Khurshid Rizvi

Khurshid Rizvi (ڈاکٹرخورشید رضوی) is a scholar of languages, which include Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and English. He ranks highly amongst the Urdu poets, researchers, and men of letters in Pakistan. Rizvi was decorated with one of the highest civilian awards; Sitara-e-Imtiaz ستارہ امتیاز by the Government of Pakistan in 2008. He is associated with the Government College University, Lahore as a Professor Emeritus. Rizvi has also been a member of the Arabic Language Authority Cairo, Egypt.

Early life

Rizvi was born on 8 December 1940 in Amroha, Muradabad (India) in a Sunni Sadaat family. As a young child, he immigrated with his family to Montgomery in 1948 (now Sahiwal), Punjab (Pakistan). He studied at Islamia High School, Government High School & finally graduated from Government College, Montgomery in 1959. He moved to the University Oriental College Lahore for higher studies and earned his MA in Arabic in 1961. Later, he got his Ph.D. in Arabic from the same university in 1981.

Publications

Rizvi has authored and edited books in many languages on a range of subjects including seven poetry collections to date. He has also done substantial translation work which includes his translation of Federal Shariat Court Judgement on Bank Interest (Riba) for Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Rizvi's most celebrated research work so far has been his book entitled: Arabi Adab Qabl az Islam عربی ادب قبل از اسلام (Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature) . This is the first detailed critical review of pre-Islamic literature in Urdu language.

His publications include:

  1. Shakh-e-Tanha (poetry) شاخ تنہا
  2. Sarabon ke Sadaf (poetry) سرابوں کے صدف
  3. Rayegan (poetry) رایگاں
  4. Imkan (poetry) امکان
  5. Yakja (poetry) یکجا
  6. Deryaab (poetry) دیریاب .
  7. Nisbatain (poetry) نسبتیں.
  8. Taleef (essays) تالیف.
  9. Atraaf (essays) اطراف
  10. Tareekh-e-uloom mein Tehzeeb-e-Islaami ka Muqam (Urdu translation from Arabic) تاریخ علوم میں تہذیب اسلامی کامقام
  11. Hukm al-Mahkamat-al-Shar'iyyah (translation from English into Arabic of the judgment of the Federal Shari'at Court of Pakistan on bank interest) "حكم المحكمة الشرعية الاتحادية الباكستانية بشأن الفائدة (الربا)" .
  12. Qala'id al-Juman (critical editing of a 13th-century Arabic manuscript) "قلائد الجمان في فرائد شعراء هذا الزمان" 13.
  13. Arabi Adab Qabl az Islam- Part I (a detailed history of pre-Islamic Arabic literature) عربی ادب قبل از اسلام - حصہ اول

Career

Rizvi turned to teaching at the age of 19 as lecturer in Arabic at Government College Bahawalpur, from where he moved to Government College Sargodha and continued up to 1984 when he became the principal of Government Ambala Muslim College Sargodha. In 1985 he proceeded on deputation to the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad where he served as Chief Bureau of Translation for six years. In 1991 he became Head of the Department of Arabic at Government College Lahore (now a university), opting for an early retirement in 1995 in order to focus on his personal research pursuits. He continued in the Government College Lahore, though, as a visiting professor later to be honored as Distinguished Professor – a lifetime posting.

Awards and honors
  • Sitara-e-Imtiaz, 2008
  • Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi Award, 2005
  • Ahmad Faraz Literary Award, 2012
  • Khalid Ahmad Award, 2013
  • U.B.L Literary Excellence Award (Urdu Poetry), 2013
  • Majlis-e- Farogh-e-Urdu Adab, Doha, Qatar's Award, 2015.

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