Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani

Syed Ghulam Naseeruddin Naseer Gilani (14 November 1949 – 13 February 2009)^[1] (Urdu: پیرسید نصیر الدین نصیرگیلانی‬) was a Pakistani poet and Islamic scholar of the Chishti Sufi orders. He was the custodian of the Golra Sharif shrine in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Naseeruddin Naseer was the great-grandson of Meher Ali Shah of Golra Sharif and the son of Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gillani. He is the nephew of Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gillani.

He was a polyglot & wrote poetry in Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi and Persian. He authored 36 books on Islam, the Quran, Hadith and Fiqh and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His Persian Rubaiyat is included in the teaching in universities of Iran.^[2] He played a role in spreading the message of Islam, love, peace, unity and humanity in the Subcontinent and abroad. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan presented his renowned poetry in the form of Qawwali.^[3][1]

His books include:

• Lafz-i-Allah kee Tahqiq^[1][4]
• Kia Iblees Alim Thaa^[1]
• Pakistan mein Zalzaley ke Tabahkarian^[1]
• Musalmaanoon ke urooj-o-Zawal kay Asbab^[1]
• Quran Majid key Aadab-i-Tilawat’^[1]
• Mawazna-i-Ilm-o-Karamat^[1]
• Faiz e Nisbat
• Fatwa Naveesi ke aadab
• Peeran E Peer ki shakhsiyat, seerat, taleemat
• Aaena Shareeat mein Peeri mureedi ki hesiyat

Pir Syed Naseer-ud-Din Shah died on 13 February 2009 at the age of 59. He suffered a massive heart attack and was shifted to a private hospital but died before being provided any medical aid on 17 Safar 1430. He was said to have foretold his departure from this mortal world and advised his sons and followers accordingly. He is regarded as a sufi saint Wali of his time by his followers but remained humble and always referred to himself as the servant of Almighty Allah.^[5]