Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi


Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi, widely known as Adeeb-e-Asr and Allamah Shaoor, was an Indian Twelver Shī'ah scholar, public speaker, translator, and historian as well as an author and poet. He authored and translated many Islamic books and also wrote many articles and poems.
He received the title Adeeb-e-Asr from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi during the tour of Iran in 1990.

Biography

Early life and education

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi was born at Gopalpur, Siwan district, Bihar state, India on 19 September 1948. His father was Syed Mazhar Hussain Rizvi. At the age of three, his father died and he was brought up by his mother. It was his mother's ambitions that lead him towards Islamic studies so he joined Jamia Nazmia and stayed in Madrasatul Waizeen. But due to financial problems he moved to Lucknow Shia Orphanage to fulfil his ambition to become an Islamic scholar. As soon as financial conditions improved he moved to Madrasatul Waizeen.
He returned home after completing his last exam Mumtaz-ul-Afazil at Jamia Nazmia.

Death and funeral

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi died on 10 February 2002. His funeral was attended by many scholars and preachers and was followed by huge crowd at Gopalpur, Siwan district, Bihar.

Family

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi had six sons and one daughter. His second eldest son Syed Shahid Jamal Rizvi''' lives in Qom, Iran. He followed his father's footstep and has written many Islamic articles, He has also translated two volumes of book Al-Ghadir. His daughter is married to the poet, writer and nauhakhawn Syed Irfan Abbas Rizvi, popularly known as Irfan Nasirabadi.

Title and pseudonym

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi was awarded many popular titles, like Adeeb-e-Asr, Mutarajjim Al-Ghadir, Allamah. He received the title Adeeb-e-Asr from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi during the tour of Iran in year 1990.
He adopted the pen-name of Shaoor.

As translator

His articles was greatly influenced by Islamic Literature and enlighten many historic facts of Islam. His articles mainly laid emphasis on Qur'an, wilayat, tragedy of Karbala, and usool-e-deen. Some of his articles are listed below:
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Beside Islamic article, he had also written articles on Urdu Literature. This type of articles were related to different aspect of life and way of living it. The articles also describe the way of spreading Love, affection and generosity among mankind.