His initial studies began at his local primary school and later at the nearby Natun Bazar Jame Mosque. He then enrolled at Maheshkhali's Madrasa-e-Islamia Gorakghata where he completed his primary education. Although he studied at the Imdadia Qasimul Uloom Natun Bazar Madrasa for a short time, he was educated privately by Fazal Ahmad after. In 1369 AH (1949-1950 CE), he became a student at the Ashraful Uloom Jhapua. Azizul Haq visited the madrasa and noticed Zauq's talent, eventually inviting him to complete Dawra-e Hadith at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya three years later. He graduated from that madrasa in 1959 and started teaching.[9]
In 1965, he left Jamia Patiya for the first time in order to establish an educational institution, and with his friend scholar Kamal Uddin established a madrassa named Qasimul Uloom in Agrabad. That year, he devoted himself as a teacher at Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar in response to the call of Allama Harun Babunagari. Nadvi taught Arabic literature and Hadith at higher levels and served as a Mufti. He established an organization named Nadiatul Adab for the study of Arabic Literature. After Bangladesh's independence, he was appointed to Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya for the second time. He taught Tahawi Sharif, Tirmidhi Sharif, Mishkat and other important books there. He sponsored the Arabic Language Department, establishing an Arabic Language Academy. At that time, a quarterly Arabic journal named As-Subhul Jadeed, was published regularly via his editing.
In 1981, he went to India to participate in its International Literary Seminar and stayed for two months in the Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama. In 1986, Nadvi was appointed to the trustee board of Rabeta Al-Adab al-Aslami (Universal League of Islamic Literature), and was declared chairman of Bangladesh regional office of the organization. In his invitation in 1984, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi traveled to Bangladesh and advised him about establishing a madrassa. In 1985, Allama Zauq Nadwi left Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya for the second time and established Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia.
At his initiative, an international literary seminar Islamic Influences in the Languages and Literature of the Eastern Nations was held in 1994 chaired by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi in Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia under the management of Rabita al-Adab al-Islami. In this seminar, the best poets of the Muslim world were present.
