A few students-Amin Ahsan Islahi was one of them – received special training from him they were supposed to become the bearers of his thought.Īn erudite scholar, Farahi commanded knowledge of a number of languages, among them Hebrew and English. Farahi had served as chief administrator of the school since its inception, but other engagements had until now kept him from becoming actively involved in its affairs.įrom 1925, when he came to Sara-e-Mir, to 1930, the year of his death, Farahi devoted most of his time and energy to managing the affairs of the Madrasa-tul-Islah and teaching there. He subsequently came to Sara-e-Mir, a town in Azamgarh, where he took charge of the Madrasa-tul-Islah (”School for Muslim Reform”), an institution based on the educational ideas of Shibli Numani and Farahi. The scheme he prepared for this purpose later materialized in the form of Jamiah Usmaniyyah, Hyderabad.
During his stay in Hyderabad, Farahi conceived the idea of establishing a university where all religious and modern sciences would be taught in Urdu. Farahi obtained his B.A from AIlahabad University.įor the next many years, Farahi taught Arabic at various institutions, including Aligarh and Dar-ul-Ulum, Hyderabad. The translation was found to be so good that Sir Sayyid had it included in the collage syllabus.
While a student at the college, Farahi rendered parts of the At-Tabaqat al-Kubra of Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Sad az-Zuhri (784-845) into Persian. In his letter addressed to the principal, Sir Sayyid wrote that he was commending him a young man who was a greater scholar of Arabic and Persian than the professors of the college. His recommender was Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1897), the founder of the college.
He belonged to a distinguished family, and was a maternal cousin of the famous theologian-historian Allama Shibli Nomani (1858-1914).Īfter studying Arabic, Persian, and Islamic sciences with several prominent religious scholars - Shibli Nomani was one of them - Maulana Farahi, about twenty years of age, secured admission to the reputed Aligarh Muslim College in order to study modern disciplines of knowledge. Maulana Farahi was born in Phreha (hence the name “Farahi”), a village in the district of Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh, India).
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