Twelver Shī'ah Scholar Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi سید علی اختر رضوی |
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Born | سیدعلی اختر رضوی 19 September 1948 Gopalpur, district siwan Bihar state, India |
Died | 10 February 2002 | (aged 53)
Pen name | Shaoor ( شعور) |
Occupation | Islamic scholar |
Ethnicity | Indian Twelver Shī'ah |
Citizenship | Indian |
Notable works | Urdu Translation of Book Al-Ghadir |
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Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi |
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi (Arabic: السيد علي اختر رضوي Urdu: سیدعلی اختر رضوی) ,(19 September 1948 – 10 February 2002) widely known as Adeeb-e-Asr (ادیب عصر) and Allamah Shaoor (علامہ شعور), 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.
He received the title Adeeb-e-Asr (Urdu: ادیب عصر, "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. 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.