Syed Waheed Ashraf

Syed Waheed Ashraf
Title	Allama, Shaikhe Tariqat
Personal life
Born	(1933-02-04) 4 February 1933
Nationality	Indian
Era	Present
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.

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. 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, 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

• Hayate Makhdoom Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani(1975) Second Ed.(2017) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• Tasawwuf (Part I ) (1988), Reprint (2016) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• Tasawwuf (Part II ) (2020), , 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)
• Tajalliyāt First Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2018) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• Lamhaat First Ed.(1998), Second Ed.(2023) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• Munājāt First Ed.(2002), Second Ed.(2022) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• Āyāt First Ed.(1996), Second Ed.(2020) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• Saughāt (2005)
• ChaiNama (2016)
• Barakaat First Ed.(2021), , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India

Persian

• Parwaaze 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-RubaiFirst Ed.(2001), Reprint (2019) , Maktaba Jamia Ltd, Shamshad Market, Aligarh 202002, India
• 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)

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 700,016.
• "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 700,016.
• "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 Naat Goi Ka Fan-Naat Rang- Vol. 14 (اردو میں نعت گوئی کا فن ،- ڈاکٹر سیّد وحید اشرف کچھوچھوی)
• Nafhatul- Uns par Tahqeeki Nazar(1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Jan. 1966 [1] Archived 15 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Nafhatul -Uns par Tahqeeki Nazar(2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Feb. 1966 [2] Archived 19 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Tareekhe Paidaisho Wafaat Hazrat Syed Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Mar. 1966 [3] Archived 22 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
• Tasawwufe Islami Par Ek Hindustani Kitaab(1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Aug. 1968 [4] Archived 14 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Tasawwufe Islami Par EK Hindustani Kitaab (2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Sept. 1968 [5] Archived 22 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
• Tasawwuf o Sulluk Shah Hamdani Ki Tahreeron Mein (1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Jan. 1989 [6]
• Tasawwuf o Sulluk Shah Hamdani Ki Tahreeron Mein (2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Feb. 1989 [7]
• Khwaja Hafiz Sheerazi Ki Shairi Mein Sulook(1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Nov. 1991 [8]
• Khwaja Hafiz Sheerazi Ki Shairi Mein Sulook(2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Dec. 1991 [9]
• Iqbal Ki Faarsi Shairi par Ek Ijmaali Nazar(1), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Jan.1995 [10]
• Iqbal Ki Faarsi Shairi par Ek Ijmaali Nazar(2), Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Mar.1995 [11]
• Amir Khusro Bahaisiate Faarsi Rubai Nigaar,, Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Feb. 2001 [12]
• Abdul Qadir Fakhri Maharban, Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, Oct.2002 [13]
• Hazrat Zauqi Ki Farsi Shairi, Maarif, Darul Musannafein, Azamgarh, May2003 [14]
• Ahmad Raza Ki Farsi Aur Urdu Shairi, Al-Meezan Monthly, Bombay, Imam Ahmad Raza Number, 1976
• Masnavi Asrare Khudi Ki Fikri Buniyaad, Ziyae Wajeeh Monthly, Rampur

Persian

• "Rubaiyaat (Amir Khusro)"
• "Mutalae Hafiz Shirazi Az Hais Zabaano Subk Bayaan", Danish 56-57, 3645(مطالعه خواجه حافظ شیرازی از حیث زبان و سبک) -دانش،57 و 56.*3645