Shah Waliullah Dehlawi was an 18th century Islamic scholar, muhaddith, and reformer born in 1703 in India during the Mughal Empire. He received a rigorous religious education from a young age, memorizing the Quran by age 7 and completing Islamic law and hadith studies by age 16. He made contributions in translating the Quran to Persian and worked to heal divisions between Islamic sects. His works had a significant beneficial impact on reviving Islam in South Asia.