Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1862–1943) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, author, jurist and a Sufi mentor of the Chishti order. He was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband, and authored several hundred books including Bayan Ul Quran and Bahishti Zewar.
Ashraf Ali Thanwi was born at Thana Bhawan in 1862. He received his primary education at Meerut where he studied the primary books of Persian language and memorized the Quran. He moved to Thana Bhawan for his higher studies and studied primary books of Arabic language and intermediate books of Persian with Fateh Muhammad. In 1295 AH, he enrolled at the Darul Uloom Deoband, and studied there with Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, Manfa'at Ali and Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi. He graduated in 1301 AH.