Ghulam Jilani Barq
G̲h̲ulām Jīlānī Barq was a 20th Century Pakistani Islamic scholar, theologian, educator, scholar, author and translator.
Early life and education
Ghulam Jilani Barq was born on 26 October 1901 in Attock District to Muhammad Qasim Shah. Barq completed his education in his hometown, Attock where he was living with his uncle, his father used to live out of the town due to his official work. From Madrassas to universities, he won gold medal in Arabic language. Barq wrote his thesis on Ibn Taymiyyah in English, which was ratified in 1940 by universities such as Harvard and Oxford. According to Pakistani journalist Javed Chaudhry, Barq was one of the twenty scholars who had Ph.D degree in 1940 before the creation of Pakistan.Works
Ghulam Jilani Barq has written several books including:- Imām Ibn-i Taymiyyah
- Dānish-i Rūmī o Saʻdī
- Merī dāstān-i ḥayāt
- Yūrap par Islām ke iḥsān
- Falsafiyān-i Islām
- Ḍākṭar G̲h̲ulām̲ Jīlānī Barq ke k̲h̲ut̤ūt̤
- Barq-i betāb: Ḍākṭar G̲h̲ulām̲ Jīlānī Barq kā kalām
- Maz̤āmīn-i Barq: 1926 tā qayām-i Pākistān
- Do Islam
- Do Qurʼān
- Islam, the Religion of Humanity
- Mann Ki Duniya