Tafsir of Surat al-Baqara verses 1 and 2
I have just uploaded Sheikh Abdal Qadir Jailani‘s tafsir of verses 1 and 2 of Surat al-Baqara translated by the late Muhtar Holland (RahimuAllah), you can find it on my main website http://www.masud.co.uk
Sad News on the Passing of a Great Translator
News is circulating about the passing on of Muhtar Holland who was one of the great translators of Arabic of this age. I have just got off a telephone call with Ruslan Moore, the owner of al-Baz Publishing who publish the translations of Sheikh Muhtar’s translations of the works of Sheikh Abdal Qadir al-Jilani. Ruslan Moore has confirmed to me that Sheikh Muhtar passed onto the realm of his Lord at 1pm today (EST) at his family home in New…
My Pakistan Trip – Notes: Week 3
Pakistan, day 15, 9th Aug We have breakfast, we go for a walk around the hotel (Pearl Continental, Bhurban) grounds, kids make use of the swimming pool. At the checkout a Brit-Pak from Manchester gets irate at some guy jumping in front of him, good on him for making the point. People here seem to think that they can push to the front of the queue, there is no regard for convention nor manners, again it comes back to selfishness….