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Research work by scholars from Chakwal in Quranic studies

Abstract

Chakwal district  of  Rawalpindi division has a distinguished position from academic and military point of view. Chakwal has deep roots in history.when arian invaded Indian Subcontinent from central Asia.They crossed the Hindukash mountain and Indus river.They inhabited a larg city at Katas.It became the cultural  center of this region۔This region remained center of various  fields of knowledge and craftsmanship.A university of linguistics was established in this region.This university remained  there until  the perid of Mahmood Ghaznavi.The famous geographer Alberuni learned Sanskrit from this university.In 1849,after British  accession over Punjab,when Chakwal became a tehsil  of district Jehlum .This  region remained  a center of  loacal and foreigner scholars.They founded  mosques and madaris  and introduced courses in Hifz –e-Quran,Tafseer,Hadith,Fiqh and Arabic grammar.Scholars wrote books to spread Islamic teachings  and worked on translations,interpretations and Quranic Studies both in speaking and writing.The first work found in this regard is penned by  Qazi Abdul Haleem .He arranged a brief index of quranic teachings.Maulana Muhammad Hassan Faizi elaborated Surah Al Fateha in in Arabic.In the 20 th century ,Maulana Qazi Saad ul din explained those verses of Quran in which the words Allah loves and Allah does not love.After Chakwal became A district in 1985,many scholars rendered their services in this regard.They translated the Holy Quran in Urdu and English.No collaborated  work about these research efforts have been published by any research scholar,that is why this topic has been selected in order to highlight the services of scholars in translations,interpretations and Studies of the Holy Quran.