[1] Influenced by the thought of Muhammad Iqbal, he has been described as "a prolific writer" who "produced sixty monographs, over 1,000 articles in Bangla and English, 109 novels, poems, songs, and ninety short stories.
"[2][3] Azraf was born on 1 January 1908 into Teghoria, Sunamganj, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British Raj (now, Sylhet Division, Bangladesh) in the home of his maternal grandfather, the poet Hason Raja.
He passed BA with distinction from Murari Chand College, Sylhet in 1930 and received MA in philosophy from the University of Dhaka in 1932.
In 1967, he was appointed the principal of Abujar Ghifari College in Dhaka, where he served till 1980.
He helped the formation of the Kendriya Muslim Sahitya Sangsad unit in Sylhet and served as its president from 1940 to 1943.