Mirza Abul Fazl
Translator of the Quran
Mirza Abul Fazl (1865–1956) was a 20th-century homeopathist in Allahabad, best known for his English translation of the Qur'an.
Early life and education
Abul Fazl was born in 1865 to a Bengali Shi'ite family of Mirzas in eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh) whose ancestors had migrated from Shiraz, Persia. His lineage is as follows: Mirza Abul Fazl, son of Fayyaz Ali, son of Nauroz Ali, son of Haji Ali Shirazi.
His early education was completed in Bengal. On the basis of distinctions received during the course of his education, he secured a scholarship to study in Berlin, Germany in c. 1893 where he completed his MA and PhD degrees in Sanskrit. While he was in Germany he developed an interest in homeopathy, as this system of treatment was very popular in Germany in those days and obtained highest qualifications from Germany and the United States of America gaining extraordinary expertise in that field.
Career
In his late thirties that Mirza Abul Fazl started to study the Qur'an. As in the case of studying other sacred scriptures he tried to delve deep into the true spirit of the Qur'an directly from original text. He was a profound scholar of Sanskrit and Arabic.
He returned to India after spending many years abroad with the resolve to participate in the freedom struggle.
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