Shah Waliullah Dehlawi
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi | |
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قطب الدين أحمد ولي الله بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 21 February 1703 Phulat, Muzaffarnagar, Mughal Empire |
| Died | 20 August 1762 (aged 59) |
| Resting place | Mehdiyan |
| Nationality | Mughal |
| Children | Shah Abdul Aziz |
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| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Tafsir, History, Bibliography, Fiqh |
| Notable work(s) | Translation of the Quran into Persian Hujjatullah-il-Baligha Al-Fauzul Kabeer Izalat al-Khafa 'an Khilafat al-Khulafa Al-Akidatul Hasanah Majmua Rasail Imam Shah Wali Ullah |
| Occupation | Mufassir, Muhaddtih, Historiographer, Bibliographer, Theologian, Philosopher, Academic, Linguist |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Order | Naqshbandi |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Ash'ari |
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| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Aḥmad أحمد |
| Epithet (Laqab) | Quṭb ad-Dīn قطب الدين Shāh Walīullāh شاه ولي الله |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-ʿUmarī العمري ad-Dihlawī الدهلوي |
Qutb ud-Din Ahmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Rahim al-ʿUmari ad-Dehlawi (Arabic: قطب الدين أحمد بن عبد الرحيم العمري الدهلوي, romanized: Quṭb ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd-ur-Raḥīm al-ʿUmarī ad-Dehlawī; 1703–1762), commonly known as Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (also Shah Wali Allah), was an Islamic Sunni scholar and Sufi reformer, who contributed to Islamic revival in the Indian subcontinent and is therefore seen by his followers as a renewer.