Sadruddin Islahi

Sadruddin Islahi (1917 - 1998) was an Indian Islamic Urdu writer and a close companion of Abul A'la Maududi. He was one of the early members of Jamat e Islami.

Islahi was born in 1917 in Sidha Sultanpur, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, British India. After early school education, he went to an Islamic school, Madrasatul Islah, to get a degree in religious education in 1937.^[1][2]

Islahi joined Jamat-e-Islami in its early days and remained an active member until his death. He corresponded with Abul A'la Maududi who was mentoring him as a writer.^[2][3]

After completing his education, Islahi started writing articles for different journals. He was also published in the Islamic journal, Tarjuman ul Quran, Hyderabad. When Jamaat-e-Islami Hind asked Abul A'la Maududi to grant his permission for a condensed publication of Tafhim-ul-Quran, he gave his consent only if it was to be done by Sadruddin Islahi.^[2][4][5]

• Haqiqat-e-Nifaq (1944)
• Ifadat-e-hazrat shah waliullah dehlvi (Translation) (1944)
• Haqeeqat-e-Ubudiyat (1946)
• Islam Ek Nazar Mein (Islam at a Glance) (1961)
• Asase Deen ki Tameer (Building up the foundations of faith) (1969)
• Maaraka-e-islam-o-jahiliyat (1991)^[6]
• Islam Aur Ijtimaiyat (Islam And Collectivism)
• Quran Majeed Ka Ta'aruf
• Fareeza Iqamat-e-Deen^[4]
• Tahreek-e-Islami Hind (Jamat-e-Islami Hind Conceptual Basis)

Islahi died on November 13,1998, in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh.^[2][3]