poet (1927-2018)

Mohammad Alvi

1927–2018, born Ahmedabad, writer, poet

Mohammad Alvi was an Indian poet known for writing Urdu gazals, particularly a collection of Urdu gazals titled Chautha Aasmaan which became a subject of dispute between the Muslims scholars when he wrote a couplet titled “send a good prophet”. He was later referred to as a “kafir” through a fatwa by the Imam of Jama Masjid in 1994, and he subsequently withdrew the line from his book after he was criticised by the Islamic theology school, Ahmedabad.

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