Explanation

• Author: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
• Book: India Wins Freedom
• Published: 1959 (first edition)
• Subject: India’s freedom struggle and Partition
• Based on: Political events of the Indian subcontinent

Last updated by NA on 05-11-2026

Explanation

• Allama Muhammad Iqbal wrote “Fatima bint Abdullah”.
• He honoring a young Muslim girl who supplied water to wounded soldiers in Libya.
• The poem highlights her courage, sacrifice and service.

Additional information:

• Iqbal was born on 9 November 1877 in Sialkot.
• He was died on 21 April 1938 in Lahore.
• He is known as Poet of the East (شاعرِ مشرق).
• Famous works: Bang-e-Dra, Bal-e-Jibril, Zarb-e-Kalim, and Asrar-e-Khudi.

Last verified on 22-10-2026

Explanation

• Author: Shuja Nawaz, a Pakistani-American author and South Asia analyst.
• Publication year: 2019 (Penguin Random House India edition).
• Main topic: Pakistan’s complex relationship with the United States and its regional neighbours, particularly Afghanistan and India.

Last verified on 14-10-2026

Explanation

• Author: Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
• English edition published: 1961
• Urdu edition published: 1967
• Nature of book: Autobiography / Memoirs
• Topic: Pakistan Movement and political struggle

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Explanation

• Author: Choudhry Muhammad Ali.
• Publication year: 1967.
• Subject: The Pakistan Movement, the partition of British India, and the establishment of Pakistan.
• Author’s role: Choudhry Muhammad Ali served as the fourth Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956.

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• I. H. Qureshi (Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi) was a Pakistani historian and scholar who wrote The Struggle for Pakistan.
• The book was published in 1965.

Additional information:

• Ayesha Jalal is also a well-known historian who wrote The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics (2014).

Last verified on 13-10-2026

Explanation

Autobiography: In the Line of Fire by Pervez Musharraf

Published: September 25, 2006

Additional information:

• Born: 11 August 1943, Delhi, British India
• Position: 10th President of Pakistan (2001–2008)

Explanation

• Author: Syed Abul Ala Maududi
• Book: Tafhim-ul-Quran
• Type: Quranic translation & commentary (Tafsir)
• Volumes: 6
• Written over: 30 years (1942–1972)
• Based on: Quran & Sunnah
• Covers: Social, moral, economic & legal concepts.

Last updated by NA on 14-09-2026

Explanation

• Hayat-e-Muhammad was written by Muhammad Husain Haykal.
• The book is a famous biography (Seerah) of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
• It was originally written in Arabic.

Additional information:

• Sirat-un-Nabi → Shibli Nomani (completed by Syed Sulaiman Nadvi)
• Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar) → Safi-ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
• Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources → Martin Lings
• The Life of Muhammad → Ibn Ishaq (preserved and edited by Ibn Hisham)

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Explanation

• Hayat-i-Afghani, authored by Muhammad Hayat Khan
• It is a historical and genealogical study of Pashtun tribes and the geography of Afghanistan
•  Published in 1867

Last question by NA on 09 July 2026