Author

Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi

مولانا اشرف علی تھانوی

1863–1943 Also spelled: Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Ashraf Ali Thanavi, Muhammad Ashraf Ali Thanavi, Mohammad Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Thanvi Ashraf Ali, ali Thanvi Ashraf, Hakim-ul-Ummat, اشرف علی تھانوی

Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (1863–1943) was a scholar, jurist and writer from Thana Bhawan in British India, where he spent most of his life teaching and writing after his studies at Darul Uloom Deoband. He wrote widely on tafseer, fiqh, hadith and the inner life: his Quran commentary Bayan-ul-Quran (1908), the household guide to Islamic practice Bahishti Zewar, the book of supplications Munajat-e-Maqbool and the life of the Prophet Nashr-ut-Tayyib are still read across Pakistan and India.