The language went by several names over the years: Hindawi or Hindī ("language of India"); Dehlavi ("of Delhi"); and Hindustani, ("of Hindustan").
Muhammad Farooq did his early Nazra education from Karachi by Qari Kal-e-Khan, and he learned Tajweed and Hifz (11 Pare) by Qari Hilal Ahmad Dehlavi, Imam and Khateeb of Tooba Mosque (Masjid e Tooba) Defense Housing Society Karachi.