Syed Manzoor-ul-Hassan

About the Author:

Syed Manzoor Hassan was born on April 20, 1965, in Bahawalnagar, Southern Punjab (Pakistan). His father, Syed Muhammad Hassan Shah, was the custodian of a local shrine of the Qadiriyya Sufi order. He completed his matriculation from Government City High School Bahawalnagar and his B.A. from Government College Bahawalnagar. Later, he obtained his M.A. in Political Science from Punjab University Lahore and his M.A. in Islamic Studies from Islamia University Bahawalpur. He also completed his M.Phil. in the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at G.C. University Lahore. He received basic education in literature, science, and Islam from his city’s renowned scholar and esteemed teacher, Muhammad Nazar Sahib. His training led him to the esteemed scholar and researcher of the modern era, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi. He has been associated with him as a student since 1991. Among the teachers from whom he learned various disciplines during his student days, the most notable is Dr. Khurshid Rizvi, an extraordinary scholar of Urdu and Arabic language and literature. Other prominent teachers include Dr. Syed Sultan Shah, Dr. Farooq Haider, Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi, Dr. Jahangir Tamimi, Muhammad Rafi Mufti, and Muhammad Zafar Adil. He is a fellow at Al-Mawrid and participates in various editorial and educational projects at the Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning, USA. He is also the editor of the monthly magazine Ishraq USA.