Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi

Mawdudi (1903–1979) (full name: Abū al-Aʿlā al-Mawdūdī) was one of the most influential Muslim thinkers and a chief architect of the Islamic revival in the twentieth century. A Qur’anic exegete, revivalist, and prolific writer, he sought to present Islam as a comprehensive and living system relevant to modern society.

In 1941, he founded Jamaat-e-Islami, a political party in Pakistan, which he led until 1972. He authored over a hundred works on Islam, both scholarly and accessible, including Tafhīm al-Qur’an, a widely respected Qur’anic commentary. His writings have been translated into dozens of languages and continue to shape Islamic thought worldwide.