Kozhikode, KERALA :
Kozhikode :
Former president of the Kerala Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH),T K Abdullah, passed away today at the age of 92.
He is survived by his wife Kunjamina, sons TK Farooq and TK Iqbal, and daughter Sajida.
A senior Islamic scholar, he was a member of JIH’s Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora, or the Central Advisory Council, the top decision-making body of the Jamaat, from 1972 till now. He was also a member of the Kerala JIH’s State Advisory Council.
A founder member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), he was JIH’s state president from 1972 to 79 and from 1982 to 1984.
He was also a state executive member of the Ittihadul Ulema.
Abdullah sahib was also the Chief Editor of Islamic Encyclopaedia that Islamic Publishing House, Kozhikode, is publishing.
He was born to a great Islamic scholar Tharakandi Abdurrahman sahib, and Fatima, in 1929 in village Ayencheri in Kozhikode district.
Abdullah sahib obtained his early education at Vazhakadu Darul Uloom, Thirurangadi Jumma Masjid, Pulikkal Madinathul Uloom and Aliya Arabic College, Kasargod.
He joined Prabodhanam in 1950 and became its deputy chief editor in 1959. When Prabodhanam became a weekly in 1964, he was appointed its first Chief Editor and continued in the same position till 1995.
He, later on, joined the JIH Kerala mouthpiece Bodhanam quarterly journal as the Chief Editor.
When the government banned the Jamaat in 1992 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, Abdullah sahib was imprisoned along with many other JIH leaders.
He also helped translate two volumes of Maulana Maududi’s Tafhim-ul-Quran (explanation of the Quran) from Urdu to Malayalam. Besides, he wrote several books, including Nazhikakallukal (Mile Stones) and Iqbaline Kandethal (Finding Iqbal).
In addition, his autobiography was published by the name “Nadannu Theeratha Vazhikal”.
Many of his speeches, articles, and sermons were compiled and published.
source: http://www.indiatomorrow.net / India Tomorrow / Home> Inspiring Personality / October 15th, 2021