Suheyl Umar
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Muhammad Suheyl Umar (b. Sep 18, 1954) (or Sohail Umar), is a notable scholar of Philosophy and Iqbal from Pakistan. He is currently the Director of Iqbal Academy Pakistan.
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[edit] Education
M.S. Umar received his classical (school) education at Central Model School, Lahore; Forman Christian College, Lahore; Government College, Lahore; Govt. College, Lahore (BA, English, Philosophy); (MA, English). He also acquired Arabic, Persian and traditional Islamic Sciences (Arabic, Persian, Tajwid and Hifz).
Further studies included M. Phil. (Iqbal Studies), Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad and Ph.D. Department of Philosophy. Punjab University Lahore, Topic: Ibn ‘Arabi and Iqbal - Comparative Study of Philosophic Issues.
[edit] Affliations
Before starting his career at the Iqbal Academy he was a consultant to Suhail Academy, a publishing enterprise renowned for the high degree of accuracy, neatness and beauty of its English, Arabic and Persian reprints.
Since 1984 he worked with the Iqbal Academy Pakistan, a government research institution for the works and teachings of Iqbal, the poet Philosopher of Pakistan, first as Deputy Director and then as Director of the Academy.
He also worked as the Academic Director, Institute of Islamic Culture, Chief Editor, Al-Ma‘arif and later on as Visiting scholar to International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[edit] Works
He is the Founder-Editor of Riwayat, intellectual journal of Urdu Language, Editor, Iqbal Review; Quarterly Journal, published alternately in Urdu and English, devoted to the study of the works and teachings of Iqbal as well as to Islamic Studies, Comparative Religion, Philosophy, Literature, History, Arts and Sociology. Its Persian, Arabic and Turkish issues were planned and inaugurated by him.
He also Edited Studies in Tradition, Quarterly Journal devoted to traditional studies on Metaphysics, Philosophy, Literature, Art and Science.
Well versed in Urdu, English, Arabic, and Persian, he has contributed number of articles on Islamic and literary themes to the reputed academic journals apart from publishing works in English, Urdu and Persian on Iqbal, Islamic Studies, literature and Sufism.
He specializes in Sufism as well as in the thought of Iqbal and in the intellectual history of the Indian subcontinent form Shah Waliullah to Iqbal.
- Books
- Khutabat -E- Iqbal Nay Tanazar Main, Read online at Iqbal Cyber Library
[edit] Personal Life
MS Umar married Bushra Suheyl at a quiet ceremony in 1983. They have three children, daughters Maryam Suheyl (1984), an aspiring psychologist, and Amna Suheyl (1992) and son Ibrahim Suheyl (1986), a blooming journalist and self-proclaimed musician. Suheyl settled in Lahore with his family where his children currently attend different educational institutions, with the older two in various stages of their Bachelors and the youngest still in school. His wife's deteriorating health has long plagued the family, which has been battling with her chronic renal faliure since 2002 and subsequent long-term dialysis therapy. Umar enjoys Arabian sheesha and movies in his free time and is a fan of local tabloid The Friday Times.
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[edit] External links
- Profile at Iqbal Academy
- Read his book Khutabat -e- Iqbal Nay Tanazar Main
- Read his book Islam Apni Nigah Main (Volume - 1)
- Read his book Islam Apni Nigah Main (Volume - 2)
- Read his book Islam Apni Nigah Main (Volume - 3)
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