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Mamluk Ali al-Nanautwi (1789-1851) was a renowned Indian Islamic scholar. He is most often celebrated as one of the primary teachers of Muhammad Qasim Nanautwi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi, and most of the other founders of the Deobandi school of methodology.

Early Life

Mamluk Ali was born in the town of Nanauta, in the district of Saharanpur, which is today located in the province of Uttar Pradesh, India. His family traced its lineage to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. After obtaining early education in Nanauta, he traveled to Delhi where he studied the Islamic sciences under Rashid ad-Din Khan al-Dehlawi, one of the main students of Shah Abdul Aziz al-Dihlawi.

Career He became the head of Oriental Studies at Delhi College. He taught both publicly and in private. He taught Arabic and its sciences, Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Tafsir, and Kalam. There is little evidence of him teaching Hadith.

Legacy Qasim Nanautwi Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Muhammad Yaqub al-Nanautwi, his son, who went on to become the first sadr mudarris (head teacher) of Dar al-Ulum Deoband. Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri Muhammad Mazhar al-Nanautwi Zulfiqar Ali Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

Noorani Qaidah

About -- The Noorani Qaidah is a primer for teaching students the Arabic script used in the Quran. It is popular among Muslims of South Asian descent, and even in some parts of the Arab world.

Author -- The author of the book was Maulana Nur Muhammad al-Haqqani (1856-1925), son of Hafiz Ali Muhammad. He was born in pre-Partition India in the town of Mangat, part of the Ludhiana district in the province of Punjab. He obtained his primary education there, after which he traveled to the city of Saharanpur to complete his studies of Shari’ah under Maulana Muhammad Mazhar al-Nanautwi. He learned Hadith at the hands of Maulana Ahmad Ali Saharanpuri. He also pursued sacred knowledge in Delhi, Kanpur, and Lucknow. He was a contemporary of Shaykh al-Hind Mahmud al-Hasan, Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, and other second-generation scholars of the Deobandi tradition.

The shaykh's career was focused on promoting Islamic education among the masses, an aspiration that the Noorani Qaidah is demonstrative of. It continues to be his most popular publication. Among other educational endeavors, he published a newspaper called “Nūrun ʿalā Nūr” (Light Upon Light), and founded a printing press called “Maṭbaʿah Ḥaqqānīyyah” (Ḥaqqāni Press).

In regards to Islamic education for women, he undertook the management of a religious college for girls that his father had built. The Shaykh named it “Madrasah Ḥaqqānīyyah” and set upon developing a modern educational methodology for it. The school received tremendous praise from the most eminent educators (rijal al-ta’lim wa ‘l-tarbiyah) of the time.Many branches of the school later opened, and later the name of the original school was changed to Madrasah Umm al-Madaris. After his passing, the running of the school was entrusted to his youngest son, Ahmad Hasan. Immediately after the Partition, the school moved from India to the city of Faisalabad, Pakistan where it exists today under the direction of his grandchildren.

Method of teaching -- The goal of the book is not to teach the language and meanings of words. The goal is only to teach the student how to read the script without understanding. Emphasis is placed on learning phonetics, vowel sounds, and orthographics. It is divided into 17 lessons, each building on each other (Though since many different versions exist, some are organized slightly differently). 1. Mufradat - Single Letters 2. Murakkabat - Combined Letters 3. Huruf-i Muqatta'at - 4. Harakat - Short Vowels 5. Tanwin - Nunation 6. Mashq - Cumulative Mixed Practice 7. Khari Zabar, Khari Zer, Ulta Pesh - 8. Maddah-o Leen - 9. Mashq - Cumulative Mixed Practice 10. Sukun (aka Jazm) - 11. Mashq - Cumulative Mixed Practice 12. Tashdeed - 13. Mashq - Cumulative Mixed Practice 14. Mashq - Cumulative Mixed Practice 15. Tashdid ma'a Tashdid - Tashdid followed by another Tashdid 16. Tashdid ba'd Huruf-i Maddah - 17. Khatimah Ijra'-i Qawa'id - Final Practice of Rules It is meant to be studied with a teacher, and is next to useless on its own. It is analogous to a PowerPoint presentation.

External Links --

http://archive.org/details/NooraniQaida