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Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan ( ur, , ; born 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi,
British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
– died 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an
Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
and spiritual leader of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah order of Sufism. He belonged to Awan tribe. As a ''mufassir'', he authored four exegeses ('' tafsir'') of the Qur'an, including ''Asrar at-Tanzeel''. Awan was dean of the Siqarah Education System and patron of the magazine ''Al-Murshid'' and of the Al-Falah Foundation.


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1934 births 2017 deaths Pakistani Sufi religious leaders Awan People from Chakwal District {{Pakistan-reli-bio-stub