Muhammad Asad | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-16

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Muhammad Asad


00:02:58 1 Personal life
00:03:07 1.1 Background
00:04:05 1.2 Years in wilderness (1920–1922)
00:04:53 2 Stay in Middle East (1922–1926)
00:05:22 2.1 Foreign correspondent for iFrankfurter Zeitung/i
00:06:04 3 Conversion to Islam (1926)
00:07:11 4 Years in Arabia (1927–1931)
00:07:45 4.1 Ibn Saud's confidant and Bolshevik allegations
00:09:04 4.2 Ikhwan Rebellion
00:09:51 5 Years in British India and Pakistan (1932–1952)
00:10:05 5.1 Meeting Iqbal and visiting Kashmir
00:11:40 5.2 Internment as enemy alien (1939–1945)
00:12:45 5.3 Role in Pakistan Movement
00:13:44 5.4 Career as a diplomat
00:14:22 5.5 Marriage controversy and resignation
00:16:57 6 Later years and death
00:17:28 7 Family
00:17:57 8 Honors and recognition
00:18:06 8.1 Muhammad Asad Platz
00:19:10 8.2 Honorary postage stamp
00:19:31 9 Bibliography
00:19:41 9.1 Portrayals of Asad
00:23:49 9.2 Literary works by Asad
00:23:58 9.2.1 Books
00:25:49 9.2.2 Journals
00:26:02 9.2.3 Video interviews
00:26:17 9.2.4 Other publications
00:26:26 10 Honours
00:26:40 11 See also



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Muhammad Asad (pronounced [ˈmoʊ̯hämæd ˈæsæd] (listen), Arabic: محمد أسد‎ /muħammad ʔasad/, Urdu: محمد أسد‬‎, born Leopold Weiss; 12 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was a Jewish-born Austro-Hungarian, Pakistani Ambassador, Muslim journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, thinker, political theorist, diplomat and Islamic scholar. Asad was one of the most influential European Muslims of the 20th century.By the age of thirteen, young Weiss had acquired a passing fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic, other than his native languages German and Polish. By his mid-twenties, he could read and write in English, French, Persian and Arabic. In Mandatory Palestine, Weiss engaged in arguments with Zionist leaders like Chaim Weizmann, voicing his reservations about some aspects of the Zionist Movement. After traveling across the Arab World as a journalist, he converted to Sunni Islam in 1926 and chose for himself the Muslim name "Muhammad Asad"—Asad being the Arabic rendition of his root name Leo (Lion).During his stay in Saudi Arabia, he spent time with Bedouins and enjoyed the close company of Ibn Saud—the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. He also carried out a secret mission for Ibn Saud to trace the sources of funding for the Ikhwan Revolt. Due to these activities, he was dubbed in a Haaretz article as "Leopold of Arabia"—hinting similarity of his activities to those of Lawrence of Arabia.On his visit to India, Asad became friends with Muslim poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, who persuaded him to abandon his eastward travels and "help elucidate the intellectual premises of the future Islamic state". He also spent five years in internment by the British Government at the outbreak of World War II. On 14 August 1947, Asad received Pakistani citizenship and later served at several bureaucratic and diplomatic positions including the Director of Department of Islamic Reconstruction, Deputy Secretary (Middle East Division) in the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan and Pakistan's Envoy to the United Nations.In the West, Asad rose to prominence as a writer with his best-selling autobiography, The Road to Mecca. Later, after seventeen years of scholarly research, he published his magnum opus: The Message of the Qur'an—an English translation and commentary of the Quran. The book, along with the translations of Pickthall and Yusuf Ali, is regarded as one of the most influential translations of the modern era. An ardent proponent of Ijtihad and rationality in interpreting religious texts, he dedicated his works "to People who Think".  
In 2008, the entrance square to the UN Office in Vienna was named Muhammad Asad Platz in commemoration of his work as a "religious bridge-builder". Asad has been described by his biographers as "Europe's gift to Islam" and "a Mediator between Islam and the West".