Abstract
Pir Karam Shah Al-azhari is considered one of the best commentators of the Holy Quran. He was born in 1918 at Bheera Sharif, District Sargodha, Pakistan. He was a graduate of the world’s greatest institute "Al-azhar", Egypt. He was elected as a president of Majlis-e-Ilm, Jamiat Ulamae Pakistan. He had written many books among which Zia ul Quran and Zia un Nabi are very prominent. He served as a judge of Shariat Court of Pakistan for the period of one year and three months. He remained as a Judge of Shariat Appellate Branch in Supreme Court of Pakistan for the period of 06 years from 1982 to 1988. He died on 18th April 1998. He completed Zia ul Quran in Nineteen years. It is written in Urdu language.. It is in five volumes. In Tafseer Zia ul Quran, references of all predecessors and successors tafaseers, Books of Ahadith, Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, books of Sufism and different journals. Tafseer Zia ul Quran has a prominent place among other Tafaseer, because it is real treasure of both knowledge and literature. What are other characteristics of this Tafseer? And what methodology adopted by Pir Karam Shah Al Azhari in writing this Tafseer "Zia ul Quran". These points have been critically discussed in this article.
Keyword(s)
Pir Karam Shah Al-azhari, Tafseer Zia ul Quran, Tafseeri Manhaj