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This paper argues that Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first Minister of Education, was not merely a nationalist leader but a unique epistemic bridge between classical Islamic theology and post-Enlightenment secular democracy. By analyzing his neglected Urdu writings (e.g., Tarjuman al-Quran , Ghubar-e-Khatir ), the paper challenges the binary of “Muslim separatist” versus “Congress loyalist.” Instead, it posits Azad as a radical pluralist whose vision of composite nationalism was rooted in a distinct interpretation of Quranic tawhid (unity of God) as a metaphor for inter-communal harmony. The paper concludes that Azad’s failure to institutionalize this vision—and its subsequent erasure from both Indian and Pakistani national narratives—offers a critical lesson for contemporary debates on minority rights, secularism, and decolonization. This paper argues that Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,
