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Syed Ghulam Naseer-ud-Din Naseer Gillani (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 the Islamabad 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, Persian. He authored 36 books on Islam, the Quran, Hadith and Fiqh and the Islamic prophet Muhammad.^[2] He played a role in spreading the message of Islam, love, Peace, Unity and Humanity in the Subcontinent and abroad.^[3][1]

Books

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
• Tareeq Ul Falah Fi Mas’alatil Kufwi Li’Nikah.

Death

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 8 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]

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