Dr Muhammad Rafiuddin

Introduction:

Dr Mohammad Rafiuddin, born in Jammu in 1904, is considered to be one of the greatest muslim philosophers in the 20th century.

He passed Intermediate in Science, Honours in Persian, Masters in Arabic (1929), Ph.D in Philosophy (1949) and D.Litt in Educational Philosophy (1965).

In his early career he taught Arabic and Persian in Sri Pratap College, Srinagar (1929-32) and Prince of Wales College, Jammu (1933-46) where he wrote his widely acclaimed book "Ideology of the Future".

He was selected as Principal of Sri Karan Singh College, Mirpur in 1946 where he worked for one year.

He served as Research officer in Department of Islamic Reconstruction from 1948 to 1949 and Institute of Islamic Culture from 1950 to 1953.

He remained Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan from 1953 to 1965.

After his retirement from Iqbal Academy he founded All Pakistan Islamic Education Congress in 1966.

In Novemeber 1969 he met a fatal road accident in Karachi and died on spot.

Contribution to Muslim Philosophy:

1) Ideology of the future

2) Manifesto of Islam

3) First Principles of Education

4) Fallacy of Marxism

5) The Meaning and Purpose of Islamic Research

6) Quran aur Ilm -e- Jadeed (in Urdu)

7) Hikmat-e-Iqbal (in Urdu)

Periodicals & Journals

1) Hikmat-e-Quran

2) Islamic Education

Organisations Founded

1) All Pakistan Islamic Education Congress