Dato’ Dr. Syed ʿAlī Tawfīk al-ʿAṭṭās Speech after the Ṣolāt al-Janāzah for Royal Laureate Professor Dr. Syed Muḥammad Naquīb al-ʿAṭṭās at Masjīd Taqwa TTDI, Kuala Lumpur

“My name is As-Sayyid ʿAlī Tawfīk al-ʿAṭṭās. I am the eldest son of Professor Sayyid Muḥammad Naquīb al-ʿAṭṭās. I could stand up here and I could extol all of his virtues, and I could tell you all about the fact that he has guided thousands and thousands and thousands of Muslims. He’s dedicated his entire life to the religion of Islām, to education. I could tell you also that he was an unbelievable intellect, he was a towering mind. All of these things we already know. his works proved it. His writings, the fact that he spends his entire life educating the Muslims. I think I’d like to say another thing though, because I read a lot of comments online and I thank them and they have all been saying how Prof. Al-ʿAṭṭās’ one of the greatest philosophers, one of the greatest minds…all of that is true. But I think we are missing something. Above from the fact that he is a towering mind, he was a man of action. He was a *doer.* Whatever he set his mind to he was determined to make it happen. His legacy is not just intellectualism — it’s in art, in architecture, in humanities, in politics — in all fields, as early as 15 years old in 1946, he was asked to define the meaning of that political party which is called PEKEMBAR at the time. He was the one that designed the flag, that later became the symbol of unity for the government. He was also the man who brought Truth to the universities, the National University. He was the first man to propose an Islāmic University, and that became fruitful in 1987 where the International Institute of Islāmic Thought and Civilisation was founded by him. That was the true meaning of Islāmic University. And look at the building itself. That was all his design. Every bit of it, he had his finger on it. Even the furniture, even the light fixture, the tiles…every single thing was his own drawing. He had his hands on everything. The library that he built. A 156 thousand volumes, all of it was done by him. This is what we have. This is the legacy that he leaves us. This is the trust that he gives us.

My father was a good man. He did not…he did not tell lies. When he spoke, he spoke the Truth. When he was given an amānah, he held fast to it. When he made a promise, you could be sure he would keep it. His promise to the Muslim ummah, was to educate them. His promise to the Muslim ummah, was to ennoble us. To ennoble the Muslims. And he has done so. We say, Innā liLlāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūn…when we have suffered a great calamity. While we do mourn, we must not forget to celebrate him. We must not forget to celebrate what he left us.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My family thanks you. May Allāh bless you all. May Allāh comfort us. May Allāh Guide us. May Allāh put him in His ample Garden of Paradise. Āmīn Ya Rabb Al-ʿĀlamīn. Thank you very much. As-salāmu ʿalaykum.”

– transcribed upon request by and from the recordings by Ayman Azlan and my adik Aniq Anas 🤍
19 Ramaḍān 1447H | 9 March 2026
2.30pm
Atiqah Anas,
Kulim, Kedah

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Pukul: 07.30-09.00 WIB
Pemateri: Adian Husaini, Ph.D. (Kaprodi Doktoral Sekolah Pascasarjana Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor)
Keynote: Dr. Mujidin (Ketua SPTI)
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