Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi (19 September 1948 – 10 February 2002), 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" ("Writer of the era") from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi during the tour of Iran in 1990.
Biography
Early life and education
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.
Death and funeral
Rizvi died on 10 February 2002.
Bibliography
As translator
As author
As poet
Articles
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: 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.