Motiullah Nazish (born 25 November 1958) is an Indian Urdu-language poet, writer and educator, known for his contributions to Urdu prose and criticism.

Motiullah Nazish was born on 25 November 1958 in Dewan Bazar, Cuttack, Odisha, to Muhammad Azad Khan and Qudrat-un-Nisa.

His religious studies were completed at Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Jalalabad, Uttar Pradesh, and he benefited from the spiritual guidance of Masihullah Khan, Asad Madani, and Qari Ameer Hasan in the Sufi traditions of Qadriya, Chishtiya, Suhrawardiya, and Naqshbandiya.

[10][11] His book Aks-e-Baseerat has been included in the Fazil-e-Urdu syllabus of the Odisha State Madrasa Education Board and the +3 (Urdu Honours) curriculum of Utkal University.

His essays, spanning themes of criticism, religion, science, history, and sociology, are published in Urdu and Odia journals.