Muhammad Ali

• Name — Muhammad Ali • Native Name — محمد علي • Born — 1874 • Birthplace — Murar, Kapurthala State, British India • Died — 13 October 1951 • Place of death — Karachi, Pakistan • Resting Place — Lahore, Pakistan • Occupation — Writer • Language — Urdu, Arabic • Movement — Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement • Honorific Prefix — Maulana Muhammad Ali (‎ 1874 – 13 October 1951) was a British Indian, and a Pakistani writer, scholar, and leading figure of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement. His name is often prefixed with the honorific Maulvi or Maulana.

Ali was born in Murar, Kapurthala State (now in Ludhiana district, Punjab, India) in 1874. He obtained a Master of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Laws in 1899. He joined the Ahmadiyya Movement in 1897 and dedicated his life to the service of the movement as part of what he saw as a restored and pristine Islam. He died in Karachi on October 13, 1951, and is buried in Lahore. Marmaduke Pickthall, British Muslim and translator of the Quran into English, wrote a review of Muhammad Ali's book The Religion of Islam when this book was published in 1936. The review was published in the journal Islamic Culture of Hyderabad Deccan (India), whose editor was Pickthall. In this review Pickthall wrote:

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His recorded language was Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.