Shah Waliullah al-Dahlawi (1703 – 1762) was a renowned Indian scholar of Islam. Fluent in Arabic and Persian, he is credited with being the first to translate the Quran into Persian in the Indian subcontinent. He is considered the great fountainhead of Indian hadith scholarship. His acceptance and pivotal role in representing the Ahl al-Sunnah of India is in need of no introduction.  He had complete command over the four schools of Fiqh and is considered as the revived of the Salafi-Athari da’wah in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century.