Biography of Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Translator of The Noble Quran, Sahih Al-Bukhari, Al-lu'lu' wal Margan and many other books
Dr. Muhammad Muhsin s/o Muhi-ud-Din bin AhmedAI-EssaAI-Khoashki Al-Jamandi Al-Afghani, was born in the year 1345 Al-Hijri, in Qasur, a city of the Punjab Province, in Pakistan.
His grandfathers emigrated from Afghanistan escaping from the wars and ribalstrifes. Dr. Muhammad Muhsin belongs to the famous Afghanese tribe AlKhoashki Al-Jamandi. The residence place of his tribe was the valley of Afghastansouth east of the city of Kandhar (Afghanistan).
He had most of his education in that city, then he continued his education till he gained Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Punjab, Lahore. Then he worked in the University Hospital in Lahore, after that he traveled to England and stayed there for about four years, where he got the Diploma of Chest Diseases from the University of Wales. Then he worked in the Ministry of Health, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He came during the period of late King Abdul Aziz A'l-i-Saud. He stayed in the Ministry of Health for about 15 years, most of that period was in At-Ta'if, where he worked as the Director of El-Sadad Hospital for the Chest Diseases, then he moved to AlMadinah, where he worked as a Chief of the Department of Chest Diseases in the King's Hospital. Then lastly, he worked as the Director of the Islamic University Clinic, Al-Madinah.
Allah (glory is to Him) helped him to share with Dr. M. Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali in the translation of the meanings of the Ahadith of the Book Sahih Al-Bukhari and the Book Al-Lulu wal Marjan and the meanings of the interpretation of the Qur'an into the English.