Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan ( ur, , ; born 31 December 1934 in Noorpur Sethi,

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– died 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an

Islamic scholar In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...

and

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of the

Naqshbandia Owaisiah The Naqshbandi ( fa, نقشبندی)), Neqshebendi ( ku, نه‌قشه‌به‌ندی), and Nakşibendi (in Turkish language, Turkish) is a major Sunni Islam, Sunni tariqa, order of Sufism. Its name is derived from Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukh ...

order of Sufism. He belonged to

Awan tribe Awan (Punjabi and ur, ) is a tribe living predominantly in the northern, central, and western parts of Pakistani Punjab, with significant numbers also present in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and to a lesser extent in Sindh and Balochistan ...

. As a ''mufassir'', he authored four exegeses (''

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'') of the

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, including ''Asrar at-Tanzeel''. Awan was dean of the Siqarah Education System and patron of the magazine ''Al-Murshid'' and of the Al-Falah Foundation.

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1934 births 2017 deaths Pakistani Sufi religious leaders Awan People from Chakwal District {{Pakistan-reli-bio-stub