Syed Waheed Ashraf

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

Education and career Ashraf received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. (1965) degrees from Aligarh Muslim University. The title of his doctoral dissertation was A Critical Edition of Lataif-e-Ashrafi. After serving at a number of Indian universities (Punjabi University at Patiala, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda at Vadodara and the University of Madras), Ashraf retired as head of the department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu at the University of Madras at Chennai in 1993. Fluent in seven languages (Middle Persian, New Persian, Arabic, English, Hindustani [Hindi-Urdu] and Gujarati), he writes in Urdu, Persian and English,"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. has written, edited or compiled over 35 books. Ashraf has focused on upholding and propagating the principles and practices of Sufism.

Works

Books

Sufism and Islamic studies Urdu Hayat-e-Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani First Edition (1975) Second Edition (2017) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Tasawwuf (Part I) (1988), Reprint (2016)Mumbai Urdu News , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Tasawwuf (Part II) (2020), , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 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 Aurad-e-Ashrafia (Urdu and Arabic, 2007)

Persian Jawahir-us-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 Ruba'i (1987) Tajalliyāt First Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2018) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Lamhaat First Ed.(1998), Second Ed.(2023) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Munājāt First Ed.(2002), Second Ed.(2022) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Āyāt First Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2020) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Saughāt (2005) Chainama (2016) Barakaat First Ed.(2021), , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002

Persian Parwaaz-e-Tafakkur (2015) 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, Second Edition 2015) Afsar Maudoodi Mutalae Afsar Maudoodi (2012) Muqaddema-e-Rubai First Ed.(2001), Reprint (2019) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 202002 Urdu Zaban Mein Na'at-Gō'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 "The Political and Economic Thoughts of Hadrat Saiyed Ashraf Jahangir", 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, West Bengal, India 700016. "Avicenna's Explanation of Destiny",Indo-Iranica, The Quarterly Organ of the Iran Society, Volume-34: Nos: 1 to 4: March- Dec: 1981: IBN SINA NUMBER Iran Society, 12 Dr. M. Ishaque Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 700016 "Nationalism in Urdu Poetry" Annals of Oriental Research, University of Madras, Volume 31 (1982), p. 391. "An Introduction to the Persian Poetry of Iqbal" in Annals of Oriental Research, University of Madras, Volume 30i (1980), p. 1-14. "Modern Persian Prose" Annals of Oriental Research, University of Madras, Volume xxviii, part 2 p. 1-8 (1979) "Sufism" ,Annals of Oriental Research, University of Madras, Volume 32(I) (1984), p. 55-72. "The contribution of the House of Qutb-e-Vellore to Persian Literature", Annals of Oriental Research, University of Madras, pages 1–22, volume xxx part2 (1981) "A Scholastic Approach To Some Muslim Religious Movements In India During 14th Century A.H., Annals of Oriental Research, University of Madras, Pages 1–30, Volume xxxi part 1, (1982)

Urdu Urdu Mein Na-at Goi Ka Fan - Naat Rang - Vol. 14 (اردو میں نعت گوئی کا فن ،- ڈاکٹر سیّد وحید اشرف کچھوچھوی) Nafhat-ul-Uns par Tahqeeqi Nazar(1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Jan. 1966 Nafhat-ul-Uns par Tahqeeqi Nazar(2), Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Feb. 1966 Tareekh-e-Paidaisho Wafaat Hazrat Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mar. 1966 Tasawwuf-e-Islami Par Ek Hindustani Kitaab (1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Aug. 1968 Tasawwuf-e-Islami Par EK Hindustani Kitaab (2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Sept. 1968 Tasawwuf-o-Suluk Shah Hamdani Ki Tahreeron Mein (1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Jan. 1989 Tasawwuf-o-Suluk Shah Hamdani Ki Tahreeron Mein (2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Feb. 1989 Khwaja Hafiz Sheerazi Ki Shairi Mein Sulook (1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Nov. 1991 Khwaja Hafiz Sheerazi Ki Shairi Mein Sulook (2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Dec. 1991 Iqbal Ki Faarsi Shairi par Ek Ijmaali Nazar (1), Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Jan.1995 Iqbal Ki Faarsi Shairi par Ek Ijmaali Nazar (2), Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mar.1995 Amir Khusro Bahaisiat-e-Faarsi Rubai Nigaar, Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Feb. 2001 Abdul Qadir Fakhri Maharban, Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, Oct.2002 Hazrat Zauqi Ki Farsi Shairi, Maarif, Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 2003 Ahmad Raza Ki Farsi Aur Urdu Shairi, Al-Meezan Monthly, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Imam Ahmad Raza (1976) Masnavi Asrar-e-Khudi Ki Fikri Buniyaad, Ziya-e-Wajeeh Monthly, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Persian Rubaiyaat (Amir Khusrau) Mutala'-e-Hafiz Shirazi Az Hais Zabaan-o-Sabk Bayaan, Danish 56-57, 3645 ()

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