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

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– 7 December 2017 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) was an

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and

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of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah order of

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. He belonged to

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. 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 People from Chakwal District {{Pakistan-reli-bio-stub