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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References
1934 births
2017 deaths
Pakistani Sufi religious leaders
Awan
People from Chakwal District
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