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

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books and also wrote many articles and poems. He received the title "Adeeb-e-Asr" ("Writer of the era") from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi during the tour of Iran in 1990.

Biography

Early life and education

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi was born at Gopalpur,

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, 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

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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. He returned home after completing his last exam Mumtaz-ul-Afazil at Jamia Nazmia.

Death and funeral

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi died on 10 February 2002. His funeral was attended by many

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and preachers and was followed by a crowd at Gopalpur,

, Bihar.

Bibliography

As translator

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Articles

His articles was greatly influenced by

Literature and enlighten many historic facts of Islam. His articles mainly laid emphasis on Qur'an, wilayat, tragedy of

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, and usool-e-deen. Some of his articles are listed below:
wilayet-e-Ali(a.s) Qur'an ki raushni mewilayat-e-Ali(a.s) ki Ma'wun AhadeesGhadir aur Qur'anGhadeer: Daaman ki DhajjiyanAhmiyat Ghadir: Masumeen(a.s) ki nazar meShuja'at Hazrat Zahra(s.a)Imam Hussain(a.s) paikar-e-MuhabbatImam Hussain(a.s) per GiryaZikr-e-Khuda aur KarbalaAadi Tariqa shahadat kyuGhulamo ke Hukhuq aur KarbalaEk maqbool Nauhajanabe Qasim(a.s) ki Shahadat
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.

References

External links

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