Karam Shah al-Azhari

Muhammad karam Shah al-Azhari
محمد کرم شاہ الأزھری
Born
Muhammad Karam Shah

(1918-07-01)1 July 1918
Bhera (currently Pakistan)
Died7 April 1998(1998-04-07) (aged 79)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Alma materAl-Azhar University
ChildrenShaykh Muhammad Amin al-Hasanat Shah, Hafeez Ul Barkat Shah, Major Ibrahim Shah, Mohsin Shah, Dr. Abulhassan Shah Al-Azhari, Farooq Bahawal Haq Shah

Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari (1 July 1918 – 7 April 1998) was an Islamic scholar of Hanafi jurisprudence, Sufi, and Muslim leader. He is known for his work Tafsir Zia ul Quran fi Tafsir ul Quran, (Transl. The light of the Quran in the Exegesis of the Quran). It is commonly referred to as Zia ul Quran.[1] He also wrote Zia un Nabi, a biography of Muhammad in seven volumes.[2]

He was a spiritual guide of the Chishtiyya Sufi order.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Tafaseer". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ Diya’al-Qur’an: A Unique Qur’anic Commentary and the Commentator
  3. ^ Muhammad Sultan Shah. "Diya'al-Quran: A Unique Quranic Commentary and the Commentator (profile of Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari)" (PDF). University of the Punjab website. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. ^ Distinguished Al-Azhari scholar of the 20th century honoured in international conference on The World Organization for al-Azhar Graduates (UK website) Archived 29 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine Published 29 July 2016, Retrieved 21 September 2019