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This is a list of notable Muslim writers and poets.
Writers and poets
A
- Arshadul Qadri (Indian)
- Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Indian)
- Aamer Hussein (Pakistani)
- Abbas el-Akkad (Egyptian)
- Abdul Rahman Munif (Saudi)
- Abdullahi dan Fodio (Nigerian)
- Abdullah Khan (Indian)
- Abdulah Sidran (Bosniak)
- Abid Azad (Bangladeshi)
- Abul Ala Maududi ( Maulana Maududi) (Pakistani)
- Abul Hasan (Bangladeshi)
- Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (Persian)
- Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (Bangladeshi)
- Abul Kalam Azad (Indian)
- Abu Nuwas (Arab Persian)
- Abu Tammam (Syrian Arab)
- Abu Zafar Obaidullah (Bangladeshi)
- Aga Shahid Ali (Kashmiri American)
- [[umar azad] (Indian American)
- Ahmad Ibn Arabshah (Syrian Arab)
- Ahmed Ali (Pakistani)
- Ahmed Sofa (Bangladesh)
- Ahsan Habib (Bangladeshi)
- Akbar S. Ahmed (Pakistani)
- Ayad Akhtar (Pakistani American)
- Akhtaruzzaman Elias (Bangladeshi)
- Alaol (modern-day Bangladeshi)
- Al-Hallaj (Persian Sufi)
- Al-Hariri of Basra (Basra, Iraq)
- Al-Mutanabbi
- Al-Jahiz (Basra, Iraq)
- Al Mahmud (Poet, Bangladesh)
- Alamgir Hashmi (Pakistani)
- Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (Indian)
- Asma Gull Hasan (American)
- Azizul Haque (Indian)
B
- Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh
- Bande Ali Mia (Bangladeshi)
- Basharat Peer (Kashmiri)
- Begum Rokeya (Bangladesh)
- Belal Muhammad (Bangladeshi)
- Bilkisu Funtuwa
- Boonaa Mohammed
- Brother Dash
D
E
- Enamul Karim Nirjhar (Bangladeshi)
F
- Ferdowsi
- Fareed Zakaria ( Indian American)
- Faisal Kutty
- Farrukh Ahmed (Bangladeshi)
- Fatima Mernissi
- Fazal Shahabuddin (Bangladeshi)
- Fazlul Haque Amini
- Fazza
G
H
- Hafiz
- Hafiz Rashid Khan (Bangladeshi)
- Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum
- Hanifa Deen
- Hasan Hafizur Rahman (Bangladeshi)
- Hashim Amir Ali (Hyderabad, India)
- Helal Hafiz (Bangladeshi)
- Humayun Ahmed
- Humayun Azad (Bangladeshi)
- Humayun Kabir
- Husain A. Nuri (USA)
- Huseyn Javid
I
J
- Jafar Jabbarly
- Jalaluddin Umri
- Jamila al-'Alayili
- Jasimuddin (Bangladeshi)
- Joel Hayward
K
- Kabir (Indian Sufi)
- Muhammad Mojlum Khan (Bangladesh-born British)
- Kan Chun (also known as Mohamad Omar)
- Kaykobad (Bangladesh)(also known as Kazem Ali Quereshi)
- Kazi Kader Newaj (Bangladesh)
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh)
- Khaled Hosseini (Afghan-American)
- Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (Bangladeshi)
- Khurram Murad (Pakistan)
- Khurshidbanu Natavan (Azerbaijan)
- Kyar Ba Nyein (Myanmar)
- Jamilah Kolocotronis (America)
L
M
- Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (India)
- Mahmoud Darwish
- Mak Dizdar
- Malique Ibrahim
- Marjan Naderi
- Marmaduke Pickthall
- Martin Lings
- Maryam Sullivan
- Maung Thaw Ka
- Mawlana Faizani
- May Ziadeh
- Meša Selimović
- Melody Moezzi
- Michael Wolfe
- Michael Muhammad Knight
- Minyoon Shah Inat (Nasarpur, Sindh, Pakistan)
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain
- Mirza Abul Fazl (Allahabad, India)
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov
- Mirza Alakbar Sabir
- Mizanur Rahman Sayed (Bangladesh)
- Modibbo Raji (Nigerian)
- Mohja Kahf
- Mona Eltahawy
- Morteza Motahari
- Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bangladesh)
- Motiur Rahman Mollik (Bangladeshi)
- Mohammed Mozammel Haque (West Bengal India; 1860-1933)
- Mozid Mahmud (Bangladeshi)
- Mohammad Anwar Shopiani (India)
- Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (Bangladesh)
- Muhammed Bello (Nigerian)
- Muhammed Fethullah Gulen
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal (British India)
- Murad Wilfred Hofmann
- Musa Ćazim Ćatić
N
O
R
S
- Sa'adi
- Saheb Qibla Fultali
- Saffarzadeh, Tahereh
- Safvet-beg Bašagić
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( Sindh, Pakistan)
- Shah Ahmad Shafi
- Shah Muhammad Sagir (Bangladeshi)
- Shamsur Rahman (Bangladeshi)
- Shaheed Quaderi (Bangladeshi)
- Shahnaz Bashir ( Kashmir)
- Shaikh Ayaz (Sindh, Pakistan)
- U Shwe Yoe (a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.)
- Sikdar Aminul Haq (Bangladeshi)
- Soheib Bencheikh
- Stephen Schwartz
- Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (British spoken word poet, writer, and speaker)
- Sultan Bahoo (Sufi writer and poet from Punjab, Pakistan)
- Sufi Barkat Ali ( Punjab, Pakistan)
- Syed Shamsul Huq (Bangladeshi)
- Syed Waliullah
T
- Taha Hussein (Egyptian)
- Tariq Rahman (Pakistan)
U
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Usman dan Fodio (Nigerian)
Y
- Yahiya Emerick (North America)
- Yunus Emre
- Yusuf al-Khal
- Yusuf Balasagun
Z
See also
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This is a list of notable Muslim writers and poets.
Writers and poets
A
- Arshadul Qadri (Indian)
- Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (Indian)
- Aamer Hussein (Pakistani)
- Abbas el-Akkad (Egyptian)
- Abdul Rahman Munif (Saudi)
- Abdullahi dan Fodio (Nigerian)
- Abdullah Khan (Indian)
- Abdulah Sidran (Bosniak)
- Abid Azad (Bangladeshi)
- Abul Ala Maududi ( Maulana Maududi) (Pakistani)
- Abul Hasan (Bangladeshi)
- Abu'l Hasan Mihyar al-Daylami (Persian)
- Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal (Bangladeshi)
- Abul Kalam Azad (Indian)
- Abu Nuwas (Arab Persian)
- Abu Tammam (Syrian Arab)
- Abu Zafar Obaidullah (Bangladeshi)
- Aga Shahid Ali (Kashmiri American)
- [[umar azad] (Indian American)
- Ahmad Ibn Arabshah (Syrian Arab)
- Ahmed Ali (Pakistani)
- Ahmed Sofa (Bangladesh)
- Ahsan Habib (Bangladeshi)
- Akbar S. Ahmed (Pakistani)
- Ayad Akhtar (Pakistani American)
- Akhtaruzzaman Elias (Bangladeshi)
- Alaol (modern-day Bangladeshi)
- Al-Hallaj (Persian Sufi)
- Al-Hariri of Basra (Basra, Iraq)
- Al-Mutanabbi
- Al-Jahiz (Basra, Iraq)
- Al Mahmud (Poet, Bangladesh)
- Alamgir Hashmi (Pakistani)
- Aqeel-ul-Gharavi (Indian)
- Asma Gull Hasan (American)
- Azizul Haque (Indian)
B
- Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh
- Bande Ali Mia (Bangladeshi)
- Basharat Peer (Kashmiri)
- Begum Rokeya (Bangladesh)
- Belal Muhammad (Bangladeshi)
- Bilkisu Funtuwa
- Boonaa Mohammed
- Brother Dash
D
E
- Enamul Karim Nirjhar (Bangladeshi)
F
- Ferdowsi
- Fareed Zakaria ( Indian American)
- Faisal Kutty
- Farrukh Ahmed (Bangladeshi)
- Fatima Mernissi
- Fazal Shahabuddin (Bangladeshi)
- Fazlul Haque Amini
- Fazza
G
H
- Hafiz
- Hafiz Rashid Khan (Bangladeshi)
- Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum
- Hanifa Deen
- Hasan Hafizur Rahman (Bangladeshi)
- Hashim Amir Ali (Hyderabad, India)
- Helal Hafiz (Bangladeshi)
- Humayun Ahmed
- Humayun Azad (Bangladeshi)
- Humayun Kabir
- Husain A. Nuri (USA)
- Huseyn Javid
I
J
- Jafar Jabbarly
- Jalaluddin Umri
- Jamila al-'Alayili
- Jasimuddin (Bangladeshi)
- Joel Hayward
K
- Kabir (Indian Sufi)
- Muhammad Mojlum Khan (Bangladesh-born British)
- Kan Chun (also known as Mohamad Omar)
- Kaykobad (Bangladesh)(also known as Kazem Ali Quereshi)
- Kazi Kader Newaj (Bangladesh)
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh)
- Khaled Hosseini (Afghan-American)
- Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (Bangladeshi)
- Khurram Murad (Pakistan)
- Khurshidbanu Natavan (Azerbaijan)
- Kyar Ba Nyein (Myanmar)
- Jamilah Kolocotronis (America)
L
M
- Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi (India)
- Mahmoud Darwish
- Mak Dizdar
- Malique Ibrahim
- Marjan Naderi
- Marmaduke Pickthall
- Martin Lings
- Maryam Sullivan
- Maung Thaw Ka
- Mawlana Faizani
- May Ziadeh
- Meša Selimović
- Melody Moezzi
- Michael Wolfe
- Michael Muhammad Knight
- Minyoon Shah Inat (Nasarpur, Sindh, Pakistan)
- Mir Mosharraf Hossain
- Mirza Abul Fazl (Allahabad, India)
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov
- Mirza Alakbar Sabir
- Mizanur Rahman Sayed (Bangladesh)
- Modibbo Raji (Nigerian)
- Mohja Kahf
- Mona Eltahawy
- Morteza Motahari
- Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bangladesh)
- Motiur Rahman Mollik (Bangladeshi)
- Mohammed Mozammel Haque (West Bengal India; 1860-1933)
- Mozid Mahmud (Bangladeshi)
- Mohammad Anwar Shopiani (India)
- Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (Bangladesh)
- Muhammed Bello (Nigerian)
- Muhammed Fethullah Gulen
- Sir Muhammad Iqbal (British India)
- Murad Wilfred Hofmann
- Musa Ćazim Ćatić
N
O
R
S
- Sa'adi
- Saheb Qibla Fultali
- Saffarzadeh, Tahereh
- Safvet-beg Bašagić
- Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( Sindh, Pakistan)
- Shah Ahmad Shafi
- Shah Muhammad Sagir (Bangladeshi)
- Shamsur Rahman (Bangladeshi)
- Shaheed Quaderi (Bangladeshi)
- Shahnaz Bashir ( Kashmir)
- Shaikh Ayaz (Sindh, Pakistan)
- U Shwe Yoe (a Burmese Muslim named U Ba Ga Lay. He was also a cartoonist, actor, comedian and dancer.)
- Sikdar Aminul Haq (Bangladeshi)
- Soheib Bencheikh
- Stephen Schwartz
- Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan (British spoken word poet, writer, and speaker)
- Sultan Bahoo (Sufi writer and poet from Punjab, Pakistan)
- Sufi Barkat Ali ( Punjab, Pakistan)
- Syed Shamsul Huq (Bangladeshi)
- Syed Waliullah
T
- Taha Hussein (Egyptian)
- Tariq Rahman (Pakistan)
U
*
Usman dan Fodio (Nigerian)
Y
- Yahiya Emerick (North America)
- Yunus Emre
- Yusuf al-Khal
- Yusuf Balasagun