Al-Aijaz Research Journal of Islamic Studies & Humanities

An analysis of co-relation between Literature, Democracy and Society

Prof. Dr. Meher Muhammad Ejaz Sabir — 2024-09-08

Literature, democracy and society are indispensable to each other. Literature ceases to be meaningful without democratic approach and reflection. And reflection. Democracy can’t thrive without literature and no society can survive without democracy and literature. In a way, three of these are directly related to human life. Literature expresses and democracy discovers and provides new ways and forums to ponder over this expression and creates depth, seriousness and maturity in the thinking of a society’s practical, considerate and impartial society comes into existence. In this article an analysis of inter relation between literature, democracy and society is presented.

Promotion of Persian Literature in Kashmir under the Sultans

Dr. Shabnum Gull — 2024-08-08

This paper is about the Persian literature which promoted in Kashmir during Shamir and Chak dynasty. Central Asian missionaries played their vital role for the promotion of Persian language and literature. The great mystic Syed Ali Hamdani changed the putrid society of Kashmir by true preaching of Islam. Islam introduced in the valley of Kashmir long before the period of the Muslim rule in Kashmir. Islamic missionaries and military adventurers from Persia came into Kashmir and preached the doctrine and teachings of Islam to the Kashmiris. They built many centers; in these centers of learning's Persian was the language and literature of conversation at public level to change the entire prospect of Kashmir. Persian language and literature was highly impressive language at that time. The credit for laying the concrete foundation of Persian goes to Shamir’s period who played a significant role to promote epistemic and Persian literature. After the downfall of Shamir’s dynasty Chak ruled on Kashmir and worked hard to flourish Persian language and literature in Kashmir. In this paper we will try to find the epistemic and literary work which had done during the Shah Miri and Chak period in Kashmir.

Efforts of Sufis in Quranic Exegesis in the 11th Century Hijri

Dr. Saeed Ahmed — 2024-08-08

Tafsir is an important branch of Quranic Sciences. Many scholars have spent their time in explaining and interpreting the Holy Quran. There are different trends of Tafsir. Sufi Tafsir is one of them. Sufi Scholars tend to go deep and provide a different approach to understand the Holy Quran. This research is an attempt to analyze how Sufi scholars of 11^th century have interpreted the holy Quran. The research consists of an introduction, two chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction includes an explanation of the importance of the topic, the reason for choosing it, the research methodology, and its scope. The first chapter covers the meaning of "Tafsir" (exegesis) and "Sufi." The second chapter presents biographies of the most prominent Sufi interpreters of the 11th century Hijri, along with an overview of their works in general and in Tafsir specifically. It also discusses the status of their Tafsir works in terms of published and manuscript forms, their locations, and descriptions of these books if accessible. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, highlighting the contributions of Sufis to the interpretation and sciences of the Quran. Lastly, sources and references will be listed.