Religion: | Islam |
Occupation: | Urdu poet and Muslim philosopher |
Era: | Contemporary |
Syed Waheed Akhtar | |
Syed | |
Birth Date: | 1934 8, df=yes |
Nationality: | Indian |
Region: | India |
Main Interests: | Sufism Islamic philosophy philosophy |
Works: | Paththaron Ka Mughanni, Shab Ka Razmiyah, Zanjeer ka Naghma, Karbala Ta Karbala, Early Imamiyah Shia Thinkers, etc |
Signature: | WaheedAkhtar.jpg |
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Syed Waheed Akhtar (Urdu: {{Nastaliq| سید وحید اختر ) (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.
According to Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, "Wahid Akhtar, regarded by many as a Modernist and by many others as Progressive, wrote that Modernism was really an extension of Progressivism".[1] Akhtar is also considered by at least one writer to be among the few successful modern Urdu poets who took Marsia to new heights and gave it new direction in this age.[2]