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Muhammad Asad
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1900
- Died
- 1992
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Islam and politics
- Can the Qur'an be translated?
- al-Islām ʻalā muftaraq al-ṭuruq
- Beitrag zur Analyse des Wolframits
- Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Myopie
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1900-07-02 ) 2 July 1900, Lemberg , Austria-Hungary , (present-day Lviv , Ukraine )
- Died
- 20 February 1992 (1992-02-20) (aged 91), Mijas , Andalucia , Spain
- Nationality
- Austrian , Pakistani
- Main interest s
- Islamic studies , Islamic democracy , Muslim world , Quran
- Notable idea s
- Islamic state , Independent Reasoning
- Notable work s
- The Message of The Qur'an The Road to Mecca Islam at Crossroads This law of Ours
- Alma mater
- University of Vienna ( dropped out in 1920)
- Occupation
- Linguist , Academic, Traveler , Political Theorist , Historian
- Religion
- Islam
- Denomination
- Sunni
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Lviv
- Place of death
- Mijas
- Child
- Talal Asad
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Employer
- Al-Azhar University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
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- date of birth
- 1900-07-02
- date of death
- 1992-02-20
- Commons category
- Muhammad Asad
- Commons gallery
- Muhammad Asad
- place of burial
- Marbella
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Muhammad Asad, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian Pakistani Muslim convert and polymath, born in modern day Ukraine. He worked as a journalist, traveler, writer, political theorist, and diplomat.
Born to a Jewish family, Weiss had acquired a passing fluency in Hebrew and Aramaic by age 13, in addition to his native German and Polish languages. By his mid-twenties, he could read and write in English, French, Persian and Arabic. In Mandatory Palestine, Weiss engaged in arguments with Zionist leaders like Chaim Weizmann, voicing his reservations about some aspects of the Zionist Movement. After traveling across the Arab World as a journalist, he converted to Sunni Islam in 1926 and adopted the name "Muhammad Asad"—Asad being the Arabic rendition of his root name Leo (Lion).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Muhammad Asad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.