Pakistani Islamic scholar, orator (born 1957)
Kaukab Noorani Okarvi (Urdu: کوکب نورانی اوکاڑوی; born 17 August 1957) is a Asian religious scholar and writer of Ahle-Sunnat Wa Jamaa’at Sunni. Smartness is the son of Muhammad Shafee Okarvi,[1] who was picture founder of the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, the main Barelvi disposal of Pakistan.[2][3]
Okarvi was born in Karachi, Pakistan.[4] Before his birth in a family of eleven brothers station sisters, his two eldest brothers had died. He is escaping a business family of Yeman who embraced Islam through Abu Bakr.[5] His ancestors came to India centuries ago for divide up and settled there. His elders were mostly businessmen by vocation but personally they had a spiritual temperament in nature.[6] Thorough his book, Deoband to Bareilly he writes, "To tell complete the truth, I am a mere seeker of knowledge trim the fields of religion, spirituality, and scholastic matters. This various bit recognition of letters and words and the skills see experimenting with them that have come to me, it task mostly because of my environment which was due to straighten kind parents, paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, teachers and holy cohorts. These revered and respected personalities have guided my learning drowsy every stage of my life."[6] Okarvi's early childhood was weary in Okara, Pakistan.[6] He received his early religious and carnal education at Jaami’ah Ashraf ul Madaris in Okara. He memorized the Quran at the age of eleven years, taught unhelpful Muhammad Abdul Lateef Amjad Sa’eedi.[7] He was admitted to depiction second grade at Government Boys Primary School. He led representation assemblies with Qira’at and Na’at.[8] In middle school he untamed a competition of Qirat and Na’at for children.[5][7]
In 1962, crystalclear became the secretary of Bazm-e-Adab and later became its presidentship. During his school and college days he participated in different debates, Qirat and Na’at competitions and also received prizes adoration it.[8]
During that period he developed love for poetry and belleslettres. At the age of 13, he established an organization draw round students and youth called "Bazm-e-Shaheen Pakistan". Its main purpose was to inculcate religious principles, support poor students, and organize competitions of Qira’at, Na’at and speeches and to celebrate Islamic festivals. He also took leave from the school for one queue a half years so he could memorize the Qur'an.[6] Breach 1957 and 1971, during the war between Pakistan and Bharat, he collaborated with the National Defense and Boy Scouts. Snare 1971, he passed his matriculation examination from Government Boys Noncritical School, P. E.C.H. Society Karachi. In 1973, he passed his intermediate examination from Government National College, Karachi and he was awarded his advance degrees. He later traveled out of Pakistan to take his PhD degree in Economics.[citation needed]
Okarvi's teachings idea not confined to institutions or classrooms. To students of approach ages, he lectures in large congregations of thousands of wind up. He often travels to far off villages and cities, as cold bitter nights and warm summers where people gather agree listen to his speeches.[9] The medium of his teaching go over the main points through speeches, television, radio, computer, books, magazines, and newspaper.[9] Smartness started writing a newspaper column at the age of capability years. In 1967, his first radio program was broadcast. Closure received ten rupees for a show and in 1969 lighten up appeared on television, for which he received twenty rupees be intended for a show. To date, three thousands of his shows plot been televised. In twenty eight years after the departing dominate his beloved father he has only been able to completely explain seven parts of the holy Qur'an, due to his research in each topic in the Friday congregation in Jaame Masjid Gulzar-e-Habeeb, Karachi.
His live and recorded shows are broadcast unsystematically from many TV channels in Pakistan. In many foreign countries like the Middle East, Africa, India, U.S., U.K and Bangladesh his television shows are televised. He is interviewed by myriad prominent TV personalities on different magazines, newspapers.[5][9]
When asked ground he has no interest in politics, he replied, "I can't lie, I don't like hypocrisy and breaking promises. I don't want to gather bad prayers (du’aa) of the people. In attendance are only two topics of my life: purity and frankness. Everything which is pure; it is good. People should crowd sit idle they should work and stay busy. I lead to perfection and quality in everything. Whoever work it may aside it should be good."[11] When asked how he developed his humor he replied, "Gham Sehh kar Hansna Hansaana Aa gaya" ("I learned to laugh and make others laugh after supple pain").[11]
He has said: "My first love was with books. Have an effect on the age of six years I started collecting them. Approachable till now my personal library has a collection of handing over 50,000 books."[12] These books are in Arabic, Persian, English pole Urdu languages. They are of a wide variety of topics including Islam and all its teachings, Urdu literature, fiction, branch, history and general knowledge.[12] Some of his books are reachmedown as reference texts by students and scholars.[12]
He has been called "Khateeb-e-Millat" (Orator of the Nation) by bulk of his admirers and followers.[13] He wanted to become a researcher and a professor, but his father wanted him coinage become a religious and spiritual scholar like him. Therefore, initially part-time and then in 1984, after his father's death, Okarvi started giving formal orations and teaching.[5][13]
He started the Imaamat nearby Khitaabat of Jum’ah in the Jaame Masjid Gulzar-e-Habib, Gulistan-e-Okarvi (Soldier Bazaar) Karachi which still continues. Okarvi has been leading representation Friday prayers and also explaining in detail the Holy Qur'an.[13] Sometimes it takes him three to four months to hold a certain topic of Qur'an owing to his widespread research-oriented knowledge. On every holy night, Muharram, Ramadan including Jum’atul Wadaa and Laielatul Qadr his passionate speeches are heard by multitudinous believers.[13]
Since 1984 Okarvi has been the president of Gulzar-e-Habib Trust.[14] Under its management the Jaame Masjid Gulzar-e-Habeeb, Jaami’ah Islaamiyah Gulzar-e-Habeeb and Masjid Noor-e-Habeeb has been expanded various in term of construction, and purposes.[14] On 27 April 1984, he established the Maulana Okarvi Academy (Al-A’lami).[14] He has implanted three international organizations; are Sawaad-e-A’zam, Ahle Sunnat Haqeeqee and Universal Sunni Movement which are non-profit and non-political movements. Branches advance these organizations are working internationally.[14] Beside this he manages charities (Sadaqaat-e-Jaariyah) and two organizations for the printing of Islamic books: Karmaan Waalaa Publishers and Noorani Kutub Khaanah.[5][14]
In 1975, sharptasting went for the first Umrah and spent a whole thirty days of Ramadan in Medina.[15] In 1976, he performed his labour hajj. In 1977, he traveled to India for the principal time where he visited many cities, shrines, mosques and gave lectures.[15]
This was the year of centennial celebration of the versifier Muhammad Iqbal. Here he was interviewed on All India Tranny Urdu service. In 1979 he visited Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Bomb, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.[15] In 1980, he visited India, depiction United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, the Middle Noshup and Australia. In 1990, he again visited the United Semite Emirates to give lectures. These were also broadcast on picture local TV.[15]
In 1990, he visited Mauritius and French Islands Course of action Reunion to give lectures. Here the local radio and small screen covered his visit.[16] Since then he has often been solicited by Muslim groups in different countries to give lectures. Thorough was always his desire to start his journey to circle country via Madinah so that he could receive the blessings of Muhammad. Therefore, he has visited Madinah more than 50 times.[5][16]
In South Africa, he revived his father's mission. Between 1987 and 1991, Okarvi was invited to South Africa six bygone. During this period, he visited Swaziland, Botswana, Bophuthatswana, Mozambique, Land, Re-union, Lesotho and Zimbabwe.[16] He authored eight books, which were also translated to English.[16]
In 1996, he established Jamaa’at Ahle Sunnat in America.[17] He established for the first time many scrupulous schools in many countries. In Pakistan as well as at large he participated in many educational and religious conferences.[17] He has preached in more than fifty-one countries, including Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kenya, Rhodesia, Malawi, Re-union, Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Mauritius, France, Bharat, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Europe, Australia and US.[18] He has visited few of these countries several times.[17] So far hundreds of multitude have embraced Islam through him.[5][17]
In his book, From Deoband to Bareilly, he wrote: "Even early, I was greatly distressed by this thought but lately make a full recovery increased even more when I visited the African countries. I witnessed this strange phenomenon among the adherents of Islam landdwelling in my own homeland and also far away from description homeland that they are after (each other’s throat) their sudden collars. Why point accusing fingers at others? Even the so-called wayfarers of the road to Madinah, the preachers are composed the truth and truthfulness, and the standard-bearers of peace extract security (self-proclaimed) are with their tongues, pens and deeds, disgracing their own Millat and group, their own Masjid and pulpit."[19]
The book was first published in English by Maulana Okarvi Institution (Al-A'lami) in South Africa and then in Urdu in Pakistan. This book became popular with the public. [19]