Highest Qualification
M.Phil (Islamic Studies)
Specialization / Major
Islamic Studies
PROFILE SUMMARY
Abdul Quddoos Durrani is an academic, researcher, and religious scholar serving as a Lecturer in the Department of Islamic Studies at the Virtual University of Pakistan since January 2011. Bringing over two decades of experience in higher education, he previously spent more than seven years on the faculty of the College of Sharia and Modern Sciences at Minhaj University Lahore.
There, he specialized in instructing Arabic Grammar (Sarf u Nahve), Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh e Islami), and Quranic Exegesis (Tafseer e Quran), while concurrently directing student co-curricular development, including elite debate and recitation programs.
Mr. Durrani holds an M.Phil. in Islamic Studies with a specialization in Tafseer e Quran and is currently a Ph.D. candidate finalizing his doctoral research. His academic focus centers on leveraging Quranic principles to derive solutions for contemporary socio-religious challenges facing the global Muslim Ummah. Bridging classical scholarship with modern community needs, he is a dedicated digital mentor, spearheading the youth-focused online forum "Shari'i Masail" to provide authentic, evidence-based guidance rooted in the Quran and Sunnah.
Parallel to his academic tenure, Mr. Durrani has maintained a prominent role in community leadership as a active Khateeb in Lahore Cantt since 1996, addressing critical contemporary, ethical, and societal issues. An avid digital educator, his scholarly media portfolio includes comprehensive, recorded thematic series detailing the complete biography (Seerat-e-Tayyaba) of the Holy Prophet ? from ancestral lineage to his passing, alongside the structural histories of the Prophets mentioned in the Quran. He is currently broadcasting a sequential historical series titled "Al-Sabiqun al-Awwalun" focused on the early Companions of the Prophet ?, distributed globally via his YouTube channel, "Islam Balanced Approach."
A recognized voice in global Islamic unity, he frequently represents Pakistani scholarship at international symposia across Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, and Iran.