My Inspirer

My Inspirer
M. Khaled 

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Wrinkled forehead with a cap, always on his head, experienced eyes which roamed numerous unknown corners of the world, dressed up as a simple folk does not seem to be such knowledgeable of all the civilization of the world in the past and present time. But it is when you get to hear him that you realize every words uttered by him are filled with wisdom and his knowledge is ranged from religion and ethics to science and philosophy. This person, Dr. Muin-ud-Din Ahmad Khan has been the most significant source of inspiration in determining my academic and social life.

I first met him in an organization, Sanskriti O Bidya Charchapit (Organization for Culture and Intellectual Research) where he was making the members understand the verses of the Quran. From his first lecture, I realized his unique style and approach towards analysing subjects, not only on Religion and Islam but rather on Science, Philosophy and Economics as well. His approach to answering any question and making others understand some difficult concepts is so comprehensive and elaborate that, even an illiterate can understand.

Wanting to know more about him, I learnt that Khan Sir wrote books on Bengal History, Epistemology, World Education System, Politics, Comparative Religion, Science and alternate Economic System.

A “young” man of 82 years old who planned his works for the next five years is also extremely active. He performs regular studies and write-ups as a Residence Researcher of Southern University, Chittagong. He has an extraordinary sense of humour and was the first man to inspire me towards research. Before meeting him my impression was that academic career is a stepping stone for academic success. However, his beliefs are the opposite.

The most important and unique book work of Khan Sir which inspired me towards Science and Mathematics is his book “Origin and Development of Experimental Science”. I first learnt from him that the classical logical frame is not enough to represent the different levels of realities and therefore, we need to apply all aspects of the human faculties to grasp the realities as a whole. His analysis on the history and linguistic usages of science through several civilizations is marvelous. The only possible critique of this masterpiece as a scientific work would be the lack of any mathematical representation. I would like to fulfill this gap by writing the second part of this book, on which I am now working. His challenging arguments and efficient manner of explanation urgently requires some mathematic logic.

Moreover, he thinks and has maintained in his works that Islam requires a reconstruction in religious thoughts. And philosophical logic should be reformed for a better faculty of fruitful thoughts. His view inspires me on the uniformity of world religions which will obviously lead us to a peaceful world. This has led me to personally study on different religion from whatever source available.

Humble, devoted, generous and thoughtful in nature, Khan Sir still considers himself a student first. But it is clearly evident that, he is the best teacher I have ever encountered till now and I consider him as my spiritual guide. His liberal views of mysticism, spirituality, metaphysics and Sufism add more maturity to my world view. A man like him desperately needs many disciples and proper interpreters. I would be honoured to become one, though I doubt if I can be so in my whole lifetime.