Introduction

Khurram Murad was born in Bhopal, India in 1932, and migrated to Pakistan in 1948. He studied civil engineering at the University of Karachi (BEng. 1952), securing 1st place in the University, and went on to study in the University of Minnesota (USA) (MSc. 1958), he worked as a leading consulting engineer in Karachi, Dhaka, Tehran and Riyadh. Associated Consulting Engineers Ltd., with which he worked as a chief engineer and resident director, was responsible for the initial design and electrification of the extension of the Masjid al-Haram, Makkah and Khurram Murad played an important role in the formulation and implementation of the plans for extension of the Haram.

Khurram Murad occupies a place of distinction in the intellectual firmament of contemporary Islam. A thinker, an orator and a prolific writer, he has been one of the architects of current Islamic resurgence. While his da'wah activities began in Pakistan, he has been involved in the promotion of the Islamic movement in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. As a teacher and a da'iyah his speeches and thoughtful orations have inspired thousands of young men and women all over the world. As chief of the training departments of the Jamiat, the Jamaat and as an active resource-person in training programmes in the UK and America, he played a key role in the character-building of the youth in the Islamic Movement.

An author of over thirty works in Urdu and English, his thoughts have
influenced two generations of Muslims all the world over.

"Inter-Personal Relations in an Islamic Movement" (Urdu),
"Way to the Qur'an,"
"Islamic Movement in the West: Reflections on Some Issues,"
"Lam'at-e-Zandan," (Urdu),
"Shari'ah: The Way to God" and "Shari'ah: The Way to Justice,"
"Key to al-Baqarah",
"Quranic Treasures,",
"Gifts from Muhammad," (forthcoming),
"Who is Muhammad" (forthcoming),

are some of his major works. As a translator and interpreter of Mawlana Mawdudi, Khurram Murad has made his mark.

"Let us be Muslims,"
"Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values, Power and Change,"
and "The Islamic Way of Life," (with Khurshid Ahmad)

are his major contributions. He also edited Mawlana Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi'spioneering work, "Muslims in the West: Message and the Mission." Khurram also wrote over half a dozen books for children, edited and directed a video on "The Life of the Prophet Muhammad," and contributed dozens of scholarly articles to different journals and magazines. Over four hundred audio and video cassettes of Khurram Murad are in circulation in Pakistan and different parts of the Muslim World.

As a leader of the Islamic Movement of Pakistan, which struggled for the democratic rights of the people, he was detained in prison without trial in 1964 in Dhaka for three months and was also a Prisoner of War for almost three years in India after the fall of Dhaka in December 1971.

His death came on Thursday 19th December 1996 (9th Sha'ban 1417 AH) at the Glenfield Hospital, Leicester.

E-Books

1	Allah sai Muhabbat
2	Ammanat Dari
3	Basic Principles and Characteristics
4	Dawat kai Nishan-e-Rah
5	Dil ki Zindagi
6	Ghaltyon ko Maaf Karna
7	Haqeeqat-e-Zohad
8	Hasad aur Bughz
9	Hubbe Dunya
10	Islam and Terrorism
11	Niyyat aur Amal
12	Rabb sai Mulaqaat
13	Rizke Halal
14	Shariah The Way to God
15	Urooj ka Rasta
16	Way to the Quran
17	Zikre Elahi