Nadwatul Musannifeen

Nadwatul Musannifeen (English: Council of Writers) was an academic research institution and publishing house in Delhi. The institution was co-founded by scholars including Atiqur Rahman Usmani, Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi in 1938.

Nadwatul Musannifeen

Nadwatul Musannifeen during 1987
Status	defunct
Founded	1938
Founders	Atiqur Rahman Usmani Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi

History

Nadwatul Musannifeen was established by Atiqur Rahman Usmani, Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi, Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi and Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi in 1938.^[1] Originally set up in Karol Bagh, the institution suffered losses during 1947 riots. It was moved to nearby Jama Masjid, Delhi post the Partition of India by Atiqur Rahman Usmani.^[2]

The institution has published books on issues related to religion, history, culture and theology.^[3] The institution published Burhan, a magazine that is regarded as the best Islamiyat magazine after the Al-Ma'ārif of Shibli Academy.^[4]

Associated scholars

• Muhammad Taqi Amini
• Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi

Publications

The Nadwatul Musannifeen has published more than 250 books including:^[5]

Books related to Quran and Tafsir

Book	Author	References
Akhbār-ut-Tanzeel	Ismail Sambhali	[6]
Al-Fauzul Kabīr fi Usūl it-Tafsīr (Urdu translation)	Shah Waliullah, Abdul Rasheed Ansari	[7]
Al-Basā'ir	Abd al-Hayy Farooqi	[8]
Tadween-e-Qur'an	Manazir Ahsan Gilani	[9]
Tafsir al-Mazhari	Qadi Thanaullah Panipati	[10]
Fehm-e-Qur'an	Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi	[11]
Lughāt-ul-Qur'ān	Abdul Rasheed Nomani	[12][13]
Hikmat al-Qur'ān	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[14]
Qasas al-Qur'ān	Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi	[15]

Books related to Hadith sciences

Book	Author	References
Tarjuman al-Sunnah	Badre Alam Merathi	[16]
Uswa-e-Hasanah	Zafeeruddin Miftahi	[17]
Kitab-e-Hadees	Minnatullah Rahmani	[18]
Hadees ka dirāyati meyār	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[19]
Ma'āsr-o-Ma'ārif	Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri	[20]

Books related to Islamic history

Book	Author	References
Āsār-o-Akhbār	Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri	[21]
Tārikh-e-Millat (volume 1 to 3)	Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi	[22]
Tārikh-e-Millat (volume 4 to volume 11)	Intizamullah Shehbai	[23]
Tārikh-e-Tabari ke Ma'ākhaz ka tanqīdi mutāla	Nisar Ahmed Faruqi	[24]
Tārikhi Maqālāt	K. A. Nizami	[25]
Tahzeeb ki tashkīl-e-jadīd	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[26]
MusalmānoN ki firqa-bandiyoN ka afsāna	Manazir Ahsan Gilani	[27]
Sarkashi-e-Zila Bijnor	Syed Ahmad Khan	[28]
Ulama-e-Hind ka shāndār māzi	Muhammad Miyan Deobandi	[29]
Hindustān mai ArboN ki hakūmateN	Qazi Athar Mubarakpuri	[30]

Books related to Sufism

Book	Author	References
Imdād al-Mushtāq	Ashraf Ali Thanwi	[31]
Tārikh Mashāyikh-e-Chisht	K. A. Nizami	[32]

Books on other topics

Book	Author	References
Islām ka Nizām-e-Hukūmat	Hamid al-Ansari Ghazi	[33]
Islām ka nizām-e-masājid	Zafeeruddin Miftahi	[34]
Urooj-o-Zawāl ka ilāhi nizām	Muhammad Taqi Amini	[35]
Hayāt Abd al-Hayy	Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi	[36]
Tālimāt-e-Islāmi awr Masīhi aqwām	Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi	[37]

Legacy

At the Jamia Millia Islamia, Abdul Waris Khan wrote a doctoral thesis entitled Islāmi Uloom mai Nadwatul Musannifeen ki Khidmāt: Ek mutāla, (transl. The contribution of Nadwatul Musannifeen in Islamic studies: A study).^[38]