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Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawi (April 15, 1911 - June 17, 1998 AD) was a religious scholar and former Egyptian Minister of Endowments. He is considered one of the most famous interpreters of the meanings of the Holy Qur’an in the modern era. He worked on interpreting the Holy Qur’an in simplified and colloquial ways, which made him able to reach a larger segment of Muslims throughout the Arab world. Some called him the Imam of Preachers.

He graduated in 1940 AD, and obtained an international diploma with a teaching license in 1943 AD. After his graduation, Sheikh Al-Shaarawi was appointed to the Religious Institute in Tanta, then he moved to the Religious Institute in Zagazig, then the Religious Institute in Alexandria, and after a long period of experience, Sheikh Al-Shaarawi moved to work in Saudi Arabia in 1950 to work as a professor of Sharia at Umm Al-Qura University. Sheikh Al-Shaarawi was forced to teach the subject of beliefs, despite his originally specialization in language, and this in itself constitutes a great difficulty. However, Sheikh Al-Shaarawi was able to prove his superiority in teaching this subject to a great degree that received everyone’s approval and appreciation. In 1963, a dispute occurred between President Gamal Abdel Nasser and King Saud.

As a result, President Gamal Abdel Nasser prevented Sheikh Al-Shaarawi from returning to Saudi Arabia again. [citation needed] He was appointed in Cairo as director of the office of the Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Sheikh Hassan Mamoun. After that, Sheikh Al-Shaarawi traveled to Algeria as head of the Al-Azhar mission there, and he stayed in Algeria for about seven years, which he spent teaching. While he was in Algeria, the setback of June 1967 occurred, and Al-Shaarawi prostrated in gratitude for the harshest military defeats that Egypt had suffered - and he justified this “with the letter ta” in Program from A to Z, by saying, “Egypt did not win while it was in the arms of communism, so the Egyptians were not tempted in their religion.” When Sheikh Al-Shaarawi returned to Cairo and was appointed director of the endowments of the Gharbia Governorate for a period, then agent for preaching and thought, then agent for Al-Azhar, then he returned again to Saudi Arabia, where he Teaching at King Abdulaziz University.

In November 1976, Mr. Mamdouh Salem, the Prime Minister at the time, chose the members of his ministry, and assigned Sheikh Al-Shaarawi the Ministry of Endowments and Al-Azhar Affairs. Al-Shaarawi remained in the ministry until October 1978. He was considered the first to issue a ministerial decision to establish the first Islamic bank in Egypt, which was Faisal Bank, as this was one of the powers of the Minister of Economy or Finance (Dr. Hamid Al-Sayeh in this period), who authorized him, and the People’s Assembly approved this. In 1987 AD, he was chosen as a member of the Arabic Language Academy (the Immortal Academy). The following is the complete career progression of Sheikh Al-Shaarawi: The positions he held: He was appointed as a teacher at the Tanta Al-Azhari Institute and worked there, then he was transferred to the Alexandria Institute, then the Zagazig Institute.

Seconded to work in Saudi Arabia in 1950. He worked as a teacher at the College of Sharia, King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. He was appointed deputy director of the Tanta Al-Azhari Institute in 1960 AD. Appointed director of the Islamic Call the Ministry of Awqaf 1961. he had been employed as a Arabic Sciences monitor in Holy Azhar in 1962. He was appointed director of the office of the Grand Imam, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Hassan Mamoun, in 1964 AD. He was appointed head of the Al-Azhar delegation in Algeria in 1966. He was appointed a visiting professor at King Abdul Aziz University, Faculty of Sharia, in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, 1970 AD. Appointed Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies at King Abdulaziz University in 1972.

He was appointed Minister of Endowments and Al-Azhar Affairs in the Arab Republic of Egypt in 1976 AD. Appointed a member of the Islamic Research Complex, 1980. He was named a member of the Shura Council, Egypt 1980. He was offered the sheikhdom of Al-Azhar, as well as a position in a number of Islamic countries, but he refused and decided to devote himself to Islamic preaching.