A Brief History Of Darul Uloom Pretoria

(Branch Of Al Azhar University Cairo)

Darul Uloom Pretoria was established in 1988 in South Africa by Mufti Muhammed Akbar Hazarvi on the request of the local community.

By 1992, Darul Uloom Pretoria was entrenched and recognized not only in its region, but through the length and breadth of South Africa.

Over the next two years the growth at Darul Uloom Pretoria caused its members to seek improvisation of the facilities at hand.

In the year 2004, the excellences of its publication department came to a fore. The Urdu translation of the Holy Qur’aan by Imaam-e-Ahle Sunnat, Maulana Ash-Shaa Ahmad Raza Khan Rahmatullah Alaiyhi famously known as Kanzul Imaan and the commentary on this outstanding and world-acclaimed translation has been written by Hakimul Ummat, Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan Naeemi Ashrafi Rahmatullah Alaiyhi.

The task to translate this Urdu into English was done by Marhoom Maulana Mohammad Hoosain Mukaddam Rahmatullah Alaiyhi. This was a task that took fourteen years to reach fruition and was officially launched in the year 2004 coinciding with the 15th year celebration of Darul Uloom Pretoria.

In the year 2005 another point of success for the Darul Uloom Pretoria was that it became the recipient of Asaatizah from one of the oldest universities on the African continent, Jamia Al-Azhar As-Shareef.

These teachers are actively engaged with the learners at this Institute, with a primary view to impart instruction in the Arabic medium with core responsibilities being, proficiency and fluency of written and spoken Arabic.

The Darul Uloom Pretoria envisages to have in the near future a building that will serve as a standalone learning centre which will be dedicated to learning.

We are also desirous and ambitious to have many such existing facilities and faculties to be even further enhanced so that we may be able to reach the contemporary minds and interact with them at the same level. Whatever we endeavour to do, May Allaah keep us on the Straight Path, May He protect us, and may He allow us to be dedicated followers of the Holy Prophet Sallal Laahu Alaiyhi Wa Sallam, who strive on the path of the Awliyaa and Sulaha. May our services be for the truth and for the Maslak-e-Haq – Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah.