usmaniyyah, Hyderabad. He subsequently came to Sara-e-Mir, a town in Azamgarh, where he took charge of the Madrasa-tul-Islah (”School for Muslim Reform”), an institution based on the educational ideas of Shibli Numani and Farahi. Farahi had served as chief administrator of the school since its inception, but other engagements had until now kept him from becoming actively involved in its affairs.

From 1925, when he came to Sara-e-Mir, to 1930, the year of his death, Farahi devoted most of his time and energy to managing the affairs of the Madrasa-tul-Islah and teaching there. A few students-Amin Ahsan Islahi was one of them – received special training from him; they were supposed to become the bearers of his thought.

An erudite scholar, Farahi commanded knowledge of a number of languages, among them Hebrew and English. He learnt Hebrew from the German Orientalist Josef Horovitz (1874-1931) who was professor of Arabic at the Aligarh Muslim College Horovitz studied Arabic with Farahi.

Scholarly interests:

Maulana Farahi’s chief scholarly interest was the Quran, the focal point of all his writings. His main contribution in the field of Qur’anic studies has been the development of the theory of Niẓām i.e. thematic unity - every chapter of the Qurʾān has a specific theme around which all elements of the chapter are woven. According to the concept of niẓām, the Qur’an being coherent means that it has an overall theme (and) each chapter has a theme. The whole book and every chapter of it are  connected in how they present those themes. In other words, niẓām refers to the order of the Qurʾān, and the sequence of its arguments and statements, in relation to the theme of the whole Qurʾān, then to the order of different groups of chapters, then the order of elements within each sūrah in each group.”

Most of his published works are in the form of notes that were later complied by his students. Among his books, besides the three already mentioned, are:

• Mufradat al Quran (”Vocabulary of the Quran”),
• Asalib al Quran (”Style of the Quran”),
• Jamhara-tul-Balaghah (”Manual of Quranic Rhetoric”) and
  
• Iman fi Aqsam il Quran (”Study of the Quranic Oaths).
• The Muqaddimah, or the Introduction, to this tafsir is an extremely important work on the theory of Nazm-ul-Quran. He also started writing his own exegesis, or tafsir, of the Quran which was left incomplete due to his death in 1930. However, we have gathered some of his tafseer works in this bookshelf for our readers to benefit from
  

Acknowledgement from other scholars:

Imam Farahi is well known to most scholars of the sub-continent, who have acknowledged his outstanding contribution to Islamic thought and learning.

Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi writes, “It has been generally accepted that in recent times, very few have reached the position that Allama Farahi has been blessed with by the Almighty as far as deliberation on the Qur’an is concerned. He has spent the major portion of his life pondering on the meanings of this Book, and has written such a masterful commentary on the Qur’an that it is difficult to find its parallel even in the early period”

Maulana Shibli Nomani writes, “It is generally believed that a talented person can in no way remain unknown to the world. Experience as well as history bear testimony to this. However, each rule has an exception. Maulvi Hameed Uddin … is a good example of such an exception … In this age, his treatise “Tafseer Nizaam-ul-Quran” is as essential and beneficial to Muslims as pure water is to the thirsty and exhausted.”

Maulana Syed Sulaiman Nadvi writes, "The Ibni Taimiyah of this age has died on 11 November 1930 — someone whose brilliance is very unlikely to be surpassed now and whose comprehensive command of oriental and occidental disciplines is a miracle of this era. A profound scholar of the Qur’an … a unique personality … an embodiment of piety … an unfathomable sea of knowledge … an institution within himself … a literary genius … a researcher of prodigious intellect … It is a matter of great sorrow that such a brilliant personality graced the world and then perished, but the world could not recognize its grandeur"

Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani writes, “The revivalist movement launched by Shah Wali Ullah [in the eighteenth century], in recent years has drawn inspiration from “Tafseer Nizaam-ul-Qur’an” the work of a distinguished scholar, Maulana Hameed Uddin Farahi. Among other features of this commentary (i.e. relationship between the Qur’an and the Bible, and various literary discussions), its salient feature is the unprecedented attempt in it to bring out the coherence between the verses. It is this coherence which sometimes provides enough evidence that the Qur’an is a Divine Book.”

Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi writes, “In this age, Allama Hameed Uddin Farahi is the most outstanding personality as far as Qur’anic Studies are concerned. He not only occupies a distinguished position among the scholars of recent times, but, in fact, has discovered some new principles for the interpretation of the Qur’an. The foremost among them is his philosophy of coherence in the Qur’an.”

​Ustadh Noman Ali Khan, Bayyinah Institute, USA highly commends Maulana Farahi's works too.

Dr. Israr Ahmed explaining the works of Imam Farahi regarding the Nazm of Quran

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Other relevant books:

Other books by Maulana Farahi (or about his works):

1. English - A-Study-of-the-Quranic-Oaths - Download
2. English - Coherence in the Quran - Mustansir Mir - Download
3. English - Exordium to coherence in the Quran - Al-Mawrid - Download
4. ​Arabic - Al-Qa-id-ila-Uyun-al-Aqayid - Download
5. Arabic - Asaleeb-al-Qur-an - Download
6. ​Arabic - Asbaab-al-Nuzul - Download
7. Arabic - Al-Qayad-Elah-Awan-Al-Qayad - Download
8. Arabic - Akhaam-al-Usul-bi-Ahkhaam-al-Rasul - Download
9. Arabic - Awsaaf-al-Quran - Download
10. Arabic - Comments-of-Hamiduddin-Farahi-on-the-Quran - Download
11. Arabic - دراسة نقدية عن عبد الحميد الفراهي - Download
12. Arabic - Diwan ديوان الفراهي بالعربية - Download
13. Arabic - Fiqh-al-Quran - Download
14. Arabic - Fatiah-Nizam-Ul-Quran - Download
15. Arabic - Hujjaj-Al-Qur-an - Download
16. Arabic - Im'aan إمعان في أقسام القرآن ( Aqsam Al Quran​) - Download
17. Arabic - Jamhurah-al-Balaghah - Download
18. Arabic - Kitab-al-Rasukh-fi-Ma-rifah-al-Naasikh-wa-al-Mansukh - Download
19. Arabic - Kitab-al-Aql-wa-ma-fawq-al-Aql - Download
20. Arabic - Kitab-Usul-al-Sharaa-i - Download
21. Arabic - Man Huwa Dhabih - Download
22. Arabic - Mufaridat Al-Quran - Read / Download
23. Arabic - Muqaddimah-Tafsir-Nizam-ul-Quran - Download
24. Arabic - Rasail Fi Uloom Al-Quran رسائل في علوم القرآن - Download
25. Arabic - Sharah-al-Najeel-al-Muqdimah-fi-al-Masad-al-aam-min-al-anjeel - Download
26. Arabic - Surah-Zariyat - Download
27. Arabic - Surah-Tahrim - Download
28. Arabic - Surah-Qiyamah - Download
29. Arabic - Surah-Mursalat - Download
30. Arabic - Surah-Abas - Download
31. Arabic - Surah-Shams - Download
32. Arabic - Surah-Teen - Download
33. Arabic - Surah-Asr - Download
34. Arabic - Surah-Fil - Download
35. Arabic - Surah-Kawthar - Download
36. Arabic - Surah-Kafirun - Download
37. Arabic - Surah-Lahab - Download
38. Arabic - Taleeqat تعليقات الفراهي في حاشية المصحف - Download
39. Arabic - Tafsir-Surah-Baqarah - Download
40. Arabic - Tafsir-surah-Fatiha - Download
41. Urdu - Ahl-e-Kitaab - by-Hamiduddin-Farahi -Download
42. Urdu - Asbaaq-un-Nahaww-Hameeduddin-Farahi - Download
43. Urdu - Aqaayad-o-Sharaa-i-mein-Nazam-kai-ba-az-Pahlu-Fikr-i-Farahi-ki-Roshni-mein - Download
44. Urdu - Al-Islah-Aik-Ta-arruf - Download
45. Urdu - Dhabih Kaun Hai - Download
46. Urdu - Difference Of Opinion Among The Proponent Of Nazm Al Quran - Download
47. Urdu - Farahi Masadir e Tafsir فراہی مصادر تفسیراور تفسیری ادب پر ان کے اثرات کا جائزہ - Read / Download
48. Urdu - Hassaas-Nigaahi-aur-Allama-Farahi - Download
49. Urdu - Hadith-o-Sunnat-kee-Tahqeeq-ka-Farahi-Minhaj - Download
50. Urdu - Hukumat-Ilahiyyah-awr-Mawlana-Farahi-Fi-Malakut-Illah-ki-Roshni-mein - Download
51. Urdu - Hamid-uddin-Farahi-awr-Jamhur-kay-Usul-i-Tafsir - Download
52. Urdu - Hikmat-e-Quran - Download
53. Urdu - Imam-Farahi-ki-Tafsir-Surah-Ikhlas-Chand-Deeghar-Tafasir-aur-Tarajum-kai-Taqabul-mein - Download
54. Urdu - Islam-ka-Nazariyah-Haakimiyyat-o-Khilaafat-aur-Mawlana-Farahi - Download
55. Urdu - Imam-Farahi-kai-Nazdeek-Hikmat-ka-Mafhoom - Download
56. Urdu - Imam-Farahi-aur-IIm-i-Tafsir-Paanch-Imtiyazi-Khususiyaat - Download
57. Urdu - Kitabiyaat-i-Farahi - Download
58. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-ka-Tariqah-e-Tafsir - Download
59. Urdu - Mu-jazah-kai-Silsilah-mein-Shah-Wali-Ullah-aur-Mawlana-Farahi-kai-Rujhaanaat-ka-Mutala-ah - Download
60. Urdu - Maulana Hameed ud Din Farahi ke Bunyadi Afkar - Altaf Aazmi - Download
61. Urdu - Mawlana-Islahi-ka-Tasawwur-i-Nazm-i-Quran-awr-Imam-Farahi - Download
62. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-aur-Ilm-i-Hadith - Download
63. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-aur-Tafsiri-Rawayaat - Download
64. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-kay-Tafsiri-Usul - Download
65. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-Makateeb-Shibli-kai-Aa-inah-mein - Download
66. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-kaa-Iqtisaadi-Maslak - Download
67. Urdu - Mawlana-Hamid-uddin-Farahi-kai-Ta-leemi-Afkaar - Download
68. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-kai-Tanqeedi-Nazariyaat-Jumhurah-al-Balaghah-ki-Roshni-mein - Download
69. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-aur-Shai-riyaat-Mashriq - Download
70. Urdu - Mawlana-Farahi-kay-Qalmi-Hawaashi-al-Itaqan-fi-Ulum-al-Qur-an-par - Download
71. Urdu - Naqd e Farahi By Dr Razi ul Islam Nadvi - Read / Download
72. Urdu - Quran-Majeed-kai-Ba-az-Asaleeb-sai-Muta-alliq-Mawlana-Farahi-ki-Tawzihaat-Aik-Mutala-ah - Download
73. Urdu - Qurani-Fikr-i-Farahi-Meezan-Shibli-Mein - Download
74. Urdu - Qurani-Fikr-i-Farahi-Meezan-Shibli-Mein - Download
75. Urdu - Qurani soortoon main nazm ke hawalay se taqabli mutalia - The Coherence in the Quranic Suras: A Comparative Study of Farahi and Husain Ali’s Concept of Nzam - Read / Alternate link
76. Urdu - Review Of Takmeel Fi Usool At Taweel - Download​
77. Urdu - Risalah-e-Tawheed-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
78. Urdu - Risalah-e-Aakhirat-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
79. Urdu - Risaalah-fi-Islah-al-Naas - Download
80. Urdu - Risalah-e-Nabuwat - Download
81. Urdu - Seerat-un-Nabavi-Shibli-mein-Fikr-i-Farahi - Download
82. Urdu - Sharah-Tuhfah-al-A-rab - Download
83. Urdu - Tafseer Surah Kauthar - Download
84. Urdu - Tafsir-e-bismillah Va Sura-e-fatiha - Download
85. Urdu - Tafsir-e-soorah-e-dhariyat - Download
86. ​Urdu - Tafseer Zariat (pages in this book have been scanned in incorrect order) - Read / Download
87. Urdu - Tuhfah-al-A-raab-by-Farahi - Download
88. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Mursalat-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
89. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Qiyamah-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
90. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Tahrim-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
91. Urdu - Tafseer-Sur-ah-Abas - Download
92. Urdu - Tafseer-Sur-ah-Shamas - Download
93. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Asar-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
94. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Feel-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
95. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Ikhlas-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
96. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Kafirun-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
97. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Kawsar-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi -Download
98. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Lahab-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
99. Urdu - Tafsir-Surah-Teen-by-Hamiduddin-Farahi - Download
100. Urdu - Ta-wil-e-Ayaat-ka-Farahi-Minhaj - Download 
101. Urdu - Tasaanif-i-Farahi-ka-Ghayr-Matbu-ah-Sarmaayah - Download
102. Urdu - Tarjuman-ul-Quran-Farahi-ka-Maslak-i-Hadith - Download
103. Urdu - Tafsir-Bil-ra'ai-aur-Tafsir-Maathur-kai-baarai-mein-Imam-Farahi-ka-Nuqtah-i-Nazar - Download