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'''Prof. Yousaf Saleem Chishti''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|پروفیسر یوسف سلیّم چشتی}}}}
 
1895 – 1984), known as '''Yusuf Salim Chishti''',<ref name="Ahmad 1985 p. 34">{{cite book | last=Ahmad | first=I. | title=THE RISE AND DECLINE OF MUSLIM UMMAH | publisher=Adam Publishers & Distributors | year=1985 | isbn=978-81-7435-403-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvhbgzPS3csC&pg=PA34 | access-date=2020-03-09 | page=34}}</ref> was a Pakistani eminent scholar and writer. He was the interpreter and commentator of [[Mohammed Iqbal|Allama Mohammed Iqbal]]'s work and worked with him from 1925 to 1938 predominantly.<ref name="Urdu Adab">{{cite web|title=Yousaf Saleem CHishti, Eminent Scholar|url=http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/2011/08/yousuf-saleem-chishti-eminent-scholar.html|publisher=Urdu Adab|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Muhammad p. 155">{{cite book | last=Muhammad | first=H.S. | title=The Ahmadiyya Case | publisher=www.aaiil.org | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxnRQfRqIdwC&pg=PA155 | access-date=2020-03-09 | page=155}}</ref>
'''Yousaf Saleem Chishti''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|پروفیسر یوسف سلیّم چشتی}}}}
1895 – 1984), popularly known as '''Yusuf Salim Chishti''',<ref name="Ahmad 1985 p. 34">{{cite book | last=Ahmad | first=I. | title=THE RISE AND DECLINE OF MUSLIM UMMAH | publisher=Adam Publishers & Distributors | year=1985 | isbn=978-81-7435-403-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvhbgzPS3csC&pg=PA34 | access-date=2020-03-09 | page=34}}</ref> was a Pakistani scholar and writer. He was the interpreter and commentator of [[Muhammad Iqbal]]'s work and worked with him from 1925 to 1938 predominantly.<ref name="Urdu Adab">{{cite web|title=Yousaf Saleem CHishti, Eminent Scholar|date=19 August 2011 |url=http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/2011/08/yousuf-saleem-chishti-eminent-scholar.html|publisher=Urdu Adab|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Muhammad p. 155">{{cite book | last=Muhammad | first=H.S. | title=The Ahmadiyya Case | publisher=www.aaiil.org | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxnRQfRqIdwC&pg=PA155 | access-date=2020-03-09 | page=155}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Born in [[Bareilly]] ([[India]]) in 1895, Muhammad Yousaf Khan (Later known as Yousaf Saleem Chishti) got his early education in [[Allahabad]]. He obtained BA Honors in Philosophy from [[Aligarh Muslim University]] (1918) and in 1924 he did his MA Philosophy from [[Ahmedabad University]].<ref name="Urdu Jamay Encyclopedia">{{cite book|title=Yousaf Saleem Chishti|year=1986|publisher=Ghulam Ali Printers, Lahore|location=Lahore|pages=1910|ISBN=969-31-0011-5}}</ref>
Yousaf Saleem Chishti was born in [[Bareilly]], India in 1895 as Muhammad Yousaf Khan.
 
He got his early education in [[Allahabad]]. He obtained BA Honors in Philosophy from [[Aligarh Muslim University]] (1918) and in 1924 he did his MA Philosophy from [[Ahmedabad University]].<ref name="Urdu Jamay Encyclopedia">{{cite book|title=Yousaf Saleem Chishti|year=1986|publisher=Ghulam Ali Printers, Lahore|location=Lahore|pages=1910|isbn=969-31-0011-5}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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* Sharah ''[[Javid Nama]]''<ref name="Persian Work"/>
* Sharah ''[[Javid Nama]]''<ref name="Persian Work"/>
* Sharah ''[[Bal-i-Jibril]]''<ref name="Urdu Work"/>
* Sharah ''[[Bal-i-Jibril]]''<ref name="Urdu Work"/>
* Sharah ''[[The Rod of Moses|Zarb-i Kalim]]''<ref name="Urdu Work"/><ref name="Yousaf Saleem Chishti">{{cite web|title=Sharah Zarb e Kaleem|url=http://www.pdfbooksfree.org/2013/08/sharah-zarb-e-kaleem-by-professor.html|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>
* Sharah ''[[The Rod of Moses|Zarb-i Kalim]]''<ref name="Urdu Work"/><ref name="Yousaf Saleem Chishti">{{cite web|title=Sharah Zarb e Kaleem|date=9 August 2013 |url=http://www.pdfbooksfree.org/2013/08/sharah-zarb-e-kaleem-by-professor.html|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref>
* Sharah ''[[What should then be done O people of the East|Pas Cheh Bayed Kard ai Aqwam-e-Sharq]]''<ref name="Persian Work"/>
* Sharah ''[[What should then be done O people of the East|Pas Cheh Bayed Kard ai Aqwam-e-Sharq]]''<ref name="Persian Work"/>
* Sharah ''[[Gift from Hijaz|Armughan-e-Hijaz]]''<ref name="Persian Work"/><ref name="Urdu Work"/><ref name="Iqbal Academy Pakistan">[http://www.allamaiqbal.com Iqbal Academy Pakistan]</ref><ref name="brightpk.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.brightpk.com/personalities/allama-iqbal/|title=Allama Iqbal – The Great Poet And Philosopher:|publisher=Bright PK.com|date=15 February 2012|access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> (in Persian and Urdu)
* Sharah ''[[Gift from Hijaz|Armughan-e-Hijaz]]''<ref name="Persian Work"/><ref name="Urdu Work"/><ref name="Iqbal Academy Pakistan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ |title=Iqbal Academy Pakistan |access-date=25 September 2013 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223540/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="brightpk.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.brightpk.com/personalities/allama-iqbal/|title=Allama Iqbal – The Great Poet And Philosopher|publisher=Bright PK.com|date=15 February 2012|access-date=28 May 2012|archive-date=4 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604013142/http://www.brightpk.com/personalities/allama-iqbal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (in Persian and Urdu)
* Commentary on Mohkamat Alam-e-Qurani
* Commentary on Mohkamat Alam-e-Qurani
* Commentary on Diwan-e-Ghalib
* Commentary on [[Diwan-e-Ghalib]]
*Radha Krishnan Aur [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]]: Mumasilat-o-Mutabiqat Afkaar
*Radha Krishnan Aur [[Muhammad Iqbal|Iqbal]]: Mumasilat-o-Mutabiqat Afkaar
*Taleemat-e-Iqbal
*Taleemat-e-Iqbal
*Sharah Rumi-e-Asr: Iqbal Ki Nazmein
*Sharah [[Rumi]]-e-Asr: Iqbal Ki Nazmein
*Anwar-e-Mujaddidi
*Anwar-e-Mujaddidi
*Allama Iqbal Marhoom: Hayat, Falsafa, Paygham
*Allama Iqbal Marhoom: Hayat, Falsafa, Paygham
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==External links==
==External links==
*http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ '''Official website For Allama [[Muhammad Iqbal]]'''
*http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221223540/http://www.allamaiqbal.com/ |date=21 February 2014 }} '''Official website For Allama [[Muhammad Iqbal]]'''
*http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/ '''[[Iqbal Cyber Library]] '''
*http://www.iqbalcyberlibrary.net/ '''[[Iqbal Cyber Library]] '''
*http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/2011/08/yousuf-saleem-chishti-eminent-scholar.html'''Prof. Yousaf Saleem Chishti'''
*http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/2011/08/yousuf-saleem-chishti-eminent-scholar.html'''Prof. Yousaf Saleem Chishti'''
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Professor

Yousaf Saleem Chishti
Personal
Born1895
Bareilly, British India
Died1984 (aged 88–89)
Karachi, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
Main interest(s)Iqbaliat

Yousaf Saleem Chishti (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. 1895 – 1984), popularly known as Yusuf Salim Chishti,[1] was a Pakistani scholar and writer. He was the interpreter and commentator of Muhammad Iqbal's work and worked with him from 1925 to 1938 predominantly.[2][3]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Yousaf Saleem Chishti was born in Bareilly, India in 1895 as Muhammad Yousaf Khan.

He got his early education in Allahabad. He obtained BA Honors in Philosophy from Aligarh Muslim University (1918) and in 1924 he did his MA Philosophy from Ahmedabad University.[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

He taught in Forman Christian College Lahore and from 1929 to 1943, he served as Principal, Ashaat e Islam College Lahore. In 1948, he shifted to Karachi and started his literary career. He has very close relations with Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, he used to attend meetings in Javid Manzil, Lahore (Allama Muhammad Iqbal's residence). He recorded conversations in his diaries but in 1955 most of them were destroyed by an upsurge in Ravi, at Lahore. He is famous for his commentaries on Allama Muhammad Iqbal's works[4] and these commentaries are particularly known to be grounded in philosophy and comparative religion, as he was particularly knowledgeable in Hinduism, as "during his stay in Lahore, he met Lala Lajpat Roy Lahori and on his advice studied Vedas and Shastras from a Hindu pundit. Later, Swami Prakash Anand taught him Upanishads, Gita and Hindu philosophy of mysticism."[5]

Literary works[edit | edit source]

He has written many books and his major subject was Iqbal and his poetry. His books include:

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Ahmad, I. (1985). THE RISE AND DECLINE OF MUSLIM UMMAH. Adam Publishers & Distributors. p. 34. ISBN 978-81-7435-403-7. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Yousaf Saleem CHishti, Eminent Scholar". Urdu Adab. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Muhammad, H.S. The Ahmadiyya Case. www.aaiil.org. p. 155. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Yousaf Saleem Chishti. Lahore: Ghulam Ali Printers, Lahore. 1986. p. 1910. ISBN 969-31-0011-5.
  5. ↑ Rauf Parekh (24 February 2009). "The tradition of commentaries and Yousuf Saleem Chishtie". Dawn News. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "Persian Work – Allama Muhammad Iqbal".
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Urdu Work – Allama Muhammad Iqbal".
  8. ↑ "Sharah Zarb e Kaleem". 9 August 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Iqbal Academy Pakistan". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Allama Iqbal – The Great Poet And Philosopher". Bright PK.com. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

External links[edit | edit source]

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