Malfoozat ashraf ali thanvi biography

Ashraf Ali Thanwi (–) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, author, jurist and a Sufi mentor of the Chishti order. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband, and authored several hundred books including Bayan Ul Quran and Bahishti Zewar.

Quotes

• People are excessively obsessed with dreams. Their concern for things which they dream is greater than their concern for things which effect them during their state of wakefulness. How confused are they!
  • Ashraf Ali Thanwi (), Hayatul Muslimeen, Adam Publishers and Distributors, p.

• The primary purpose of Tasawwuf is the reformation of the actions of the heart.
  • Amir Bashir (December ). Muhammad Anwar Khan Qasmi (ed.). "Deobandi Sūfi Doctrine: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Tasawwuf within the Context of Tawhīd and Sunnah". Islamic Literature Review. Deoband: Deoband Institute of Islamic Thought. 2 (2): 3.

• Knowledge prevents one from going astray because of the realization of the tr