This is a list of notable Muslim writers and poets.
Writers and poets
A
Arshadul Qadri (Indian) Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Indian) Aamer Hussein (Pakistani) Abbas el-Akkad (Egyptian) Abdul Rahman Munif (Jordanian) Abdullahi dan Fodio (Nigerian) Abdullah Khan (Indian) Abdulah Sidran (Bosniak) Abid Azad (Bangladeshi) Abul Ala Maududi (Maulana Maududi) (Pakistani) Abul Hasan (poet) (Bangladeshi) Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (Persian) Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (Bangladeshi) Abul Kalam Azad (Indian) Abu Nuwas (Arab Persian) Abu Tammam (Syrian Arab) Abu Zafar Obaidullah (Bangladeshi) Aga Shahid Ali (Indian American) Ahmad Ibn Arabshah (Syrian Arab) Ahmed Ali (Pakistani) Ahmed Sofa (Bangladesh) Ahsan Habib (Bangladeshi) Ali Sardar Jafri (Indian) Akbar S. Ahmed (Pakistani American) Ayad Akhtar (Pakistani American) Akhtaruzzaman Elias (Bangladeshi) Alaol (modern-day Bangladeshi) Al-Hallaj (Persian Sufi) Al-Hariri of Basra (Basra, Iraq) Al-Mutanabbi (Kufa, Iraq) Al-Jahiz (Basra, Iraq) Al Mahmud (Poet, Bangladesh) Alamgir Hashmi (Pakistani) Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (Indian) Asma Gull Hasan (American) Azizul Haque (Indian)
B
Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (Azerbaijani) Bande Ali Mia (Bangladeshi) Basharat Peer (Indian) Begum Rokeya (India/Bangladesh) Belal Muhammad (Bangladeshi) Bilkisu Funtuwa (Nigerian) Boonaa Mohammed (Ethiopian) Brother Dash (American)
D
Dawud Wharnsby (Canadian) Dalia Mogahed (Egyptian American) Daniel Moore (American) Dina Aziz (British Bangladeshi)
E
Enamul Karim Nirjhar (Bangladeshi)
F
Ferdowsi (Persian) Fareed Zakaria (Indian American) Faisal Kutty (Indo-Canadian) Farrukh Ahmed (Bangladeshi) Fatima Mernissi (Moroccan) Fazal Shahabuddin (Bangladeshi) Fazlul Haque Amini (Bangladeshi) Fazza (UAE poet)
G
G. Willow Wilson (American) Ghalib (Indian) Ghulam Azam (Bangladesh) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Pakistani) Ghulam Ahmad Parwez (Pakistani)
H
Hafiz (Persian) Hafiz Rashid Khan (Bangladeshi) Hanifa Deen (Australian, Pakistani origin) Hasan Hafizur Rahman (Bangladeshi) Hashim Amir Ali (Hyderabad, India) Helal Hafiz (Bangladeshi) Humayun Ahmed (Bangladeshi) Humayun Azad (Bangladeshi) Humayun Kabir (Indian) Huseyn Javid (Azerbaijani)
I
Ibn al-Nafis (Syrian Arab) Ibn Quzman (Al-Andalus,Spain) Imtiaz Dharker (British-Pakistani)
J
Jafar Jabbarly (Azerbaijani) Jalaluddin Umri (Indian) Jamila al-'Alayili (Egyptian) Jasimuddin (Bangladeshi) Javed Akhtar (Indian) Joel Hayward (British)
K
Kabir (Indian Sufi) Muhammad Mojlum Khan (British-Bangladeshi) Kan Chun (also known as Mohamad Omar) (Burmese) Kaykobad (Bangladesh)(also known as Kazem Ali Quereshi) Kazi Kader Newaj (Bangladesh) Kazi Nazrul Islam (India /Bangladesh) Khaled Hosseini (Afghan-American) Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (Bangladeshi) Khurram Murad (Pakistan) Khurshidbanu Natavan (Azerbaijan) Kyar Ba Nyein (Myanmar) Jamilah Kolocotronis (America)
L
Leila Aboulela (Sudanese)
M
Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (Indian) Mahmoud Darwish (Palestinian) Mak Dizdar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Malique Ibrahim (Malysian) Marmaduke Pickthall (British) Martin Lings (British) Maryam Sullivan (American) Maung Thaw Ka (Burmese) Mawlana Faizani (Afghan) May Ziadeh (Lebanese,she is a Maronite Christian) Meša Selimović (Bosnian) Melody Moezzi (Iranian-American) Michael Wolfe (American) Michael Muhammad Knight (American) Minyoon Shah Inat (Nasarpur, Sindh, Pakistan) Mir Mosharraf Hossain (Bangladeshi) Mirza Abul Fazl (Allahabad, India) Mirza Fatali Akhundov (Iranian Azerbaijanis) Mirza Alakbar Sabir (Azerbaijani,born in Russian Empire) Mizanur Rahman Sayed (Bangladesh) Modibbo Raji (Niger) Mohja Kahf (Syrian-American) Mona Eltahawy (Egyptian-American) Morteza Motahari (Iranian) Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bangladesh) Motiur Rahman Mollik (Bangladeshi) Mohammed Mozammel Haque (West Bengal India; 1860-1933) Mozid Mahmud (Bangladeshi) Mohammad Anwar Shopiani (India) Muhammad Asad (Non-National Pakistani,born in Ukraine) Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (Bangladesh) Muhammed Bello (Nigerian) Muhammed Fethullah Gulen (Turkish) Sir Muhammad Iqbal (British India) Murad Wilfred Hofmann (German) Musa Ćazim Ćatić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
N
Naim Frashëri (Albanian) Na'ima B Robert (British-South African) Naguib Mahfouz (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1988) (Egyptian) Ali Akbar Natiq (Pakistani) Nezami Aruzi (Persian, born in Uzbekistan) Nilima Ibrahim (Bangladeshi) Nizami Ganjavi (Persian,born in Azerbaijan) Nouman Ali Khan (American,Pakistani origin) Nimah Ismail Nawwab (Malaysian,Saudi Arabian origin)
O
Omar Khayyám (Persian) Orhan Pamuk (Nobel Prize in Literature, 2006) (Turkish)
R
Rajaa al-Sanea (Saudi Arabian) Ian Iqbal Rashid (Tanzanian) Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (British) Rumi (Persian poet,birthplace is in Tajikistan) Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (Pakistani)
S
Sa'adi (Persian) Saheb Qibla Fultali (Bangladeshi) Saffarzadeh, Tahereh (Iranian) Safvet-beg Bašagić (Bosnian) Salman Rushdie (British-Indian) Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (Sindh, Pakistan) Shah Ahmad Shafi (Bangladeshi) Shah Muhammad Sagir (Bangladeshi) Shamsur Rahman (Bangladeshi) Shaheed Quaderi (Bangladeshi) Shahnaz Bashir (Indian) Shaikh Ayaz (Sindh, Pakistan) U Shwe Yoe (a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.) Sikdar Aminul Haq (Bangladeshi) Soheib Bencheikh (French Saudi Arabian) Stephen Schwartz (American) Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (British spoken word poet, writer, and speaker) (British,Pakistani origin) Sultan Bahoo (Sufi writer and poet from Punjab, Pakistan) Sufi Barkat Ali (Punjab, Pakistan) Syed Shamsul Huq (Bangladeshi) Syed Waliullah (Bangladeshi)
T
Taha Hussein (Egyptian) Tariq Rahman (Pakistan)
U * Usman dan Fodio (Nigerian) Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani)
Y
Yahiya Emerick (American) Yunus Emre (Turkish) Yusuf al-Khal (Syrian) Yusuf Balasagun (Turkic,native of Kyrgyzstan)
Z
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (Pakistani) Zaid Shakir (American) Zoubeida Bittari (Algerian) Zuko Džumhur (Bosnian)
See also Arabic poetry Islamic architecture Islamic art history Islamic calligraphy Islamic fiction Islamic literature Islamic music Islamic pottery List of Moroccan writers List of Muslim painters List of Muslims List of people by belief
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