Khurshid Rizvi
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Born | Amroha, Muradabad, India | December 8, 1940
Occupation | Pakistani scholar of languages, Urdu poet |
Language | Urdu |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Notable works | Arabi Adab Qabl az Islam, Shakh-e-Tanha, Sarabon ke Sadaf, Rayegan, Imkan, Yakja, Deryaab, Nisbatain, Taleef, Atraaf, Baazdeed |
Khurshid Rizvi (Urdu: ڈاکٹرخورشید رضوی) is a Pakistani scholar of languages and an Urdu poet.[1]
Early life
[edit]Rizvi was born in Amroha, India to a Sunni Sadaat family on 8 December 1940. In 1948, he immigrated with his family to Montgomery (now Sahiwal) in Punjab, Pakistan. He studied at Islamia High School and Government High School, and finally graduated from Government College, Montgomery in 1959. He moved to the Oriental College, Lahore for higher studies and earned his MA in Arabic in 1961. Later, in 1981, he obtained his Ph.D. in Arabic from the same university.[citation needed]
Publications
[edit]Rizvi has authored and edited books in many languages on a range of subjects, including seven poetry collections to date. He has also done substantial translation work that includes his translation of the Federal Shariat Court Judgement on Bank Interest (Riba) for the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Rizvi's most celebrated research work so far has been his book entitled Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature (عربی ادب قبل از اسلام Arabi Adab Qabl az Islam). This is the first detailed critical review of pre-Islamic literature in the Urdu language.
His publications include works of poetry, essay-writing and translation:
- Shakh-e-Tanha ( شاخ تنہا)
- Sarabon ke Sadaf ( سرابوں کے صدف)
- Rayegan (رایگاں)
- Imkan (امکان)
- Yakja ( یکجا)
- Deryaab (دیریاب ).
- Nisbatain ( نسبتیں).
- Taleef (تالیف.)
- Atraaf اطراف
- Baazdeed (بازدید)
- Tareekh-e-uloom mein Tehzeeb-e-Islaami ka Muqam (Urdu translation from Arabic) تاریخ علوم میں تہذیب اسلامی کامقام
- Hukm al-Mahkamat-al-Shar'iyyah (translation from English into Arabic of the judgment of the Federal Shari'at Court of Pakistan on bank interest) "حكم المحكمة الشرعية الاتحادية الباكستانية بشأن الفائدة (الرب)" .
- Qala'id al-Juman (critical editing of a 13th-century Arabic manuscript) "قلائد الجمان في فرائد شعراء هذا الزمان" 13.
- Arabi Adab Qabl az Islam- Part I (a detailed history of pre-Islamic Arabic literature) عربی ادب قبل از اسلام - حصہ اول
Career
[edit]Rizvi started teaching at the age of 19 as a lecturer in Arabic at Government College in Bahawalpur, after which he moved to Government College in Sargodha and continued up to 1984 when he became the principal of Government Ambala Muslim College Sargodha. In 1985 he proceeded on deputation to the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad where he served as Chief Bureau of Translation for six years. In 1991 he became Head of the Department of Arabic at Government College Lahore (now a university), opting for an early retirement in 1995 to focus on his research pursuits.[citation needed]
In 2015, he was given the Aalmi Frogh-e-Urdu Adab Award, for promoting Urdu Literature worldwide, by Majlis Frogh-e-Urdu Adab, an organization from Qatar.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Expats spend literary evening with renowned Pak historian". Arab News. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "One-on-one with a decorated scholar". Gulf Times. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- Living people
- Muhajir people
- Pakistani poets
- 1942 births
- People from Amroha district
- Pakistani literary critics
- Linguists from Pakistan
- Academic staff of the Government College University, Lahore
- Urdu-language non-fiction writers
- Linguists of Urdu
- Pakistani critics
- Academic staff of Lahore University of Management Sciences
- Oriental College alumni
- Historians of Arabic literature
- Pakistani literary historians
- Urdu-language writers from Pakistan