Ali Naqi Naqvi
Syed-ul-Ulama Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Nasirabadi Naqqan | |
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| Preceded by | Maulana Abdul Hasan Naqvi |
| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 26 December 1905 Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died | 18 May 1988 (aged 82) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Usuli Twelver Shi`a Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Lucknow, India |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Nasirabadi (26 December 1905 – 18 May 1988) was an Indian Twelver Shia marja, poet, writer, jurist and interpreter of the Quran. He has authored numerous books on Shia Islam in both Arabic and Urdu, such as Shaheed-e-Insaniyat and Tareekh-e-Islam, as well as a commentary on his translation of the Quran. Contemporary accounts and later scholars have described him as an influential religious writer and teacher.