About Dar-ul-Ehsan Publications

Dar-ul-Ehsan, literally meaning 'the House of Blessing', is a voluntary Islamic Institute situated in the District of Faisalabad, Pakistan. It has been defined as the 'abode of benefactors who worship Allāh the Almighty as if they are seeing Him. If it is not the case, it (certainly) is true that He is seeing them'. The Institute is busy fulfilling its aim of translating the sacred work of Da‘wah-oTablīgh Al-Islam (Invitation to and Spread of Islam) in many and various ways. Here it is humbly desired to demonstrate practically the teaching of the Holy Qur'ān and the Sunnah (Tradition) of the Holy Prophet Muḥammad SAW, the fountainhead of Islam. People throughout the World from all walks of life, those who practise a little to those who practise their religion profusely, visit the institute. In this way they satisfy their religious aspirations. Sessions of incessant Dhikr (remembrance of Allāh the Almighty) are held, missionary parties of those with religious and spiritual zeal are sent to all parts, a spacious mosque and repository for the worn out copies of the Holy Qur'ān have been built, a school for destitute and orphans and a well staffed hospital have been established, administering their services free of charge. Ḥaḍrat Abū Anees Muḥammad Barkat ‘Ali, a retired army officer, the founder and chief organiser of the Dār-ul-Eḥsān, has written, published and distributed free of charge much literature on Islam in Urdu. This is now being translated in Arabic, Chinese, Persian and English. Kitāb Al-'Amal Bis-Sunnah, Al-M'aroof Tartīb Sharīf (Holy Succession), Makshoofāt-i-Manāzal-e-Ehsān (Manifestations of the Stages of Blessing) and Asmā' AlNabi Al-Karīm (the Bounteous Names of the Holy Prophet SAW) are three voluminous works of unique religious importance. A monthly magazine, The Dār-ul-Eḥsān, has been published regularly for the benefit of the Muslim Community until his demise in 1997. It has included research articles, translations and commentaries on the Holy Qur'ān and the Ḥadīth, medical cures prescribed by the Holy Prophet SAW and Ḥaḍrat Abū Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali's own words of guidance and insight. The monologues have been put together in to thirty volumes titled Makshoofāt-i-Manāzal-i-Eḥsān, Al-Ma'roof Maqālāt-i-Ḥikmat (The Words of Wisdom). In 1983 Ḥaḍrat Abū Anees Muḥammad Barkat ‘Ali ‹ migrated some thirty miles away to a place on Samundri Road now known as Al-Mustafiḍ Dār-ul-Eḥsān where he had developed all the above services and is now buried. Again for the benefit of the Ummah, his successors are serialising in a monthly magazine Anwār Al-Barkat his books which run into thousands of pages. - Muhammad Iqbal