![]() ![]() In his book, Maqamat (مقامات), Ghamidi starts with an essay "My Name" (میرا نام) to describe the story behind his surname, which sounds somewhat alien in the context of the Indian Subcontinent. He started working with them on various Islamic disciplines particularly exegesis and Islamic law. He was also associated with scholar and revivalist Abu al-A‘la Mawdudi (d. 1997), who was destined to who have a deep impact on him. ![]() In 1973, he came under the tutelage of Amin Ahsan Islahi (d. This encounter would change Ghamidi's focus from philosophy and literature, to religion. Finding mention of Amin Ahsan Islahi (who advanced Farahi's thought) in this work inspired Ghamidi to meet Islahi who resided in Lahore during that time. Ghamidi encountered the works of Hamiduddin Farahi, a scholar of the Quran by chance in a library. He later graduated from Government College, Lahore, with a BA Honours in English Literature & Philosophy in 1972. Initially, he was more interested in Literature and Philosophy. After matriculating, he came to Lahore in 1967 where he is settled ever since. His first exposure to traditional Islamic studies was in the Sufi tradition. His early education included a modern path (matriculating from Islamia High School, Pakpattan), as well as a traditional path ( Arabic and Persian languages, and the Qur'an with Nur Ahmad of Nang Pal). Ghamidi and his two elder sisters grew up in a Sufi household. His father, Muhammad Tufayl Junaydi, was a landowner, involved in medicine and a committed follower of tasawwuf until his death in 1986. His family village settlement was Dawud in Sialkot. Javed Ahmed Ghamidi was born as Muhammad Shafique (Later he renamed himself as Javed Ghamdi) on 7 April 1952 to a Kakazai family in a village called Jiwan Shah, Arifwala in (District Pakpattan), Punjab, Pakistan.
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