Biography
Ashraf 'Ali Thanwi (August 19, 1863 – July 4, 1943) was a prominent Indian Sunni Muslim scholar of the Deobandi school.
Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884. After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. Over a short period of time, he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar, of Sufism among other subjects. His teaching attracted numerous students and his research and publications became well known in Islamic institutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities and villages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people. Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usually become available shortly after these tours. Until then, few Islamic scholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated in their own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified in him during his stay at Kanpur.
Ashraf Ali Thanwi was a prolific author. His literary contributions are in the order of eight hundred to one thousand in number, including sermons, discussions, discourses, treatises, and books.
Thanwi died in Thāna Bhāwan on July 4, 1943. His funeral prayer was led by his nephew, Zafar Ahmad Uthmānī, and he was buried in the graveyard of 'Ishq-e-Bāzān.
Thanwi graduated from the Darul Uloom Deoband in 1884. After his graduation, Thanwi taught religious sciences in Kanpur for fourteen years. Over a short period of time, he acquired a reputable position as a religious scholar, of Sufism among other subjects. His teaching attracted numerous students and his research and publications became well known in Islamic institutions. During these years, he traveled to various cities and villages, delivering lectures in the hope of reforming people. Printed versions of his lectures and discourses would usually become available shortly after these tours. Until then, few Islamic scholars had had their lectures printed and widely circulated in their own lifetimes. The desire to reform the masses intensified in him during his stay at Kanpur.
Ashraf Ali Thanwi was a prolific author. His literary contributions are in the order of eight hundred to one thousand in number, including sermons, discussions, discourses, treatises, and books.
Thanwi died in Thāna Bhāwan on July 4, 1943. His funeral prayer was led by his nephew, Zafar Ahmad Uthmānī, and he was buried in the graveyard of 'Ishq-e-Bāzān.
Books by Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī
Behishti Zewar--Heavenly Ornam
Behishti Zewar--Heavenly Ornaments
Sabq al-ghāyāt fī nasq al-āyāt
Sabq al-ghāyāt fī nasq al-āyāt
Daʻvat o tablīg̲h̲ ke uṣūl va
Daʻvat o tablīg̲h̲ ke uṣūl va aḥkām
Ashrafuljavāb
Ashrafuljavāb
Jazou-l-aʺmol
Jazou-l-aʺmol
Ḥayātulmuslimīn
Ḥayātulmuslimīn
Heavily Ornaments
MANZIL | منزل
Maulānā Thānvī aur Maulānā ʻAb
Maulānā Thānvī aur Maulānā ʻAbdulbārī Nadvī kī ʻilmī va iṣlāḥī makātibat
Ḥaz̤rat Maulānā Ashraf ʻAlī ṣā
Ḥaz̤rat Maulānā Ashraf ʻAlī ṣāḥab Thānvī aur Ḥaz̤rat Maulānā Sayyid Abūlḥasan ʻAlī Nadvī kā bāhmī rabt̤
Ḥallulqurʼān
Ḥallulqurʼān
Apnī namāzen̲ darust kijiyʾe
Apnī namāzen̲ darust kijiyʾe
Ḥaqīqat al-t̤arīqah min al-ssu
Ḥaqīqat al-t̤arīqah min al-ssunnat al-anīqah, yaʻnī, Masāʼil-i taṣavvuf aḥādīs̲ kī raushnī men̲
Ashrafuttafāsīr
Ashrafuttafāsīr
Beheshti Jeor
Beheshti Jeor
Ichhlahul Muslimin
Ichhlahul Muslimin
Maulana Thanwi's Stories of Saints Translation, Qisasul Akbir
Naqsh-i aʻmāl dar zindagī-i du
Naqsh-i aʻmāl dar zindagī-i dunyā va ākharat
پاداش اعمال
پاداش اعمال
Bahishti Zewar (Big Size) ; He
Bahishti Zewar (Big Size) ; Heavenly Ornaments
Islahun nisa ba Muslim narir a
Islahun nisa ba Muslim narir adar
Islam the whole truth
Islam the whole truth
Juktir bichare Islamer bidhan
Juktir bichare Islamer bidhan
Malfūẓāt-i kamālāt-i Ashr
Malfūẓāt-i kamālāt-i Ashrafiyah
Imdādulḥujjāj
Imdādulḥujjāj
Malfūẓāt-i Ḥakīmulummat
Malfūẓāt-i Ḥakīmulummat
The Initial Action
The Initial Action
Ḥaz̤rat Thānvī kī zindagī, uṣū
Ḥaz̤rat Thānvī kī zindagī, uṣūl aur naṣīḥaten̲
Ḥaz̤rat-i Thānvī ke uṣūl va z̤
Ḥaz̤rat-i Thānvī ke uṣūl va z̤vābit̤
Khutbaatul Ahkaam
Khutbaatul Ahkaam
A gift to the husband and wife
A gift to the husband and wife
Huqooq Al-Ibad
Huqooq Al-Ibad
Iṣlāḥ-yi inqilāb
Khutbāt al-ahkām
Khutbāt al-ahkām
Monajate Makbul O Hejbul Bahar
Monajate Makbul O Hejbul Bahar
Shauq-i āk̲h̲rat
Shauq-i āk̲h̲rat
Amale Qurani
Iṣlāhurrusūm
Iṣlāhurrusūm
Juktir aloke Islamer bidhan
Juktir aloke Islamer bidhan
Mukammal bayānulqurʾān
Mukammal bayānulqurʾān
Sirat-e-rasul-e-akram
Sirat-e-rasul-e-akram
Farul iman
Farul iman
Hayat al musalmin
Hayat al musalmin
Hayatul muslimin
Hayatul muslimin
Javāhir-i Ḥakīmulummat
Javāhir-i Ḥakīmulummat
Pathhara ummater pathnirdesh
Pathhara ummater pathnirdesh
Shariyat o tarikat
Shariyat o tarikat
K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i Ḥakīmulummat
K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i Ḥakīmulummat
Makātīb-i Ḥakīmmulummat Ma
Makātīb-i Ḥakīmmulummat Maulānā Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī banām Ḥaz̤rat Maulānā Muftī Muḥammad Shafīʻ Ṣāḥib ..
Ādābulmuʻāsharat
Ādābulmuʻāsharat
Maʻārifulakābir
Maʻārifulakābir
Māl o daulat kī ahmiyyat aur
Māl o daulat kī ahmiyyat aur is ke sharʻī aḥkām
Naksh e Sulemani (Mukamal)
Answer to Modernism
Answer to Modernism
Islamer drishtite nari
Islamer drishtite nari
Talimunnissa
Talimunnissa
Zikr nabwi habib
Zikr nabwi habib
al- ʻIlm va al-ʻulemāʼ
al- ʻIlm va al-ʻulemāʼ
Beheshti jewar
Beheshti jewar
Nashrul Taib
Nashrul Taib
Tohfa-e-zojin yani haquq moash
Tohfa-e-zojin yani haquq moashrat
Ag̲h̲lāt̤ulʻavām
Ag̲h̲lāt̤ulʻavām
Ashrafī munājāt-i Maqbūl,
Ashrafī munājāt-i Maqbūl, maʻ iz̤āfāt-i jadīdah mufīdah
Islah-un-nisa
Islah-un-nisa
Khutbahtul ahkam
Khutbahtul ahkam
Perfecting Women
Apni namazen durust kijiye
Apni namazen durust kijiye
Dini masail
Ḥayāt al-Muslimīn
Ḥayāt al-Muslimīn
Iṣlāḥ-yi inqilāb-i ummat
Iṣlāḥ-yi inqilāb-i ummat
Jazāʼulaʻmāl
Jazāʼulaʻmāl
Maʻarif-i Ḥakīmulummat
Maʻarif-i Ḥakīmulummat
Ifādāt al-yaumiyah min al-if
Ifādāt al-yaumiyah min al-ifādāt al-qaumiyah, yaʻnī, Malfūẓāt-i Ḥakīmulummat
Monajate mokbut-o-hejbut bakar
Monajate mokbut-o-hejbut bakar
Iṣlāḥulmuslimīn
Iṣlāḥulmuslimīn
K̲h̲airulifādat
K̲h̲airulifādat
Maktūbāt-i Ashrafiyyah
Maktūbāt-i Ashrafiyyah
Imdaad Al Mushtaq Ila Ashraf U
Imdaad Al Mushtaq Ila Ashraf Ul Akhlaaq
Imdād l-mushtāq ilā Ashraf al-
Imdād l-mushtāq ilā Ashraf al-ak̲h̲lāq
Malfūẓat Ḥusnulʻazīz
Malfūẓat Ḥusnulʻazīz
Ḥifẓulīmān ʻan al-zaig̲h̲
Ḥifẓulīmān ʻan al-zaig̲h̲ va al-tug̲h̲yān ..
Siraj bahisti zewar =
Siraj bahisti zewar =
Marqūmāt-i Imdādiyyah
Marqūmāt-i Imdādiyyah
Baṣāʼir-i Ḥakīmulummat
Baṣāʼir-i Ḥakīmulummat
K̲h̲uṣūṣulkilam fī ḥall f
K̲h̲uṣūṣulkilam fī ḥall fuṣuṣulḥikām
Tafsīr bayān al-Qurʼān
Tafsīr bayān al-Qurʼān
Al-massalahu al-ʻAqlīyyah al-A
Al-massalahu al-ʻAqlīyyah al-Aḥkām- alnaqliyyah yʻanī aḥkām-islām ʻaql kī naẓar mem̲
Bāra cāndera khotabā
Bāra cāndera khotabā
Fatāvá Ashrafiyyah, kāmil
Fatāvá Ashrafiyyah, kāmil
Islahi Nisab
Islām aur ʻaqliyyāt
Islām aur ʻaqliyyāt
Maʻārif-i Imdādiyyah
Maʻārif-i Imdādiyyah
Maqālāt-i ḥikmatah va mujā
Maqālāt-i ḥikmatah va mujādilāt-i maʻdilatah
Arvāḥ-i s̲alās̲ah
Arvāḥ-i s̲alās̲ah
Arvāḥ-i s̲alas̲ah, almaʻrūf
Arvāḥ-i s̲alas̲ah, almaʻrūf bih Ḥikāyāt-i avliyāʼ
Ashrafulmalfūẓāt
Ashrafulmalfūẓāt
ʻIrfān-i Ḥāfiẓ
ʻIrfān-i Ḥāfiẓ
Imdād al-Mushtāq ilá Ashraf
Imdād al-Mushtāq ilá Ashraf al-ak̲h̲lāq
Intibāhat al-mufīdah
Intibāhat al-mufīdah
Kamālāt-i Imdādiyyah
Kamālāt-i Imdādiyyah
Sāl bhar ke masnūn aʻmāl
Sāl bhar ke masnūn aʻmāl
Al-Ifāz̤āt al-Yaumiyah Min al-
Al-Ifāz̤āt al-Yaumiyah Min al-Ifādāt al-Qaumiyyah
Imdād al-fatāvá mubavvab
Imdād al-fatāvá mubavvab
Imdād al-fatāvá mubawwab
Imdād al-fatāvá mubawwab
Imdādulfatāvá
Imdādulfatāvá
Al- Takashshuf 'an muhimmāt al
Al- Takashshuf 'an muhimmāt al-taṣawwuf
Attakashshuf ʻan muhimmātuttaṣ
Attakashshuf ʻan muhimmātuttaṣavvuf
Anfas-e-Issa
Anfas-e-Issa
Anfās-i 'Īsā
Anfās-i 'Īsā
Ḥaqīqat-i taṣavvuf o taqvā
Ḥaqīqat-i taṣavvuf o taqvā
Tabvīb tarbiyattussālik
Tabvīb tarbiyattussālik
Behshti Zewar
Behshti Zewar
Duniya o Akhrat
Duniya o Akhrat
Mashil behishti zewar
Mashil behishti zewar
Da Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī da Aʻmāl
Da Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī da Aʻmāl-i Qurʼānī Puṣhto tarjamah Dam darūd
Jadīd malfūẓāt
Jadīd malfūẓāt
L'ABC de religion
L'ABC de religion
Māoẏāẏeye Āśrāphiẏā / Hajarata
Māoẏāẏeye Āśrāphiẏā / Hajarata Maolānā Āśarapha Ālī Thānvī
Mīlādun Nabī
Mīlādun Nabī
Zālmon kā anjām
Zālmon kā anjām
Dunya-o-Akhirat
Fazā'il-i ṣaum o ṣalat
Fazā'il-i ṣaum o ṣalat
Islah al-khayal
Islah al-khayal
Karamat- sahabah
Karamat- sahabah
Ashrafuttarīqat fī ushsharīʻat
Ashrafuttarīqat fī ushsharīʻat o al-ḥaqīqat
Faz̤ā'il-i ṣabr o shukr
Faz̤ā'il-i ṣabr o shukr
Islām aur zindagī
Islām aur zindagī
Maṣāliḥ al-ʻaqlīyah lil-ah
Maṣāliḥ al-ʻaqlīyah lil-aḥkām al-naqlīyah
Bavādir al-navādir
Bavādir al-navādir
Agẖlāt ulʻavām
Agẖlāt ulʻavām
Bavādur al-navādir
Bavādur al-navādir
Bavd̄ur al-navd̄ir
Bavd̄ur al-navd̄ir
Ḥaqīqat-i māl o jāh
Ḥaqīqat-i māl o jāh
Ḥayāt al-Muslamīn
Ḥayāt al-Muslamīn
Ḥifẓ al-īmān, maʻ, Basat a
Ḥifẓ al-īmān, maʻ, Basat al-banān va Tag̲h̲aiyyur al-ʻunvān vag̲h̲airah
Iṣlāḥ ar-rusūm aur ṣafāʼī muʻā
Iṣlāḥ ar-rusūm aur ṣafāʼī muʻāmalāt
Islāmī ḥuqūq
Islāmī ḥuqūq
Khātemula āmviẏā
Khātemula āmviẏā
Nashrat̤t̤aib fe z̲ikrulḥalbi
Nashrat̤t̤aib fe z̲ikrulḥalbīb
Taʻlīmuddīn
Taʻlīmuddīn
Dīn kī bāten
Dīn kī bāten
Niẓām-i shari'at
Niẓām-i shari'at
Al- Tasharruf bi-ma'rifat ahad
Al- Tasharruf bi-ma'rifat ahadith al-tasavvuf
Ashraful mavā'iż
Ashraful mavā'iż
At̤harī Bahishtī zaivar
At̤harī Bahishtī zaivar
Imdād al-mushtāq
Imdād al-mushtāq
Imdādul fatāvā
Imdādul fatāvā
Islām men pardah kī ḥaqīqat
Islām men pardah kī ḥaqīqat
Jannatī kālay
Jannatī kālay
Karāmāt-i Imdādīyāh
Karāmāt-i Imdādīyāh
Madanī aṣlī bihishtī zevar
Madanī aṣlī bihishtī zevar
Maḥāsin-i Islām
Maḥāsin-i Islām
Nashr al-ṭīb fī zikr al-nabī a
Nashr al-ṭīb fī zikr al-nabī al-ḥabīb
Alfaz al-Quran
Alfaz al-Quran
Dīn o dunyā
Dīn o dunyā
Islah ar-rusum
Islah ar-rusum
Bihishtī zevar
Ḥikāyāt-i auliyāʾ
Ḥikāyāt-i auliyāʾ
Hikayat-i awliya
Hikayat-i awliya
Ashraf al-tariqah fi al-shari'
Ashraf al-tariqah fi al-shari'ah wa-al-haqiqah
Beheśti jeora
Beheśti jeora
Haquq al-Islam
Haquq al-Islam
'Amāl-i Qurānī
'Amāl-i Qurānī
Ḥakīmuʹl-Ummat, nuqūsh-o-taʼ a
Ḥakīmuʹl-Ummat, nuqūsh-o-taʼ as̲s̲urāt
Mukammal bayan al-Qur'an
Mukammal bayan al-Qur'an
Nashrat̤t̤ayyib fī z̲ikrunnab
Nashrat̤t̤ayyib fī z̲ikrunnabīulḥabīb
Aqvāl-i Ashraf
Aqvāl-i Ashraf
Iṣlāḥ ar-rasūm
Iṣlāḥ ar-rasūm
Ifadat-i Ashrafiyah dar masa'i
Ifadat-i Ashrafiyah dar masa'il-i siyasiyah
Ḥurmāt al-ḥudūd
Ḥurmāt al-ḥudūd
al-Tanbīh al-t̤ar[i]bī fī tanz
al-Tanbīh al-t̤ar[i]bī fī tanzīh Ibn al-ʻArabī [Ibnu'l-ʻArabī awr un-kā maslak]
Qasad al-sabil ila maula al-ja
Qasad al-sabil ila maula al-jalil
Bahishti zaivar
Bartiyat al-Satalik (?)
Bartiyat al-Satalik (?)
Ḥavādis al-fatāvā
Ḥavādis al-fatāvā
Tijarat-e Akhirat
Tijarat-e Akhirat
Da'vāt-i 'abdīyat
Da'vāt-i 'abdīyat
Haqq al-sama'
Ṣafā'ī-yi mo'āmalāt
Ṣafā'ī-yi mo'āmalāt
Kamalat-i Imdadiyah
Islah-e rasum muhashi
Islah-e rasum muhashi
Jadid ʻIlm-e Kalam yaʻni sains
Jadid ʻIlm-e Kalam yaʻni sains aur Islam
Bahisht-i zevar
Bahisht-i zevar
al- Khitab al-Malih fi Tahqiq
al- Khitab al-Malih fi Tahqiq al-Mahdi wa al-Masih
Alfaz-e Qur'an
Alfaz-e Qur'an
Baheshti zevar part 1 & 2
Baheshti zevar part 1 & 2
Bayhishtee zayver
Bayhishtee zayver
Bihisht-e Zevar (Vol 1)
Bihisht-e Zevar (Vol 1)
Da raajuno hawaray
Da raajuno hawaray
Deen ki baten
Deen ki baten
Hakim-ul-Ummat
Hakim-ul-Ummat
Hayaatul muslimeen =
Hayaatul muslimeen =
Hayat-ul-Muslimin
Hayat-ul-Muslimin
Hub al-`ajilah
Hub al-`ajilah
Islami shadi
Islami shadi
Jaza ul amal
Jaza ul amal
Khotbatul hakaam
Khotbatul hakaam
Khusus al-kalam fi hal Fusus a
Khusus al-kalam fi hal Fusus al Hikm
Khutbatul ahkam
Khutbatul ahkam
Madni bahishty zavar
Madni bahishty zavar
Munajat-e-Maqbool
Munajat-e-Maqbool
Munajatay maqbul
Munajatay maqbul
Shawq-e Vatan .
Shawq-e Vatan .
Tahqiq-e Ta`lim-e Angrezi
Tahqiq-e Ta`lim-e Angrezi
Taj behisti Zewar
Taj behisti Zewar
Tashil qasd-ul-sabil
Tashil qasd-ul-sabil
Tazkir al-Akhirah
Tazkir al-Akhirah