Background
Mahimi was born into a family of Arab travelers from Iraq who had settled down on the island of Mahim, one of the seven islands that later formed the city of Bombay (now Mumbai).
Mahimi was born into a family of Arab travelers from Iraq who had settled down on the island of Mahim, one of the seven islands that later formed the city of Bombay (now Mumbai).
He is widely acknowledged for his scholarly treatises, liberal views and humanist ideals. Not much is known of his early childhood. Mahimi was the first Indian scholar to write an exegesis on the Qur"an, which gained critical acclimation from numerous Islamic scholars including Shah Waliullah Dehlavi.
Authoring a total of nineteen books, he was given the moniker Qutub-e -Kokan (Kokan"s Pole Star).
He was the first commentator of the Holy Quran in India. His commentary is known throughout the World and is called "Tafsirur Rahman." lieutenant is Unique among all the commentary of QURAN known to Scholars.
Which is available in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Azhar University, Cairo and Ummul-Qura University, Makkah. After his death in 1431, he was buried in Mahim.
The site later became a Dargah (shrine) for devotees.
The highlight of this is a procession of around eight thousand begins at the Mahim Police Station, believed to be the site of his residence. Two police officers from each of the eighty four city police stations represent the police whose association with the saint dates back to the saint"s era. A representative of the Mumbai police who is the first to offer the "chaddar" (shawl) at the tomb on the first day of the festival.
Legend has it that it was a police constable who gave water to the dying saint from his cap.
Another story points to some miraculous assistance police officers once received from an old man, whom they believed was the saint, in fighting smugglers. A room adjacent to the office of the senior inspector of police station contains a steel cupboard that houses the saint"s preserved belongings such as his chair, a pair of sandals and his hand-written Qur"an which is considered to be a calligraphic work of art
The room is opened once every year to the public. In 1920 the cupboard was purchased by a senior British police inspector, Raymond Esquire as a tribute to the saint he revered.
On 2005-2005-21, the government of Maharashtra named the JJ Flyover after the saint as a tribute to the saint.
The 2.1 kilometre flyover is the longest viaduct in the country.
