Abu al-A'la Mawdudi

Abu al-A'la Mawdudi was an Islamic thinker, Quranic commentator and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, influential in modern Islamic political thought.

Abu al-A'la Mawdudi was an Islamic thinker, Quranic commentator and founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, influential in modern Islamic political thought.

Born in Aurangabad in British India, he worked in Pakistan after Partition. Tafhim al-Quran is his Urdu Quran commentary.

Lifetime: 1903–1979 CE.

Areas associated with his life and work: Aurangabad and Lahore.

Works and the scholar’s role in them.

Tafhim al-Quran — Author: Abu al-A'la Mawdudi.

1. 1,903 CE

   Birth

2. 1,979 CE

   Death