{{Short description|Pakistani philosopher and educationist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Muhammad Rafiuddin | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = {{nq|محمد رفیع الدین}} | birth_name = Muhammad Rafiuddin | birth_date = 1 January 1904 | birth_place = Jammu, British India | death_date = 29 November 1969 (age 65) | death_place = Karachi, Pakistan | alma_mater = Oriental College, Lahore | occupation = {{Hlist|Philosopher| researcher|educationist| Iqbalist}} | years_active = 1929–1969 }}
'''Muhammad Rafiuddin''' (1904 – 1969) was a Pakistani philosopher, researcher, educationist, and Iqbalist. He authored several books on philosophy, education, and Iqbaliat.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Muhammad Arif |title=فلسفے کے بارے میں ڈاکٹر محمد رفیع الدین کانقطہ نظر |page=133|language=ur |url=https://dokumen.tips/documents/-55cf987a550346d03397e326.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ajmi |first1=Muhammad Shafiq |title=اقبال شناسی کی روایت میں ڈاکٹر محمد رفیع الدین کا مقام |date=2003 |publisher=Government College University, Lahore |pages=8–70 |url=https://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/handle/123456789//8290.pdf# |language=ur }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=James |first1=Mark Randall |title=Signs of Salvation |date=2021 |publisher=Cascade Books |isbn=9781725261686 |page=138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0E8TEAAAQBAJ&dq=Muhammad+Rafiuddin&pg=PA138}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Rafiuddin was born in Jammu, British India, on 1 January 1904. He received his intermediate education in science and did honours in Persian. He earned a master's degree in Arabic in 1929. In 1949, he earned his Ph.D. degree in philosophy and in 1965, his Doctor of Literature in educational philosophy.<ref name="mohd arif khan">{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Muhammad Arif |title=ڈاکٹر محمد رفیع الدین مرحوم، شخصیت و فکر |date=1994 |pages=3–4 |url=https://iri.aiou.edu.pk/?p=10544.pdf# |language=ur}}</ref><ref name="hikmat e quran">{{cite journal |last1=Mehmood |first1=Salah uddin |title=ڈاکٹر محمد رفیع الدین |journal=Hikmat-e-Quran, Lahore |url=https://hikmatequran.tanzeemdigitallibrary.com/shumarah/2022/4/39 |language=ur}}</ref>
== Career == Rafiuddin began his career by teaching Arabic and Persian at Sri Pratap College in Srinagar from 1929 to 1932 and at Prince of Wales College in Jammu from 1933 to 1946, where he also wrote the highly regarded book ''Ideology of the Future''. Later, he was awarded Ph.D degree for the book under the supervision of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, William Lillie and Syed Zafarul Hasan. In 1946, he was chosen to be the principal of the Sri Karan Singh College in Mirpur, where he served for a year.<ref name="hikmat e quran" />
In the years 1948–1949, Rafiuddin worked as a research officer in the department of ''Islamic Reconstruction'', and in the years 1950–1953, he did the same at the Institute of Islamic Culture. He served as the Iqbal Academy Pakistan's director from 1953 to 1965.<ref name="hikmat e quran" />
He established the ''All Pakistan Islamic Education Congress'' in 1966 after leaving the Iqbal Academy.<ref name="mohd arif khan" />
== Death == Rafiuddin died in a car accident in Karachi on 29 November 1969.<ref name="hikmat e quran" /><ref>{{cite web |title=ڈاکٹر رفیع الدین کی برسی پر بین الاقوامی کانفرنس کا انعقاد |url=https://www.aawaza.com/admin/17769/2021/ |website=Aawaza |language=ur |date=30 November 2021}}</ref>
==Scholarly works== ===Books=== * ''Ideology of the Future'' * ''Manifesto of Islam'' * ''First Principles of Education'' * ''Fallacy of Marxism'' * ''The Meaning and Purpose of Islamic Research'' * ''Quran Aur Ilm-e-Jadeed'' (in Urdu) * ''Hikmat-e-Iqbal'' (in Urdu)
===Periodicals and journals=== * ''Hikmat-e-Quran'' * ''Islamic Education''
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