Personal life Abdus Salam

1 personal life

1.1 religion
1.2 death
1.3 legacy

personal life

salam private individual, kept public , personal lives quite separate. married twice; first time cousin, second time in accordance islamic law, , @ death, survived 3 daughters , son first wife, , son , daughter second, professor dame louise johnson, formerly professor of molecular biophysics in oxford university. 2 of daughters are; anisa bushra salam bajwa , aziza rahman.

religion

abdus salam ahmadi muslim, saw religion fundamental part of scientific work. once wrote holy quran enjoins reflect on verities of allah s created laws of nature; however, our generation has been privileged glimpse part of design bounty , grace render humble heart.

during acceptance speech nobel prize in physics, salam quoted verses quran , stated:

thou seest not, in creation of all-merciful imperfection, return thy gaze, seest thou fissure? return thy gaze, again , again. thy gaze, comes thee dazzled, aweary. [67:3–4]

this, in effect, faith of physicists; deeper seek, more our wonder excited, more dazzlement our gaze.

in 1974, pakistan parliament made constitutional amendment declared ahmadi non-muslims. in protest, salam left pakistan london. after departure, salam did not terminate connection pakistan, , kept close association theoretical physics group academic scientists pakistan atomic energy commission (paec). @ ictp, salam had launched series of post-research programmes pakistani academics whom had developed extremely close relations. in 1983, riazuddin , asghar qadir returned ictp had joined salam, , stayed him until 1990.

death

the defaced grave of abdus salam @ rabwah, pakistan

abdus salam died peacefully on 21 november 1996 @ age of 70 in oxford, england, progressive supranuclear palsy (psp). body returned pakistan , kept in darul ziafat, 13,000 men , women visited pay last respects. approximately 30,000 people attended funeral prayers.

salam buried in bahishti maqbara, cemetery established ahmadiyya community @ rabwah, punjab, pakistan, next parents graves. epitaph on tomb read first muslim nobel laureate . pakistani government removed muslim , left name on headstone. word muslim obscured on orders of local magistrate before moving national level. under ordinance xx, being ahmadi, considered non-muslim according definition provided in ii amendment constitution of pakistan.

legacy

salam s work in pakistan has been far reaching , regarded highly influential. salam remembered peers , students father of pakistan s school of theoretical physics pakistan s science. abdus salam charismatic , iconic figure, as symbol among them of working or/ researching toward in respected field. students, fellow scientists , engineers, remembered him brilliant teacher, , engaging researcher influence among others same. salam founded space research commission of served first founding director in 1980s. in 1998, government of pakistan issued commemorative stamp honour services of salam part of scientists of pakistan series. alma mater, government college lahore, university, has abdus salam chair in physics , abdus salam school of mathematical sciences named after him. abdus salam chair established in honour @ syed babar ali school of science , engineering in lahore university of management sciences. despite immense services had done pakistan , government, has been discriminated against because of affiliation ahmadiyya sect, pakistan government has denounced. has made significant contribution towards recent success of search higgs boson.

however, salam has been commemorated pakistan s noted , prominent scientists, students. many scientists have recalled college experiences. ghulam murtaza, professor of plasma physics @ government college university , student of salam, wrote:

a commemorative stamp honour abdus salam.

when dr. salam deliver lecture, hall packed , although subject particle physics, manner , eloquence such if talking literature. when finished lectures, listeners burst spontaneous applause , give him standing ovation. people parts of world come imperial college , seek dr. salam s help. give patient hearing including talking nonsense. treated respect , compassion , never belittled or offended anyone. dr. salam s strength sift jewels sand .

ishfaq ahmad, former chairman of paec , lifelong friend of salam recalls:

dr salam responsible sending 500 physicists, mathematicians , scientists pakistan, phd s best institutions in uk , usa .

in august 1996, former chairman of paec , lifelong friend, munir ahmad khan met salam in oxford. munir ahmad khan, headed nuclear weapons , energy programme, said:

last meeting abdus salam 3 months ago. disease had taken toll , unable talk. yet understood said. told him celebration held in pakistan on seventieth birthday. kept staring @ me. had risen above praise. rose leave pressed hand express feelings if wanted thank had said kind words him. dr. abdus salam had deep love pakistan in spite of fact treated unfairly , indifferently own country. became more , more difficult him come pakistan , hurt him deeply. has returned home finally, rest in peace ever in soil loved much. may in years come rise above our prejudice , own him , give him, after death, not when alive. pakistanis may choose ignore dr. salam, world @ large remember him.