Tribute to Maulana Ziauddin Islahi )n his sad and sudden demise in an accident.

Maulana Ziauddin Islahi, Editor Muarif and Director DarulMusannifeen , Shibli Academy was a learned Scholar of Arabic .Persian and Urdu of International repute.His sudden and sad demise is a great loss to not only Shibli Academy ,Azamgarh but the whole literary circles of the sub-continent. Apart from his Scholarly articles on various literary topics and Islamic Studies he published a large numbers of books to his credit which are source of inspiration for everyone specially younger generations . Keeping in view my long association with him his untimely sad demise is a personal loss to me.

Ilyas Azmi , Rahmat Nagar, Azamgarh city, U.P.