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Muhammad Asad

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Muhammad Asad[a](bornLeopold Weiss;2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was anAustro-HungarianMuslim polymath, born in modern dayUkraine.He worked as a journalist, traveler, writer,political theorist,and diplomat.[6]

Muhammad Asad
محمد أسد
Muhammad Asad addressingRadio Pakistan
Director of the Department of Islamic Reconstruction[1]
In office
August 1947 – September 1948
Ministry of Foreign Affairs[clarification needed]
In office
September 1948 – 1951
Minister Plenipotentiary to theUnited Nations
In office
1952–1952
Personal life
Born(1900-07-02)2 July 1900
Lemberg,Austria-Hungary
(present-dayLviv,Ukraine)
Died20 February 1992(1992-02-20)(aged 91)
Mijas,Andalucia,Spain[4]
NationalityAustrian[2]
Pakistani[3]
Main interest(s)Islamic studies,Islamic democracy,Muslim world,Quran
Notable idea(s)Islamic state[5]
Independent Reasoning[6]
Notable work(s)
Alma materUniversity of Vienna(dropped outin 1920)
OccupationLinguist[citation needed],Academic,Traveler,Political Theorist,Historian
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationReformist
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced

His translation of the Quran in English, "The Message of The Qur'an"(1980) is one of the most notable of his works. In Asad's words in"The Message of the Quran":"the work which I am now placing before the public is based on a lifetime of study and of many years spent in Arabia. It is an attempt – perhaps the first attempt – at a really idiomatic, explanatory rendition of the Qur'anic message into a European language. "

By age 13, Weiss had acquired a passing fluency inHebrewandAramaic,on top of hisnativeGerman andPolishlanguages.[17][18]By his mid-twenties, he could read and write in English, French,PersianandArabic.[19][20]InMandatory Palestine,Weiss engaged in arguments withZionist leaderslikeChaim Weizmann,voicing his reservations about some aspects of theZionist Movement.[18]After traveling across theArab Worldas a journalist, he converted toSunni Islamin 1926 and adopted the name "Muhammad Asad" —Asadbeing the Arabic rendition of his root nameLeo(Lion).[21]

During his stay inSaudi Arabia,he spent time withBedouinsand enjoyed the close company of the state's founder,Ibn Saud.[9][10]He also carried out a secret mission for Ibn Saud to trace the sources of funding for theIkhwan Revolt.Due to these activities, he was dubbed in aHaaretzarticle as "Leopold of Arabia" —hinting similarity of his activities to those ofLawrence of Arabia.[18]On his visit toIndia,Asad became friends with the Muslim poet-philosopherMuhammad Iqbal,who persuaded him to abandon his eastward travels and "help elucidate the intellectual premises of the futureIslamic state".[22][23]He also spent five years ininternmentby theBritish governmentat the outbreak ofWorld War II.[3]On14 August1947, Asad receivedPakistani citizenshipand later served in severalbureaucraticand diplomatic positions including the Director of Department of Islamic Reconstruction, Deputy Secretary (Middle East Division) in theForeign Ministry of Pakistan,and Pakistan's envoy to the United Nations.[9][10][22]

In the West, Asad rose to prominence as a writer with his best-selling autobiography,The Road to Mecca.[23][24][25]Later, after seventeen years ofscholarlyresearch, he published hismagnum opus:The Message of the Qur'an—anEnglish translationandcommentaryof theQuran.[26]The book, along with thetranslationsofPickthallandYusuf Ali,is regarded as one of the most influential translations of themodern era.[6][27][26]An ardent proponent ofijtihadandrationalityin interpretingreligious texts,he dedicated his works "to People who Think".[26][28]

In 2008, the entrance square to theUN Officein Vienna was namedMuhammad Asad Platzin commemoration of his work as a "religious bridge-builder".[29]Asad has been described by his biographers as "Europe's gift to Islam" and "aMediatorbetween Islam and the West ".[30][31]

Early life

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Berlin memorial plaquefor Muhammad Asad.

Background

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Leopold Weiss was born on 2 July 1900 to a Jewish family in Lemberg,Galicia,then part of theAustro-Hungarian Empire(which is currently the city ofLviv,Ukraine). Weiss was a descendant of a long line of Jewishrabbis;however, his father, Akiva Weiss, broke from tradition and became a lawyer. Leopold received a religious education and was proficient inHebrewfrom an early age, as well as familiar withAramaic.He studied the Jewish Bible orTanakh,the text and commentaries of theTalmud,theMishnaandGemara,also delving into the intricacies of Biblicalexegesisand theTargum.

At the age of fourteen he escaped school and joined theAustrian armyunder a false name. After a week or so, his father traced him with the help of the police, and he was escorted back toVienna.[32]

Years in wilderness (1920–1922)

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After abandoning university in Vienna, Weiss drifted aimlessly around 1920s Germany, working briefly for the expressionist film directorFritz Lang(F. W. Murnau,according toThe Road to Mecca). By his own account, after selling a jointly written film script, he splurged the windfall on a wild party at an expensive Berlin restaurant, in the spirit of the times. While working as a telephone operator for an American news agency in Berlin, Weiss obtained a coveted interview with Russian authorMaxim Gorky's wife, his first published piece of journalism, after simply ringing up her hotel room.[3]

Stay in the Middle East

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In 1922 Weiss moved to theBritish Mandate of Palestine,staying inJerusalemat the house of his maternal uncle Dorian Feigenbaum at his invitation. Feigenbaum was apsychoanalyst,a disciple ofFreud,and later founded thePsychoanalytic Quarterly.

Foreign correspondent forFrankfurter Zeitung

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He picked up work as astringerfor the German newspaperFrankfurter Zeitung,one of the most prestigious newspapers of Germany and Europe,[citation needed]selling articles on a freelance basis. His pieces were noteworthy for their understanding of Arab fears and grievances against the Zionist project.[citation needed]He published a small book on the subject in 1924, and this so inspired the confidence of theFrankfurter Zeitungthat it commissioned him to travel more widely still, to collect information for a full-scale book. Weiss made the trip, which lasted two years.

Conversion to Islam

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To gain closer assignments in the Arabic world, Weiss developed an ever-deepening engagement with Islam. This led to his religious conversion in 1926 in Berlin and adopting an Arabic name, Muhammad Asad.

Asad spoke of Islam:

"Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure."[3]

MagazineSaudi Aramco Worldin a 2002 essay described his journey to conversion in these words: "Two roads diverged in Berlin in the 1920s: a well-worn one to the West, the other, rarely traveled, to the East. Leopold Weiss, a gifted young writer, traveler and linguist with a thorough knowledge of the Bible and theTalmudand with deep roots in European culture, took the road eastward toMakkah."[3]

Saudi Arabia

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After his conversion to Islam, Asad moved toSaudi Arabiamaking a journey by camel across theArabian Desert,fromTaymatoMecca.[33]He stayed there for nearly six years during which he made fivepilgrimages.[34]Alongside, he started writing essays for the Swiss newspaperNeue Zürcher Zeitung,and continued to do so till 1934.[35]

Ibn Saud's confidant and Bolshevik allegations

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After the sudden death of his wifeElsa,Asad stayed on in Mecca where, in a chance encounter in theGrand Mosque'slibrary, he metPrince Faysal.On Faysal's invitation, Asad metKing Abdulaziz(founder of modernSaudi Arabia); the meeting led to almost daily audiences with the King, who quickly came to appreciate Asad's knowledge, keen mind and spiritual depth.[3]Ibn Saud allowed Asad to visit theNajdregion (in the King's company), which was forbidden to foreigners at that time.[2]

In late 1928, anIraqinamedAbdallah Damluji,who had been an adviser to Ibn Saud, submitted a report to the British on "Bolshevikand Soviet penetration "of theHijaz.In this report, after highlighting Asad's activities in Arabia, Damluji alleged that Asad had connections withBolsheviks:"What is the real mission which makes him endure the greatest discomforts and the worst conditions of life? On what basis rests the close intimacy between him and Shaykh Yusuf Yasin (secretary to theKingand editor of the official newspaperUmm al-Qura)? Is there some connection between von Weiss and the Bolshevik consulate inJidda?"[10]

Ikhwan Rebellion

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According to Asad, he did finally become a secret agent of sorts.Ibn Saudsent him on a secret mission to Kuwait in 1929, to trace the sources of financial and military assistance being provided toFaysal al-Dawish– anIkhwanleader-turned-rebel against Ibn Saud's rule.[10]Asad, after traveling day and night through the desert without lighting fire, reachedKuwaitto collect first-hand evidence. He concluded that the British were providing arms and money to al-Dawish to weaken Ibn Saud for the purpose of securing a 'land route to India' – a railway fromHaifatoBasraultimately connecting theMediterranean Seawith theIndian subcontinent.[36][37]

Time in Pakistan

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Muhammad Asad (seated right) and his wife Pola Hamida Asad (seated left) at the residence ofChaudhry Niaz Ali KhaninJauharabad,Pakistan. Circa 1957

Meeting Iqbal and visiting Kashmir

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Asad left Arabia and came toBritish Indiain 1932 where he met South Asia's premier Muslim poet, philosopher and thinkerMuhammad Iqbal.[22]Iqbal had proposed the idea of an independent Muslim state in India, which later becamePakistan.Iqbal persuaded Asad to stay on in British India and help the Muslims of India establish their separate Muslim state. Iqbal introduced Asad toChaudhry Niaz Ali Khan,a philanthropist and agriculturalist, who, on the advice of Muhammad Iqbal, established the Dar-ul-Islam Trust Institutes inPathankot,India andJauharabad,Pakistan. Asad stayed on in British India and worked with both Muhammad Iqbal and Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan.[38]AllamaIqbal encouraged Asad to translate Sahih Al-Bukhari in English for the first time in history. Asad responded positively and started making the arrangements for his translation. In order to find a place serene enough to stimulate his intellectual and spiritual cerebration, he arrived in Kashmir during the summer of 1934. There, he metMirwaiz Muhammad Yusufwho became his close friend. While working enthusiastically on his translation, he also set up his own printing press in Srinagar. The first two chapters of his translation were printed in Srinagar. Asad mentions in his bookHome-coming of the Heartthat he had a special relationship with Kashmir and that he felt very sad when he left it.[39][40]

Internment as enemy alien (1939–1945)

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When theSecond World Warbroke out in 1939, Asad's parents were arrested and, subsequently, murdered by theNazis.Asad himself was arrested inLahorein 1939, a day after the war broke out, by the British as an enemy alien. This was despite the fact that Asad had refused German nationality after the annexation of Austria in 1938 and had insisted on retaining his Austrian citizenship. Asad spent three years in prison, while his family consisting of his wife, Munira, and son, Talal, after being released from detention earlier, lived under the protection of Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan at the latter's vast 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) estate in Jamalpur, 5 km west ofPathankot.Asad was finally released and reunited with his family in Jamalpur when the Second World War ended in 1945.[38]

Role in Pakistan Movement

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Asad supported the idea of a separate Muslim state in India. After the independence of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, in recognition for his support for Pakistan, Asad was conferred first full citizenship by Pakistan and appointed the Director of the Department of Islamic Reconstruction by the Government of Pakistan,[41]where he made recommendations on the drafting of Pakistan's first Constitution.[3]In 1949, Asad joined Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head of the Middle East Division and made efforts to strengthen Pakistan's ties with the Muslim states of the Middle East. In 1952, Asad was appointed as Pakistan's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations in New York – a position that he relinquished in 1952 to write his autobiography (up to the age of 32),The Road to Mecca.[3][6]

Career as a diplomat

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Asad contributed much to Pakistan's early political and cultural life but was shunned from the corridors of power. He served this country as the head of the Directorate of Islamic Reconstruction, Joint Secretary of the Middle East Division inForeign Office,Minister Plenipotentiaryto the United Nations and organizer of the International Islamic Colloquium. If one delves into the archival material of these government departments, the role played by Asad for his belovedPakistancan be dealt with in detail.

Marriage controversy and resignation

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By chance, at a reception Asad met Pola, anAmerican of Polish originwho was destined to become his third wife (d. 2007). She was young, beautiful and intelligent. He fell in love with her and when he learned that she had already embraced Islam he decided to marry her, despite the difference of age and temperament. However, under the rules of the Foreign Office, he was bound to get prior permission to marry a non-Pakistani national.[3]He applied through the proper channels but theGovernor-Generalrejected his application. So, he submitted his resignation from the Foreign Service, divorced his Arabian wife (Munira, d. 1978), and devoted himself to writing his autobiographical travel logThe Road to Mecca.

During his stay inSwitzerland,Asad received a letter from thePresident of Pakistan,General Ayub Khan,who was a great admirer of his book namedThe Principles of State and Government in Islam(1961). In a subsequent exchange of letters, he proposed to Asad to come to Pakistan and have the membership of a seven-man group of Muslim scholars – who both supposedly knew the world and were experts on Islam – to advise him with regard to everyday matters as well as the drawing up of a new Islamic constitution for the country.[22]At that time, Asad was immersed in his cherished work on theQur'an,and so he regretfully declined.

After many years, Asad was again invited by another President of Pakistan,General Zia ul-Haq,in 1983 and that was his last visit to this country. When he arrived atIslamabad,which he had not yet seen, he was received at the plane with great honour and escorted to thePresidency.During his sojourn in Islamabad, there was a series of meetings with members of the Ansari Commission in order to prepare a kind of programme for the President for the future. Asad agreed with some, and as usual disagreed with others, which he found retrograde.[3]On one point he was firm and insistent that Muslim women should have exactly the same rights in the political sphere as had men, to the extent of becoming prime minister. Asad also spared some time to meet with his surviving friends inLahoreand Islamabad and at the request of the President made several radio and television appearances, as always spontaneous. On his return, he was besieged by letters from literally hundreds of admirers in Pakistan, some even offering him land or a house but he refused politely, considering his concept of Pakistan to be beyond all these worldly trivialities.

Later life and death

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Towards the end of his life, Asad moved to Spain and lived there with his third wife, Pola Hamida Asad, an American national of Polish Catholic descent who had also converted to Islam, until his death on 20 February 1992 at the age of 91.[42][43][44]He was buried in the Muslim cemetery ofGranadain the formerMoorishprovince ofAndalusia,Spain.[44]

Children

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Asad had a son,Talal Asad,from his second Saudi Arabian wife, Munira. Talal Asad is now an anthropologist specialising inreligious studiesandpost-colonialism.Asad also had a step-son named Heinrich (converted name Ahmad) with his first wife Else (converted name Aziza).[45]

Honors and recognition

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Muhammad Asad Square inDonaustadt,Vienna

ALvivIslamic Cultural Center named after Muhammad Asad was officially opened in 2015.[46]

Muhammad-Asad-Platz

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In April 2008, a space in front of theUNO Cityin the 22ndDistrict of Viennawas namedMuhammad-Asad-Platzin honour of Muhammad Asad.[47]The step was taken as part of a two-day program on theEuropean Year of Intercultural Dialoguefocusing on Islam and its relationship with Europe.[48]The program commemorated the life and work of Asad, described as a great Austrian visionary, who earned international recognition by building bridges between religions.[49]The honoree's sonTalal Asad,the President of the Islamic Community of Austria Anas Schakfeh and Vienna's cultural adviser Andreas Mailath-Pokorny were present at the unveiling of the square. Mailath-Pokorny, while talking to the media said:

"There is probably no more appropriate place to honour Muhammad Asad than that in front of the UN-City. Muhammad Asad was a citizen of the world, who was at home, and left his mark, everywhere in the world, especially in theOrient."[29]

Honorary postage stamp

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On 23 March 2013,Pakistan Postissued astampwith denomination ofRs.15 under the "Men of Letters" Series in honour ofAllamahMuhammad Asad.[50]

Bibliography

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Books

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  1. Unromantisches Morgenland: Aus dem Tagebuch einer Reise(1924), German, published under his former name Leopold Weiss. The book is a description of the middle-East, written before his conversion to Islam, for a German-speaking readership –The Unromantic Orient(2004), English translation by Elma Ruth Harder
  2. Islam at the Crossroads(1934), a call for Muslims to avoid imitating Western society and instead return to the original Islamic heritage, written in English
  3. The Road to Mecca(1954), autobiography covering his life from 1900 to 1932
  4. The Principles of State and Government in Islam(1961), description of a democratic political system grounded in Islamic principles
  5. The Message of The Qur'an(1980), an influential translation and interpretation of the Qur'an
  6. Sahih Al-Bukhari: The Early Years of Islam(1981), translation and explanation of an important collection ofhadith(reports of pronouncements by Muhammad)
  7. This Law of Ours and Other Essays(1987), collection of essays about Islamic law.
  8. Home-Coming of the Heart (1932–1992). Part II of the Road to Mecca(2016), Al Abbas International,ISBN969-8460-41-1.
  9. Meditations(Unpublished),intended to clarify ambiguities arising from his translationThe Message of The Qur'an(1980), stands unpublished as of 2013.[51][52]
  10. The Spirit of Islamis not a separate book but a republication of the first chapter of his 1934 bookIslam at the Crossroads.[53]

Journals

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Other publications

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 These works survived, and were later published by Asad as part ofThis Law of Ours and Other Essays.
Title Original
publication
date		 Description
Jerusalem in 1923: The Impressions of a Young European 1923 Later published inIslamic Studies,Islamabadin 2001. Translated by Elma Ruth Harder.[54][55]
The Concept of Religion in the West and in Islam 1934 Later published inThe Islamic Literature,Lahorein 1967.[56]
The Spirit of the West 1934 Later published inThe Islamic Literature,Lahorein 1956.
Towards a Resurrection of Thought 1937 Published inIslamic Culture,Hyderabad,Deccan.[57]
Aims and Objectives of the Department of Islamic Reconstruction 1947 Published his thoughts as the Director of theDepartment of Islamic Reconstruction.[58]
Calling All Muslims 1947 A collection of sevenRadio Broadcastsdelivered at the request ofGovernment of Pakistan.
Islamic Constitution Making 1948 Essay published under the auspices of the Government ofPunjabin March 1948. It was later expanded to the bookThe Principles of State and Government in Islam.[23]
The Encounter of Islam and The West 1959 Talk delivered onRadio BeromunsterinSwitzerland.
Islam and the Spirit of Our Times 1960 Talk delivered onRadio BeromunsterinSwitzerland.
Answers of Islam 1960s Answers to questionnaire posed by German publisher Gerhard Szczesny in the 1960s.
Islam and Politics 1963 Pamphlet series byIslamic Centre.[3]
Can the Qur'an be Translated? 1964 Islamic Centre.[3]
Jerusalem: The Open City 1970s Talk sent for delivery at a conference ofMuslim Students Association,United States in the late 1970s.
My Pilgrimage to Islam 1974 Published inMajalla al-Azhar.[3]
The Meaning and Significance of the Hijrah 1979 Published in London in November 1979.
The Message of the Qur'an 1980 Address delivered at aConference of the Islamic Councilin London.
A Vision to Jerusalem 1982 Published inAhlan Wasahlan,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia.
Jerusalem: A City for all People 1982 Later published inArabia: The Islamic World Reviewin 1985.
A Tribe That Kept Its Name 1985 Published inArabiamagazine.[57]
The City of the Prophet 1991 Published inMuslim Africa.

Portrayals of Asad

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Arabic:محمد أسد,Urdu:محمد اسد

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