Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi

Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi was a Shia Muslim scholar, speaker, author, historian and poet. 

Biography
Rizvi was born at Gopalpur, district Siwan, Bihar, India in 1948. His father was Syed Mazhar Hussain Rizvi.

He had six sons and one daughter. His second eldest son Hujjat-ul-Islam wal Muslameen Maulana Syed Shahid Jamal Rizvi lives in Qom, Iran.  His son-in-law's name is Syed Irfan Abbas Rizvi a famous poet writer and nauhakhawn.

Rizvi was awarded many popular titles, like Adeeb-E-Asr, Sha'oor, Mutarajjim Al-Ghadir, Allama etc. The title Adeeb-E-Asr was awarded by Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi in Iran. Rizvi’s poetic title was "Sha'oor Gopalpuri".http://shaoorewilayat.com/Biography.aspx  Urdu Biography of Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi in [www.shaoorewilayat.com] 
Rizvi died on 10 February, 2002 at Gopalpur district Siwan, Bihar, India.

His work
Books
Rizvi wrote many books, He also translated many books from Arabic to Urdu and Persian to Urdu. Some of his literary works are below.

Books translated by Rizvi
Al-Ghadir  Rizvi, on the request of Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, translated the book Al-Ghadir. The first volume was published in 1991. In 2010, the complete set of volumes were published by the Qur'an o itrat foundation.
 Al-Ghadir

 Tareekh-e-Islam me Ayesha ka kirdaar (3 vol.)
 Masa'eb-e-Aale Muhammad 
 Al-Hayat (2 vol.)
 Shahr-E-Shahadat 
 Imam Mehdi(A.S) Hadees Ki Roshni Me
 Resala Amaliya Imam Khomaini(2 vol.)
 Mayyat pe Girya




Books written by Rizvi
 Ghadeer ke Char Alamti Shayer






Articles
His articles were greatly influenced by Islamic literature. They are mainly about Qur'an, wilayat, the tragedy of Karbala, and usool-e-deen. Some of his articles are listed below.
wilayet-e-Ali(a.s) Qur'an ki raushni me 
Kalma-e-Innama Qur'an Ki Raushn Me 
Eid-e-Ghadir 
wilayat-e-Ali(a.s) ki Ma'wun Ahadees 
Ghadir aur Qur'an 
Ghadeer: Daaman ki Dhajjiyan 
Wilayat ke dunyawi wa Aakhari fawayed per Ajmali Nazar 
Eid per Sahaba ki hasdana nazar 
Ahmiyat Ghadir: Masumeen(a.s) ki nazar me 
Shuja'at Hazrat Zahra(s.a) 
Imam Hussain(a.s) paikar-e-Muhabbat 
Imam Hussain(a.s) per Girya 
Zikr-e-Khuda aur Karbala 
Aadi Tariqa shahadat kyu 
Ghulamo ke Hukhuq aur Karbala 
Ek maqbool Nauha 
janabe Qasim(a.s) ki Shahadat 
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.

Poetic work
Rizvi wrote as many as Nauhe, Qaseede and Gazals. They are compiled into three different books:





References

Other websites
The Biography of Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi 
The Biography of Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi 
List of Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi Books 
Articles of Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi 
Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi pictures 
Maktaba Minar-e-Sha'oor:Library  

Category:1948 births
Category:2002 deaths
Category:Indian writers