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Zalzala
AuthorArshadul Qadri
CountryIndia
LanguageUrdu, English, Bangla, Hindi
SeriesDeobandi Fitna Ka Radd
Published1974

Zalzala (trans: Earthquake) is a treatise written by Arshadul Qadri, an Indian Islamic scholar in 1972. It is widely known as the most known book of Qadri written as Barelvi response to Deobandi beliefs about Prophet Muhammad based on books written by Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Qasim Nanautvi and other Deobandi Ulamas.[1]

This book is in the syllabus of hundreds of Madrasas and Institutions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.[2][3][4] It has different chapters discussing different faiths of Deobandi movement against the beliefs of Islam and Prophet Muhammad. It is written with the reference to Older texts and new texts like Fatawa-e-Razaviyya and Husamul Haramain.[5]

Response[edit | edit source]

In response to this book many Deobandi people have written books, including Inkishāf 'Zalzalah' ke baʻd by Mufti Abdul Jalil in 1974, Zalzala: Barelvi Fitna Ka Roop Arshadul Qadri Sahab Ki Kitab Zalzala Ka Tanqeedi Jaiza Aur Tahqeeqi Jaiza by Muhammad Arif Sambhali in 1974, Zalzala Par Zalzala by Najmuddin Ahiyai in 1975 and Tawheed Ka Khanjar: Tawheed Ke Haqeeqat Quran Wa Hadees Ke Raushni Mein Arshadul Qadri Ki Kitab Aur Meer Wa Mubr Jaisi Zahreeli Kitabon Ka Dandan Shikan Jawab by Imam Ali Danish in 1999.[6][7][8][9]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Omum, Tarique. "Obituary: Arshadul Qadri: a beacon of light". The Milli Gazette. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  2. Malik, Jamal (27 November 2007). Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching Terror?. Routledge. pp. 51–54. ISBN 978-1-134-10762-9.
  3. Alam, Arshad (29 November 2020). Inside a Madrasa: Knowledge, Power and Islamic Identity in India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-08366-8.
  4. Osella, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (16 May 2013). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN 978-1-107-03175-3.
  5. "INTRODUCTION: Tablighi Jamaat in the light of Facts and Truth by Maulana Arshadul Qadri | Maulana Arshadul Qadri". New Age Islam. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. Sanbhalī, Muḥammad ʻĀrif; سنبھلى, محمد عارف (1996). "Zalzala", Barelwi Fitna Ka Naya Roop: Arshad-ul-Qadri Sahab Ki Kitaab "Zalzala" Ka Tanqidi Jaiza Aur Tahqiqi Jawab [Answer to "Zalzala", a new form of Barelvi fitnah: Critical review and research response to Arshad-ul-Qadri's book "Zalzala".] (in اردو). الفرقان بک ڈپو،.
  7. Ahiyāʼī, Najmuddīn (1975). Zalzala Par Zalzala (in اردو). Hilāl Bukḍipo.
  8. Danish, Imam Ali (1999). Tawheed Ka Khunjar: Tawheed Ki Haqiqat Quran aur Hadith Ki Roshni Mein: Arshad-ul-Qadri Ki Kitaab 'Zalzala' Aur Mir-o-Mubaarak Jaisi Zehriili Kitaabon Ka Dandan Shikan Jawab [The Dagger of Tawheed: The Truth of Tawheed in the Light of the Qur'an and Hadith: A Tooth-Breaking Answer to Poisonous Books Like Arshad-ul-Qadri's Book of Earthquake and Mir and Mubar] (in اردو). Azeem Book Depo.
  9. ʻAbduljalīl, Muftī (1974). Inkishāf 'Zalzalah' ke baʻd (in اردو). Idārah-yi Ḥanifiyah.

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