Noor Alam Khalil Amini

Early life and education Noor Alam Khalil Amini was born on 18 December 1952 in Muzaffarpur in Bihar. He specialized in teaching Arabic language from the King Saud University. He later taught at the Darul Uloom Deoband for a span of 39 years. He served as the chief-editor of Darul Uloom Deoband's monthly Arabic magazine Al-Daie. He was conferred with the President's Certificate of Honour in 2017. His students number more than 1000, including Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi. His translated works include, Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi's "Appreciation and interpretation of religion in the modern age"; Taqi Usmani's "Muawiyah and historical facts"; Manzoor Nomani's "Iran Revolution, Khumaini and Shi'ism", "Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi and his religious reform", "Indian scholars and the propaganda against Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab"; and Hussain Ahmad Madani's, "Educational condition of India, before and after the British colonialism". Islamic scholars, Abul Qasim Nomani, Arshad Madani, Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi and Mahmood Madani expressed sorrow at his death. His funeral prayer was led by Arshad Madani, and he was buried in the Qasmi cemetery of Darul Uloom Deoband.

At the Assam University, Abul Kalam wrote his doctoral thesis entitled Socio-Political Aspects in the Writings of Noor Alam Khalil Amini with Special Reference to Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin.

Literary works Amini's works in Arabic and Urdu include: Al-dawatul islamiyyah bayn al-ams wa al-yawm (Arabic) Al-sahabatu wa makanatuhum fi al-Islam (Arabic), published in Urdu as Sahaba-e-Rasool Islam ki Nazar Mai (Companions of Muhammad in the Islamic perspective) al-Muslimoona fi al-Hind (Arabic) (The Indian Muslims) Falastin Fi Intezari Salahidin (Arabic), published in Urdu as, Falastīn kisi Salāhuddīn ke intezār mai (Palestine waiting for some Salahuddin) Harf-e-Shireen (Urdu) Kya Islam Paspa Horaha hai (Is Islam dying?) Maujuda Saleebi Saihuni Jang (Urdu) Miftahul Arabia (Arabic). This book is taught in the dars-e-nizami curriculum in various madrasas. Mujtama'tuna al-ma'asarah wa al-tareequ ila al-Islam (Arabic) Mata Takoon ul Kitabaat-o- Muassirah? (Arabic) Pas-e-Marg-e-Zindah (Urdu) Ta'allamu Al-arabiya Fa'innaha Min Deenikum (Arabic) Wo Koh Kan Ki Baat (biography of Waheeduz Zaman Kairanwi)