Literary Life
A prolific writer, Saeed contributed to Kannada literature by writing 22 books on various topics. He also translated 25 books from Urdu and English into Kannada language. His most famous booklet on communal harmony has been used to promote harmony between peoples of different faiths who live together. It is often distributed free of cost. Another celebrated work, Tappu kalpanegalu, was reprinted nine times. It earned him prominence in the neighboring states of Karnataka when it was translated into English, Marathi and Tamil. He had also rendered services as chairman of Shanti Prakashana, a publishing company based in Mangalore city.
His work Mahakavi Iqbalara kavanagalu is an attempt to transform thoughts and philosophy of Allama Iqbal into Kannada language which he had started to pen down in his popular weekly, Sanmarga. Shanti Prakashana, of which he was chairman, later brought it out in book form. This is the first major work in Kannada as regard to Sir Allama Iqbal’s poetry or philosophy is concerned.
Ibrahim Saeed also served on the translation board of Divya Qur’an and Qur’an Vyakhyana. The former is a translation and the latter is commentary (Tafsir) work of the Qur’an in Kannada. Qur’an Vyakhyana is an abridged version of Towards Understanding the Qur'an, the renowned Qur’an exegesis. He has enormously contributed to bring out Kannada Translation of Qur'an in audio cassettes and later in CD form.
Pravadi Jeevana Sandesha is a biography of Muhammad with proper citations and reference sources.
Ibrahim Saeed was a columnist in Prajavani, the largest published Kannada daily of Karnataka. In Prajavani he wrote under nom de plume Sanmargi..
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