100 year old copy of Quran in Brahvi language in Khuzdar

A 100-year-old copy of the Quran in Brahvi language is currently kept in Maulana Muhammad Umar Deen Puri Library of Khuzdar.

Researcher writer station director Radio Pakistan Khuzdar Sultan Ahmed Shahwani says that it was a difficult task and the family of Maulana Muhammad Umaruddin Puri kept this copy of the Quran. They were not willing to give it to anyone.

Sultan Ahmad Shahwani told Independent Urdu that a lot of efforts were made for it and finally it was successful and we have taken the manuscript from him and preserved it in Khuzdar’s library.

He said that a digital library was established in Khuzdar in the name of Maulana Muhammad Umar Deen Puri two and a half to three years ago, in which we felt the need to have a memorial to him.

According to Sultan Shahwani: The purpose of this work was to preserve this version of the Qur’an and make it accessible to the people.

He said that Maulana Muhammad Omar Din Puri started writing this translation of the Quran in 1916.

Sultan Shahwani said that the historical evidence shows that the need to translate the Quran into Brahvi came about because the machinery of English was working here in those days to somehow attract the Muslims not only here but all over the subcontinent to Christianity. do

Maulana Umar Deen Puri was living in Shikarpur area of ​​Sindh at that time. After receiving this information, they first went towards Kachhi district and then moved to Jhalwan.

Sultan Shahwani says that these areas of Khuzdar are still backward. If we imagine the time more than a hundred years ago, then the conditions were worse and terrible backwardness.

He further says that Maulana Umar came to know that the British had translated the Gospel into Brahvi language and now wanted to spread it in Jhalwan, so he reached the area before the arrival of the British.

According to Sultan Ahmad: Maulana, after writing the translation of the Qur’an, transcribed it himself and later distributed it, for which he even sold some of his land in addition to collecting donations.

He further said that Maulana Muhammad Umar not only translated the Qur’an but he also extended it further to Khan Kalat Noori Naseer, who worked for the spread of Islam and the establishment of Madrasahs here.

Where did you get information about Maulana?

The rate of education in Balochistan has been very low in the past and the history here has also been poorly written by the local people. Sultan Shahwani said that we sought information about Maulana from his disciples, many of whom are now deceased. However, one disciple is still alive.

He said that Muhammad Umar Musyani, a resident of Moula, had been a disciple of Maulana Muhammad Umar Deen Puri, who provided information regarding his life and struggle.

How was the situation in Jhalavan at that time?

Sultan Shahwani says that if we look at the history, we find that this era was going against the British and here in Jhalwan, Noora Mengal was fighting against the British on the military front and he took an oath on the Quran along with his companions. That he will fight against the British.

On the other hand, Maulana Muhammad Deen Puri started training people on the religious front instead of military, so that no one would fall prey to the British because of poverty and ignorance, for which he went from house to house and distributed copies of the Qur’an among them. He also advised.

Why did you decide to stay in Mollah area of ​​Jhalavan?

Maulana Muhammad Deen Puri left Shikarpur and first went to the area of ​​District Kutchhi and later settled in the area of ​​Nad in Moola in District Khuzdar of Jhalwan. He stayed here till the end of his life.

Sultan Shahwani said that the purpose of staying here was that this area of ​​Maula starts from Zaidi and then takes a turn and turns towards Kachchi. So they could sit here and see the areas here.

On the other hand, Saadullah Mengal, founder of Al Ghani Welfare Trust, who fought to transfer Maulana Muhammad Deen Puri’s ancient manuscript of the Quran translated into Brahvi to the library, says that we had to work hard for it.

Saadullah Mengal told Independent Urdu that the manuscript is printed, the first Brahvi language translation. It was printed in about 1916.

He said that we are also looking for the handwritten manuscript of Maulana Muhammad Umar, which is the only manuscript in possession of Maulana’s grandson.

Who was Maulana Muhammad Deen Puri?

Regarding Maulana Muhammad Deen Puri, Abdul Bari Lahri has recorded some details in his MPhil thesis of Maktaba Darkhani Dhadar District Kutchhi. According to him, his ancestors had migrated from Kalat district of Pandran to Sindh.

According to Abdul Bari Lahri: Regarding his date of birth, researchers say that it was around 1881 or 1882. Some authors have given his birthplace as Mastung, including Dr. Abdul Rahman Brahvi. However, Yusuf Rudini writes in his essay regarding his uncle, he was not born in Mustang.

He further writes in his paper that the most important achievement of Allama Muhammad Deen Puri is the translation of the Holy Quran in Brahvi language. Apart from this, he has authored and compiled more than 50 books.

Bari Lahri further writes that Maulana Muhammad Omaruddin Puri started the translation of the Quran in 1912. Completed in 1914 and published in 1916. This translation consists of 1440 pages, for which Wadira Noor Muhammad Bangalzai gave three thousand rupees.

Meeting with Maulana Obidaullah Sindhi

According to Bari Lahri’s article, the British were strongly against Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi and his Mujahidan activities. The British did not want these ideas to reach Sindh. Hence the activities were kept secret.

Therefore, it was decided that Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi will write the said letter on cloth instead of paper with an ink that cannot be erased even by water under normal conditions.

Bari Lahri, quoting Noor Muhammad Parwana, writes that Allama Deen Puri once mentioned this letter in a very sweet way and said that he sewed that letter into a girl’s Brahvi-style stitched dress in such a way that she was tense. And hid between the clothes. He was later entrusted to Sheikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi on his return to Sindh.

According to the article, Maulana Muhammad Umar Din Puri also published the monthly magazine ‘Al Haq’ from Dinpur in 1923 and laid the foundation of journalism in Brahvi language.

Regarding the history of Maulana Muhammad Deen Puri, it is written along with his photograph kept in Digital Library Khuzdar that he died in 1949 at the age of 113 years.