مولانا معین الدین اجمیرؔی
۱۰؍ محرم الحرام ۱ ۱۳۵۹ھ عین عاشورہ کے دن علم و عمل فضل و کمال، مجاہدہ و استقامت وطہارت کی ایک ایسی مسند خالی ہوئی جو غالباً عرصۂ دراز تک خالی رہے گی، اِنَّا لِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْنَ۔
اس سے ہماری مراد حضرت مولانا معین الدین اجمیری رحمۃ اﷲ علیہ کا سانحۂ ارتحال ہے، یہ حادثہ محض مولانا کے اہل خاندان یا مسلمانانِ اجمیر ہی کے لئے نہیں ہے، بلکہ سارا اسلامی ہند اس سے متاثر اور اپنی کم نصیبی پر نوحہ کناں ہے۔
وَمَا کَانَ قَیْس’‘ ھَلَکَ ھُلَکَ وَاحِدٍ
وَلٰکِنَّہٗ بُنْیَان قُوْمٍ تھَدّما
مولانا ایک نومسلم گھرانے میں پیدا ہوئے تھے، والد ماجد مولانا عبدالرحمن صاحب مرحوم بلیاؔ کے رہنے والے نومسلم راجپوت تھے اور والدہ بھی داخل اسلام ہوئی تھیں اور دانا پور (بہار) ان کا گھر تھا تعلق راجپوتانہ سے اس طرح پیدا ہوا کہ مولانا عبدالرحمن صاحب ریاست ٹونک میں سیکریٹری کونسل تھے، چار یا پانچ سو روپیہ ماہوار تنخواہ تھی، اسی علاقہ میں دیولی (راجپوتانہ) میں ۲۵؍ صفر ۱۲۹۹ء کو پیدا ہوئے اور باپ کے زیر سایہ زندگی کی ابتدائی منزلیں طے ہوئیں، بچپن ہی سے سعادت و فیروز مندی کے آثار نمایاں تھے، چنانچہ دولت و ثروت کی گود میں پلنے والے اس نوجوان نے ہمیشہ طالبعلموں میں مساوات ہی کی زندگی بسر کی، امیرانہ ٹھاٹھ اور رئیسانہ شان کا کبھی مظاہرہ نہ کیا۔
قسمت کی خوبی اور نصیب کی بلندی نے خاتم المحققین حضرت مولانا سید برکاتؔ احمد صاحب (بہاری، ثم) ٹونکی سے تلمذ کا رشتہ قائم کرایا، اس تعلق سے مولانا کا سلسلۂ تلمذ یہ ہے۔
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This research work emphasizes on the biography, publications and contributions of the Sudanese prominent scholar ‘Aun al-Sharif Qasim who born in the North of Al-Khartoum, the capital of the republic of Sudan in 1933 A.D. He wrote many books in Arabic language and his famous book “A Dictionary of Colloquial Dialect in Sudan” specially deals with the studies on the Sudanese Colloquial Arabic language and its impact on the literary Arabic language. Likewise he wrote in literature and language and enriched his scholastic life with many publications. This research work tries to convey the most important book and to give a short thought on it.
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