Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf

• Name — Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf Ashrafi Al Jilani • Birth Name — Mohammed Madni • Born — 28 August 1938 • Birthplace — Ashrafpur Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh, India • Education — Al Jamiatul Ashrafia • Occupation — Islamic scholar • Title — Shaykh al-Islam Mufassir • Father — Syed Mohammed Ashraf Ashrafi Al Jilani (Mohaddis-e-Azam-e-Hind) • Relatives — Hashmi Miyan (brother), Syed Mohammed Mukhtar Ashraf (maternal uncle, known as Sarkar-e-Kalan) • Spouse — Syeda Shamima Khatoon Syed Mohammed Madni Ashraf (Urdu: سید محمد مدنی اشرف), also known as Madni Miyan, (born on 27 August 1938 CE; 1 Rajab 1357 AH) is an Indian Islamic scholar, theologian, Mufti, Sufi spiritual leader, author, and exegete of the Qur'an from Ashrafpur Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh, India. He traces his spiritual lineage to Ashraf Jahangir Semnani, the 14th-century Chishti Sufi saint of Kichhauchha Sharif, after whom the Ashrafi Sufi order is named. He is the founder of the Mohaddis-e-Azam Mission and Shaikhul Islam Trust.

Tafsir-e-Ashrafi is a classical Sunni interpretation (tafsir) of the Qur'an, begun by his father Mohaddis-e-Azam-e-Hind and completed after his father's death by Madni Ashraf in 2008. It is a popular exegesis of the Qur'an due to its simple style and conciseness. It consists of 10 volumes, originally written in Urdu and later translated into English.

Writing under the pen-name "Akhtar", he composed poetic collections including: • Tajalliyat-e-Sukhan (two volumes, ~254 pages) • Paraan-e-Dil (Nazms and ghazals) • Baran-e-Rahmat (also listed among his prose works)