with mawbey he had a son, rashid (born 1922/3), but this marriage too ended in failure. he was a respected intellectual in india and sir muhammad iqbal recruited him to be the principal of islamia college in lahore, serving from 1925 to 1927 and again from 1935 to 1937. he was also a fellow and syndic of the university of the punjab (1925–8 and 1935–9) and a member of the punjab university enquiry committee (1932–33). among his publications were "muslim educational ideals" (1923), "fundamentals of islam" (1929), "moral education: aims and methods" (1930), "personality of man in islam" (1931), and "the message of islam" (1940). however, his best known scholarly work is his translation into english and commentary of the "qur'an", "" (1934–8; revised edition 1939–40), which remains one of the two most widely used english versions (the other being the translation by marmaduke pickthall). he served on the indian delegation to the league of nations assembly in 1928.