Hindu painters and calligraphers who adorn mosques with Quranic verses

At the moment in India the place the ‘desecration’ of mosques by means of the individuals of ‘Hindu Radical Organizations’ has transform a not unusual factor, the Hindu painter and calligrapher Anil Kumar Chauhan of the southern town of Hyderabad painted the Kalma Tayyaba and Quranic verses at the arches and partitions of the mosques. He’s busy operating for Hindu Muslim team spirit by means of writing.

40-eight-year-old Anil Kumar Chauhan has to this point adorned greater than 100 mosques with Kalma Tayyaba, Quranic verses and different spiritual writings and works of art totally free. Additionally they write hadiths in Arabic and Urdu languages ​​on forums out of doors or within mosques.

First of all, when some folks objected to Anil Kumar writing Kalma Tayyaba and Quranic verses within the mosques, he approached the well-known Islamic institute of Islamic studying, Jamia Nizamiya of Hyderabad, from the place a fatwa was once issued in his prefer.

Chatting with Unbiased Urdu, Anil Kumar Chauhan from Hussaini Alam house of ​​outdated town of Hyderabad stated that ‘I don’t differentiate between Hindus and Muslims. At first, once I began doing calligraphy in mosques, some folks objected that how a Hindu may just write Quranic verses in a mosque.’

‘I approached Jamia Nizamiya, from there a fatwa was once issued that I will paintings in mosques. Some prerequisites have been laid down within the fatwa. The ones prerequisites are that I’ve to paintings in mosques with ablution and ablution.

Anil Kumar says, ‘Some folks inform me that because you paintings in mosques, you must transform a Muslim. I do not thoughts this stuff, I admire each and every faith. Writing Arabic and Urdu in mosques is my task, my occupation.

‘I in finding nice convenience in operating in mosques, dargahs and temples. I by no means felt like I used to be atmosphere the rest aside. I would like folks to paintings for mutual brotherhood. We must reside with sincerity and love. We must admire each and every different’s faith. Each faith results in goodness. Faith is a non-public topic for each and every human being.’

Anil Kumar says that his writing in Arabic and Urdu has made him well-known and an increasing number of individuals are getting to grasp him. Additionally they adorn and decorate Hindu puts of worship with their pen or brush.

‘I’ve labored in additional than 100 mosques with out requesting donations or repayment. I’ve been operating with Hadiya for a couple of years now. I am going to no matter synagogue folks name me to paintings.’

Anil Kumar is a painter and calligrapher by means of occupation and a Naat Khan and Ghazal singer by means of interest. He’s invited in many of the Naat-Khwani gatherings held within the town.

‘I sing ghazals and likewise recite natiya kalam. Ghazal is a superb medium for studying and figuring out Urdu language. The younger era must concentrate to ghazals and skim the phrases of poets.’

Anil Kumar, a multi-lingual calligrapher, has studied as much as magnificence 10 and has taken a portray path from the Shree Venkateshwar School of High quality Arts, Hyderabad.

“But even so Urdu and Arabic, I additionally write in Hindi, Telugu and Bengali. Urdu has now not been studied in any faculty or seminary. Other people used handy me the writing to write down. By way of studying those texts, I was conversant in the phrases and realized Urdu.

He says that during as of late’s generation, no adolescence is in a position to be informed the artwork of calligraphy and take it up as a occupation.

‘Even in my circle of relatives nobody is on this paintings anymore. I and considered one of my brothers are wearing this paintings ahead.’

Anil Kumar Chauhan claimed that his paintings may be beloved in Pakistan and if he’s ever invited there, he’ll no doubt move.

I’ve many buddies from Pakistan on Fb. They prefer my paintings. If anyone from there invitations me, I can move. Borders do not imply the rest to an artist.’

Anil Kumar Chauhan just lately adorned the arch of the 70-year-old ‘Husaini Ek Minar’ mosque within the Bakshiganj Kumharwadi house of ​​the outdated town with Kalma Tayyaba and art work.

Muhammad Sajid, the administrator of this mosque, says that ‘Anil Bhai has helped us so much. They paintings in each and every mosque. Faith and nationality paintings with out seeing. Would possibly Allah take them to the absolute best stage of luck.’

When Unbiased Urdu requested Maulana Mufti Khalil Ahmed, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Nizamiya, in regards to the fatwa issued in prefer of Anil Kumar Chauhan, he stated that ‘the explanation why the fatwa was once issued in his prefer is as a result of his paintings is just right. If the paintings is just right, there must be no downside of faith, colour and caste.’

‘Anil Kumar’s paintings is just right, it has Ganges tradition and data. Best Muslims will do that, nobody else, this argument isn’t proper. It’s positive about wisdom that there’s no discrimination of colour, race, faith, language and tradition.

Maulana Mufti Khalil Ahmad stated that those that are these days spreading spiritual hatred in India are operating to forestall the advance of this nation.

In keeping with him, the controversy of communal discrimination won’t serve India. That is an try to forestall the advance of India by means of making a distinction between Hindus and Muslims.