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evidence: Muhammad Asad -LRB- -LSB- ˈmoʊhamæd ˈæsæd -RSB- , محمد اسد , -LSB- , born Leopold Weiss ; 12 July 1900 -- 20 February 1992 -RRB- was a Jewish-born Austro-Hungarian journalist , traveler , writer , linguist , thinker , political theorist , diplomat and Islamic scholar .. Austro-Hungarian. Austria-Hungary. linguist. Linguistics. thinker. Intellectual. political theorist. List of political theorists. Islamic scholar. List of Islamic studies scholars. Asad. Asad. Asad was one of the most influential European Muslims of the 20th century .. European Muslims. European Muslims. Asad. Asad. By the age of thirteen , young Weiss had acquired a passing fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic , other than his native languages German and Polish .. Hebrew. Hebrew language. Aramaic. Aramaic language. native languages. First language. Polish. Polish language. By his mid-twenties , he could read and write in English , French , Persian and Arabic .. Persian. Persian language. Arabic. Arabic language. In Mandatory Palestine , Weiss engaged in arguments with Zionist leaders like Chaim Weizmann , voicing his reservations about some aspects of the Zionist Movement .. Mandatory Palestine. Mandatory Palestine. Zionist leaders. List of Zionists. Chaim Weizmann. Chaim Weizmann. Zionist Movement. Zionism. After traveling across the Arab World as a journalist , he converted to Islam in 1926 and chose for himself the Muslim name `` Muhammad Asad '' -- Asad being the Arabic rendition of his root name Leo -LRB- Lion -RRB- .. Islam. Islam. Arabic. Arabic language. Arab World. Arab World. Muslim. Muslim. Asad. Asad. Leo. Leo ( given name ). During his stay in Saudi Arabia , he spent time with Bedouins and enjoyed close company of Ibn Saud -- the founder of modern Saudi Arabia .. Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. Bedouins. Bedouins. Ibn Saud. Ibn Saud. He also carried out a secret mission for Ibn Saud to trace the sources of funding for the Ikhwan Revolt .. Ibn Saud. Ibn Saud. Ikhwan Revolt. 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 .. Haaretz. Haaretz. Lawrence of Arabia. T. E. Lawrence. 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 '' .. Muhammad Iqbal. Muhammad Iqbal. Islamic state. Islamic state. Muslim. Muslim. Asad. Asad. India. Indian Subcontinent. He also spent five years in internment by the British Government at the outbreak of World War II .. internment. internment. British Government. British Raj. World War II. 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 -LRB- Middle East Division -RRB- in the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan and Pakistan 's Envoy to the United Nations .. Pakistani. Pakistani nationality law. Asad. Asad. 14 August. Independence Day ( Pakistan ). Pakistani citizenship. Pakistani nationality law. bureaucratic. Bureaucracy. Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Pakistan ). In the West , Asad rose to prominence as a writer with his best-selling autobiography , The Road to Mecca .. Road to Mecca. The Road to Mecca ( book ). Asad. Asad. The Road to Mecca. The Road to Mecca ( book ). 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 .. Quran. Quran. scholarly. Scholarly method. magnum opus. Masterpiece. English translation. English translations of the Quran. commentary. Tafsir. The book , along with the translations of Pickthall and Yusuf Ali , is regarded as one of the most influential translations of the modern era .. translations. Quran translations. Pickthall. Marmaduke Pickthall. Yusuf Ali. Abdullah Yusuf Ali. modern era. Modern history. An ardent proponent of Ijtihad and rationality in interpreting religious texts , he dedicates his works `` to People who Think '' .. Ijtihad. Ijtihad. rationality. Muʿtazila. religious texts. Religious text#Islam. 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. Asad. UN Office. United Nations Office at Vienna. Asad has been described by his biographers as `` Europe 's gift to Islam '' and `` A Mediator between Islam and the West '' .. Islam. Islam. Asad. Asad. Mediator. Mediation