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Dying and Living for Allah: The Last Will of Khurram Murad
"Dying and Living for Allah: The Last Will of Khurram Murad" is essentially a wake up call, not just to his kith and kin, but all the Muslims. This Will is a "nasihah" - advising, commending and enjoining a life based on loyalty to Allah, striving for the akhira and being particular to one's responsibilities towards others.
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67 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2001
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Khurram Murad
69 books79 followersKhurram Murad (1932–1996) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer.
While his da'wah activities began in Pakistan, he has been involved in the promotion of the Islamic movement in Asia, Europe and Africa. As a teacher and a da'iyah his speeches and 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, he played a key role in the character-building of the youth in the Islamic Movement.
Khurram Murad served as Naib Amir (Vice-President) Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Amir (President) in Bangladesh, a Trustee and a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK, and editor of Tarjumanal Qur'an, Lahore, Pakistan (a journal founded by the Islamic scholar, Abul Ala Maududi in 1932), and the quarterly Muslim World Book Review, UK. He was also a prisoner of war for many years in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. He was born in Bhopal, India, and after graduating cum laude, he took his master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota. From 1975–1976, he was involved in the extension project of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as he was a civil engineer by profession. He received his engineering degree from NED University, Karachi. During his time in NED he gained stature as a student leader and later served as Nazim-e-Ala of Islami Jamiat Talaba for session 1951–52.
He was the author of over fifty works in Urdu and English.
While his da'wah activities began in Pakistan, he has been involved in the promotion of the Islamic movement in Asia, Europe and Africa. As a teacher and a da'iyah his speeches and 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, he played a key role in the character-building of the youth in the Islamic Movement.
Khurram Murad served as Naib Amir (Vice-President) Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Amir (President) in Bangladesh, a Trustee and a former Director General of the Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK, and editor of Tarjumanal Qur'an, Lahore, Pakistan (a journal founded by the Islamic scholar, Abul Ala Maududi in 1932), and the quarterly Muslim World Book Review, UK. He was also a prisoner of war for many years in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. He was born in Bhopal, India, and after graduating cum laude, he took his master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota. From 1975–1976, he was involved in the extension project of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca as he was a civil engineer by profession. He received his engineering degree from NED University, Karachi. During his time in NED he gained stature as a student leader and later served as Nazim-e-Ala of Islami Jamiat Talaba for session 1951–52.
He was the author of over fifty works in Urdu and English.
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July 19, 2025
One of the best books I've read in a long time. Ustadh Khurram Murad's final book and the words are written such that they go deep into the reader's heart. The actual book starts from page 31 onwards,
I highly recommend everyone read it.
I highly recommend everyone read it.
November 14, 2020
Do not say anything which is against the spirit of rida bil-qada (total acceptance what Allah has decreed). Do not resort to lamentation and bemoaning.
The causes that appear before our eyes are only a means of realization of His will.
Praise and gratefulness will make scales tilt heavily in your favor.
Never try to find justifications for your wrong actions.
Do not hurt a creature, especially a human being.
And if you were to violate others’ rights, obtain their forgiveness here in this world or else you’ll be left absolutely destitute and bankrupt on the Day of Judgment.
Keep your mouth shut about others except when you speak well of them.
What do you loose if someone backbites or gossips against you?
You do not loose anything by forgiveness.
Be quick in seeing forgiveness.
When it comes to shortcomings and sins, give others greater allowance than you would give yourself.
Perpetual charity- a person starts to do a good deed because of your inspiration.
Consider not any act of goodness too small, nor one of evil too trivial.
Allah has right over your intellect.
True success is the success of Hereafter. You have to decide on this once and for all. The earlier you do this, the better.
Peep into your heart and see what is the place of Allah therein. The same shall be your place before him.
A day will come when people will confess their sins; and confess them with pangs of regret and say: If only we had listened and understood.
If He rejects you, who shall be more contemptible than yourself?
Repentance and yearning, yearning and repentance: this is the total harvest of life.
---Khurram Murad.
The causes that appear before our eyes are only a means of realization of His will.
Praise and gratefulness will make scales tilt heavily in your favor.
Never try to find justifications for your wrong actions.
Do not hurt a creature, especially a human being.
And if you were to violate others’ rights, obtain their forgiveness here in this world or else you’ll be left absolutely destitute and bankrupt on the Day of Judgment.
Keep your mouth shut about others except when you speak well of them.
What do you loose if someone backbites or gossips against you?
You do not loose anything by forgiveness.
Be quick in seeing forgiveness.
When it comes to shortcomings and sins, give others greater allowance than you would give yourself.
Perpetual charity- a person starts to do a good deed because of your inspiration.
Consider not any act of goodness too small, nor one of evil too trivial.
Allah has right over your intellect.
True success is the success of Hereafter. You have to decide on this once and for all. The earlier you do this, the better.
Peep into your heart and see what is the place of Allah therein. The same shall be your place before him.
A day will come when people will confess their sins; and confess them with pangs of regret and say: If only we had listened and understood.
If He rejects you, who shall be more contemptible than yourself?
Repentance and yearning, yearning and repentance: this is the total harvest of life.
---Khurram Murad.
June 7, 2020
A bit similar to "50 Candles to Light Your Path" and "Letters to a Young Muslim". A great will and reminder for us all to relocate our focus on how to conduct our life.
July 23, 2009
currently re-reading for the umpteenth time..
May 24, 2007
I *love* this book.
March 7, 2023
MashaAllah ini bagus banget banget. Awal awal agak takut bacanya karna topik "death" agak kuhindari takut panic attack kumat. Tapi alhamdulillah aku bersyukur kuatin hati buat baca karna isinya bagus banget dan bikin kita banyak merenung tentang hidup dan apa sebenarnya yang kita cari; apa tujuan hidup kita. Ini awalnya tentang kekhawatiran penulis kalau 'waktunya' sudah tiba, apa aku udah siap menghadap-Nya? Apa aku sudah rela meninggalkan dunia dan semua yang kucinta? Dan akhirnya penulis ingin memberikan 'something that last for a long time"; amal jariyah.
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