Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi (19 September 1948 – 10 February 2002), widely known as Adeeb-e-Asr and Allamah Shaoor, was an Indian Twelver Shī'ah scholar, public speaker, translator, and historian as well as an author and poet. He authored and translated many Islamic books and also wrote many articles and poems.
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | (1948-09-19)19 September 1948 Gopalpur, Siwan District, Bihar, India |
Died | 10 February 2002(2002-02-10) (aged 53) |
Pen name | Shaoor |
Occupation | Islamic scholar |
Notable works | Urdu Translation Volume Book Of Al-Ghadir |
Website | |
shaoorewilayat |
He received the title "Adeeb-e-Asr" ("Writer of the era") from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi during the tour of Iran in 1990.
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi was born at Gopalpur, Siwan district, Bihar state, India on 19 September 1948.[citation needed] His father was Syed Mazhar Hussain Rizvi. At the age of three, his father died and he was brought up by his mother. It was his mother's ambitions that lead him towards Islamic studies so he joined Jamia Nazmia and stayed in Madrasatul Waizeen. But due to financial problems he moved to Lucknow Shia Orphanage to fulfil his ambition to become an Islamic scholar. As soon as financial conditions improved he moved to Madrasatul Waizeen.[citation needed]
He returned home after completing his last exam Mumtaz-ul-Afazil at Jamia Nazmia.[citation needed]
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi died on 10 February 2002. His funeral was attended by many scholars and preachers and was followed by a crowd at Gopalpur, Siwan district, Bihar.[citation needed]
Part of a series on Shia Islam | |||
Twelver Shi'ism | |||
---|---|---|---|
The Fourteen Infallibles
|
|||
Principles
|
|||
Other beliefs
|
|||
Practices
|
|||
Other practices
|
|||
Groups
|
|||
Other related sects and groups
|
|||
Scholarship
|
|||
Hadith collections
|
|||
Sources of ijtihad and jurisprudence
|
|||
Related topics
|
|||
![]() | |||
|
His articles was greatly influenced by Islamic Literature and enlighten many historic facts of Islam. His articles mainly laid emphasis on Qur'an, wilayat, tragedy of Karbala, and usool-e-deen. Some of his articles are listed below:
Beside Islamic article, he had also written articles on Urdu Literature. This type of articles were related to different aspect of life and way of living it. The articles also describe the way of spreading Love, affection and generosity among mankind.
Islam topics | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outline of Islam | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
|
General | |
---|---|
National libraries | |
Other |
|