Waheed Akhtar

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{{Infobox religious biography|religion=Islam

| occupation = Urdu poet and Muslim philosopher

| era = Contemporary

| image = Syed Waheed Akhtar.jpg

| caption = Waheed Akhtar

| name = Syed Waheed Akhtar

| title = Syed

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|08|12}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1996|12|13|1934|08|12}}

| nationality = Indian

| region = India

| main_interests = Sufism Islamic philosophy philosophy

| works = Paththaron Ka Mughanni, Shab Ka Razmiyah, Zanjeer ka Naghma, Karbala Ta Karbala, Early Imamiyah Shia Thinkers, etc

| signature = WaheedAkhtar.jpg

| module={{Infobox writer|embed=yes|

| genres = Ghazal Nazm Marsiyah Hijv}}

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Syed Waheed Akhtar (12 August 1934, in Aurangabad (Deccan) – 13 December 1996) was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.