Muhammad Hamidullah (Urdu: محمد حمیداللہ, romanized: Muḥammad Ḥamīdullāh; 19 February 1908 – 17 December 2002) was an Indian Islamic scholar from the princely state of Hyderabad.
[3] Hamidullah obtained the degree of Maulawi Kamil with distinction from Madrasah Nizamiyah, followed by a BA, LLB and MA in international law from Osmania University.
After serving in the faculty of Bonn as a lecturer in Arabic and Urdu for a short time, he registered at Sorbonne University in France for his second doctorate.
[5] He is known for contributions to the research of Hadith, translating the Quran into multiple languages, and for his biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in French.
[9] Having "authored over 100 books in English, French, German, Arabic and Urdu, and about 1000 scholarly essays and articles on the various aspects of Islam and related areas",[10] Muhammad Hammidullah's notable publications include :