Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Irfan-ul-Haq ma ʻAukake 14, 1946, ma Najibabad, District Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh, India), i kahi ʻohana hanohano. Ma hope o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, neʻe ʻo ia i Pakistan me kona mau mākua a noho ma ke awāwa nani o Jhelum. Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna hoʻonaʻauao mua mai Jhelum a ma hope ua hui pū ʻo ia me Muslim Commercial Bank no ka hana. Ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai kāna hana ma 1992 a hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī. Ma 1994, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e lawelawe i ke kanaka a hoʻomaka i ka ho'ōla ma o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Allah, nā pule, a me nā meaʻai. Ua hana ʻo Allah iā ia i kēia manawa o ka hopena o nā lā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā aniani o ko mākou naʻau.