Mirza Abul Fazl
Abul Fazl, Mirza (Urdu: ميرزا أبوالفضل), (d.1865-1956 AD), was a native of East Bengal, now independent Bangladesh, later moved to Allahabad, India. Among the contemporary Muslim scholars Dr Mirza Abul Fazl, learned in Arabic and Sanskrit, was a pioneer who took interest in the study of the chronological order of the Qur`an and invited the attention of Muslim scholars towards its importance.
Dr Mirza was the great grandson of Haji Ali Shirazi. His genealogical tree as described in his dictionary of the Qur'an, Ghrib ul Quran is Mirza Abul Fazl, son of Fayyaz Ali, son of Nauroz Ali son of Haji Ali Shirazi. It cannot be ascertained as to when his remote ancestors came to India and settled in Bengal. This family belonged to Shiite school of thought.
His early education was completed in Bengal and on the basis of distinctions received during the course of his education, he was admitted to M.A. and Ph.D. in Berlin with a scholarship. His subject in M.A. was Sanskrit.
In his late thirties that Dr. Mirza Abul Fazl started to study the Qur'an. As in the case of studying other sacred scriptures he tried to delve deep into the true spirit of the Qur'an directly from original text.
He hailed from East Bengal now forming a separate country, Bangladesh. He was a profound scholar of Sanskrit and Arabic. After securing a scholarship he proceeded to Germany in or around, 1893, and was awarded Ph.D in Sanskrit. In Germany he also studied Homeopathy, as this system of treatment was very popular in Germany in those days. While he was in Germany he developed an interest in homeopathy and obtained highest qualifications from Germany and the United States of America gaining extraordinary expertise.
He was a simple man of few words and true Muslim and a servant of Islam. The purpose of his life was to present Islam in its original form.
He returned to India after spending many years abroad with the resolve to participate in the freedom struggle. He stuck to his decision until his last. He maintained his link with the Congress in some capacity or the other. After returning to India, he stayed in Calcutta and then settled in Allahabad.
Jawaharlal Nehru's family was not only known to him, he was a regular visitor to Anand Bhavan. When Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as chairman of Allahabad Municipality, he offered Mirza Abul Fazl a position in the municipality. He was there in 1929. He had friendship with Pandit Sunderlal and Dr Rajender Prasad also. It is but easy to visualise his possible influence on the freedom movement in some way or the other.
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