Abdullah — A Servant of God

The Biography of Hazrat Bahr-ul-Uloom
Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqui (Hasrat)

عبداللہ (اک بندۂ خدا)

Author

Maulvi Abu'l-Faiz Muhammad Anwaruddin Siddiqui

Khalīfah and nephew of Bahr al-ʿUlūm

1288–1381 AH

Translated by

AI-assisted translation · Edited by Muhammad Ahmad Ghazi, MD

Cary, North Carolina

🔒 Locked · pending scholarly review

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اردو ۔ حصہ ۱ · Urdu Part 1 اردو ۔ حصہ ۲ · Urdu Part 2 اردو ۔ حصہ ۳ · Urdu Part 3

The complete original Urdu edition (659 pp., in three downloadable parts) is freely available while the English translation is under scholarly review.

Front Matter

• Title Page Epigraph, publication details & colophon • Publisher's Note Arz-e-Nashir — Ḥasrat Academy, 2004 • Introduction Muqaddamah by Abū'l-Fayḍ Muḥammad Anwāruddīn

Chapters

1 Paternal Genealogy Silsila-e-Nasab — 22 pages 2 Maternal Lineage Nanhiyaal — 34 pages 3 The Life Ḥayāt — Hayaat 4 Bay'ah, Guidance & Direction Bay'ah, Rashd wa Hidāyat 5 Children & Descendants Aulād wa Aḥfād 6 Scholarly Services ʿIlmī Khidmāt — Qurʾān, Ḥadīth & Fiqh 7 Scholarly Pursuits & the Women's Lessons ʿIlmī Mashāghil wa Zanāna Dars 8 The Annual Sermons Sālāna Mawāʿiẓ — Mīlād, Miʿrāj & the Ṭarīqas 9 Literary & Poetic Creations Takhlīqāt-e-Shāʿirī 10 His Mode of Thought Andāz-e-Fikr wa Nuqṭa-e-Naẓar 11 Dealings with the Nobility Umarāʾ se Muʿāmalāt 12 Counsels & Guidance Naṣāʾiḥ wa Hidāyāt 13 Common Petitioners & Everyday Matters ʿĀm Ahl-e-Gharaḍ wa Masāʾil 14 The Martial Arts Funūn-e-Ḥarb 15 The Science of Music Fann-e-Mūsīqī 16 Sage Counsels Irshādāt-e-Ḥakīmāna — 325 aphorisms 17 In the Eyes of the Learned Ahl-e-Dānish kī Naẓar — testimonials 18 Family Trees Khāndānī Shajre — genealogical charts 19 Chains of Initiation & the Successors Salāsil-e-Bayʿat wa Khulafāʾ