Syed Waheed Ashraf

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Syed Waheed Ashraf
TitleAllama, Shaikhe Tariqat
Personal life
Born (1933-02-04) 4 February 1933 (age 92)
NationalityIndian
EraPresent
Region India
Main interest(s) Sufism
Notable work(s)Sufism, Arabic, English, Urdu and Persian quatrains (Rubai) and Naat, Persian and Urdu literary criticism, Islamic studies
Religious life
Religion Islam

Syed Waheed Ashraf (born 4 February 1933) is an Indian Sufi scholar and poet in Persian and Urdu.

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Education and career

Ashraf received his B.A., M.A. and PhD (1965) degrees from Aligarh Muslim University. The title of his doctoral dissertation was A Critical Edition of Lataife Ashrafi. [1] After serving at a number of Indian universities (Punjabi University at Patiala, M.S. University of Baroda and the University of Madras), Ashraf retired as head of the department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu at the University of Madras in 1993. Fluent in seven languages (Pahlavi, Persian, Arabic, Urdu, English, Hindi and Gujarati), he writes in Urdu, Persian and English, [2] has written, edited or compiled over 35 books.[ citation needed ] Ashraf has focused on upholding and propagating the principles and practices of Sufism.

Works

Books

Sufism and Islamic studies

Urdu
  • Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani (1975) [3] Second Ed.(2017) ISBN   978-93-85295-54-6, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India [4] HAYATE MAKHDOOM SYED ASHRAF JAHANGIR SEMNANI (2nd Ed.), 2017, OL   26384309M
  • Tasawwuf (Part I ) (1988), Reprint (2016) [5] ISBN   978-93-85295-28-7, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
  • Tasawwuf (Part II ) (2020), [5] ISBN   978-93-85295-13-3, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
  • Tafsīr-e-Ashrafi (Iradat), Part I
  • Tafsīr-e-Ashrafi (Bayat), Part II
  • Qāal-Alashraf
  • Qāal-Ussufia
  • Me'Rāj Sharīf (2003)
  • Roza (1996)
  • Mumin (2003)
  • Hajje Tamattu (2010)-*Chand Duyain Aur Mukhtasar Aurade Ashrafia (Urdu and Arabic, 2007)
Persian
  • Jawahirus-Sulūk (translated and illustrated)
  • Latāif-e-Ashrafi and Maktubāt-e-Ashrafi As Sources of History of Medieval India (sponsored by the Indian Council of Historical Research)
  • Muqaddema-e-Latāif-e-Ashrafi. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 1976.مقدمۀ لطايف اشرفي
  • Latāif-e-Ashrafi, part I (edited and annotated, 2010)
  • Latāif-e-Ashrafi, part II (edited and annotated, 2010)
  • Latāif-e-Ashrafi, part III (edited and annotated, 2010)
English
  • The Exoteric and Esoteric Aspects of Islamic Prayers (2005)

Poetry

Urdu
  • Rubai(1987) [6]
  • Tajalliyāt First Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2018) ISBN   978-93-85295-76-8, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
  • Lamhaat First Ed.(1998), Second Ed.(2023) ISBN   978-93-85295-76-8, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India [7]
  • Munājāt First Ed.(2002), Second Ed.(2022) ISBN   978-93-85295-36-2, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
  • Āyāt First Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2020) ISBN   93-85295-12-8, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
  • Saughāt (2005)
  • ChaiNama (2016)
  • Barakaat First Ed.(2021), ISBN   978-93-84434-62-5, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
Persian
  • Parwaaze Tafakkur (2015) [8]
  • Ruba'i: Part I (2010)
  • Ruba'i: Part II
  • Daryā Bi Qatrah (2009)

Criticism

Urdu
  • Fida (Pupil of Ghalib; Co-Author Malik Ram, First Edition 1983 [9] ))Second Edition (2015)
  • Afsar Maudoodi
  • Mutalae Afsar Maudoodi (2012)
  • Muqaddema-e-RubaiFirst Ed.(2001), Reprint (2019) ISBN   978-93-85295-00-4 {{isbn}}: Check isbn value: checksum (help), Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India [10]
  • Urdu Zaban Mein Na'at Gū'ī Ka Fan
  • Rūh-e-Mahmood
  • Tauzeehāt
Persian
  • Tafheemāt
  • Qasāid-e-Zauqi Vellori (translated, illustrated and edited)

Letters

  • Irtibāt-o-Inekaas (Urdu and English)

Articles

English

Urdu

Persian

References

  1. ↑ Ashraf, Saiyid Waheed (1965). A Critical Edition of the Lajaif-I-AshrafI Fi Bayan-I-Tawaif-I-Sufi (phd). Aligarh Muslim University.
  2. ↑ "The Political and Economic Thoughts of Hadrat Saiyed Ashraf Jahangir" in Indo-Iranica, The Quarterly Organ of the Iran Society, Volume 56, March, June, September and December 2003, Numbers 1 to 4. Iran Society, 12 Dr. M. Ishaque Road, Kolkata 700,016.
  3. ↑ "Hayat-e-Syed Ashraf Jahangir Samnani by Syed Waheed Ashraf Kachhauchhvi". Rekhta. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Daily, Shamstimes. "حیات مخدوم سید اشرف جہانگیر سمنانیؒ مکمل تحریر". Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 Mumbai Urdu News [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Rubai by Syed Waheed Ashraf Kachhauchhvi". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "12 Nov 2023 - Page 5". Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "رايزني فرهنگي ج .ا.ا - دهلي نو - اخبار > مجموعه رباعیات فارسی دکتر سید وحید اشرف منتشر شد". Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Deewan-e-Fida". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Muqaddama-e-Rubai Rubai Par Char Maqale by Syed Waheed Ashraf Kachhauchhvi". Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "نعت رنگ ۔شمارہ نمبر 14". نعت کائنات. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "رباعیات "امیرخسرو"". Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "Search - نورمگز".
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