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عبداللہ — اک بندۂ خدا

إِنَّ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ الصَّالِحِينَ تَنْزِلُ الرَّحْمَةُ

Verily, at the mention of the righteous, blessings descend.

Title & Authorship

Abdullah (A Servant of God) — Sawāniḥ Ḥayāt of Bahr al-ʿUlūm.

This work is the biography (sawāniḥ ḥayāt) of the great scholar and saint Bahr al-ʿUlūm Ḥaḍrat Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādīr Ṣiddīqī, raḥimahu'llāh — known by his poetic title Ḥasrat — composed by his nephew and disciple.

Author: Maulvī Abū'l-Fayḍ Muḥammad Anwāruddīn Ṣiddīqī — Khalīfah and nephew (bhānjā) of Bahr al-ʿUlūm.

Publication Details

Publisher: Ḥasrat Academy, Hyderabad (Deccan)

Edition: Second Edition — 500 copies

Date: January 2014 CE

Total pages: 760

Subject of this Biography

Bahr al-ʿUlūm Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādīr Ṣiddīqī Ḥasrat (1288–1381 AH) — scholar, Sufi, mufassir, and spiritual guide of the Deccan. A descendant of Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) through twenty-two generations. Born and raised in Hyderabad; founder of Ḥasrat Academy; author of numerous works in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu including his celebrated Tafsīr.

This Translation

AI-assisted English translation, edited by Muhammad Ahmad Ghazi, MD — prepared for the Hasrat Library, Cary, North Carolina. This edition is pending scholarly review.