السيّد محمد الرّابع الحسني النّدوي: أديبًا عربيًّا

Al-Syed Muhammad Al-Rabi’ Al-Hassani Al-Nadvi an Arabic Writer

Abstract

Muhammad Rabi’ Al-Hassani Al-Nadvi is considered one of the most popular and greatest scholars in India who devoted their lives to spreading knowledge and literature. He played a significant role in the literary fields. He was a proficient writer, an excellent author and an expert teacher in both languages i.e. Urdu and Arabic. He taught Arabic language and literature in religious institutions and universities, delivered lectures at seminars and addressed people across the country. He also established several organizations, chaired and published a lot of magazines, and struggled and travelled to revive the Arabic language and its valuable heritage both within and outside India.

The Arabic language is not just a language like others, but rather a universal language, and is considered the third language among the world's languages. It’s language of the Quran and Sunnah. Since Arabic was the second language for the muslims of India after Urdu, so he studied the Arabic language and literature and got excellency in prose and poetry. His writings are full of Quranic and prophetic quotations, and his writings are adorned with literary pieces, i.e. poetry and proverbs from ancient and modern literature.

Due to his distinguished services, many writers have discussed various aspects of literature found in his books and writings, and there is no aspect of his life that they had not written about it. The only topic that continues to attract the attention of researchers is "The Impact of the Arabic Language in the writings of Muhammad Rabi’ Al-Hassani Al-Nadawi", which I have chosen to reveal the hidden literary aspects. This aims to raise his status among contemporary scholars and writers, and to get benefit from his literary heritage.