Al-Faruq

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Al-Farooq: The Life of Omar The Great ^[1] is The biography of Umar (also spelled Omar) written by Islamic scholar Shibli Nomani.Its publication took the Muslim World by storm and was considered a great literary event in history of Islamic literature.By Extensive study of the subject,the author Nomani collected and collated facts which were lying buried in unpublished manuscripts in great libraries of Istanbul,Beirut,Alexandria,Paris,Berlin and London.The book inspired an unparalled enthusiasm and ran into several editions in a very short period.The book was translated in English by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and was titled,"Al Farooq:The Life of Omar The Great (Second Caliph of Islam)". Umar is universally acknowledged as the first conqueror,founder and administrator of Muslim Empire.

[edit] Translations

• In Turkish by Umar Rada published 1928.
• In Persian published in Kabul.(By sister of Late King Mohammed Nadir Shah)
• In English by Zafar Ali Khan published in New Delhi,India in 1900.

 latest edition in 1996 published by Idara Isha'at-e-Diniyaat (Center of Islamic Books).

[edit] See also

• List of Sunni books

[edit] References

1. ^ Kitaabun - Classical and Contemporary Muslim and Islamic Books: Al-Farooq The Life of OMAR The Great By Shibli Nu'mani| (2nd Kh

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