Maulvi Sher Ali Ranjha (24 November 1875 – 13 November 1947)In the Company of the Promised Messiah - Page 148 Ch Ali Mohammad - 1977 "Some of the pious souls that joined the Ahmadiya Movement in Islam in 1897 were : Hazrat Maulvi Sher Ali, B.A. Parentage : Hazrat Maulvi Sher Ali was born at " was a prominent Ahmadi scholar and a companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
Early life Sher Ali was born to a well off and educated Zamindar family that was part of the Ranjha Jat tribe and was from the village Adhrama. He was the son of Maulvi Nizam ud Din. His mother died on 7 March 1907. A daughter of Sher Ali, with the name Khadija Begum wrote his short biography Seerat Hadrat Maulvi Sher Ali.Seerat Hadrat Maulvi Sher Ali by Khadija Begum et al Sher Ali did his B.A. in 1897.
Works When he heard of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claim he travelled to Qadian and gave his Bay'ah (Oath of Allegiance) at the hands of Ghulam Ahmad. He remained headmaster of the Talim-ul-Islam High School in Qadian.'Obituary' in The Daily Alfazal (Rabwah) dated 14 November 1947 He spent his whole life in the service of the cause of Ahmadiyyah. He accompanied Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the second khalifa of the Ahmadiyyah sect on his journey to Europe in 1924, and participated in the Wembley’s Conference of Living Religions 1924. He was a profound scholar of religious sciences and the Arabic language. In the central Organization of the Community, Maulvi Sher Ali served as director of publications (Nazir Taleef) at Qadian.'Obituary' in The Daily Alfazal (Rabwah) dated 14 November 1947 He translated the Quran into English.https://new.alislam.org/library/books/quran-english?option=toc He also published an exposition and rebuttal of the book Yana bi'ul IslamThe Original Sources of the Qu'ran by William St. Clair Tisdall in his Review of Religions.Seerat Hadrat Maulvi Sher Ali by Khadija Begum et al
Death His wife died on 12 July 1942 and Sher Ali died on 13 November 1947 at Lahore. He was buried at the Bahishti Maqbara (The Heavenly Graveyard) at Rabwah.'Obituary' in The Daily Alfazal (Rabwah) dated 14 November 1947
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