His father Wapchie Marikar Abdul Rahman was appointed as the Moore member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon in 1900 and served till 1915.

Razik was educated at Bernadet School, Bambalapitiya; Madrasathul Zahira, Maradana and at the Royal College, Colombo.

In 1915, he joined the Moorish Section of the Colombo Town Guard as a corporal and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1916, having served during the 1915 Riots.

[2] In 1947, with Ceylon gaining self rule, A. R. A. Razik became a founding member of the United National Party.

He was denied nominations from the Colombo Central electorate from the United National Party and instead contested from the Pottuvil electorate for the House of Representatives of Ceylon which replaced the State Council in the 1947 general election, where he lost to Mudaliar M. M.

Retiring from parliament in 1968, he was appointed Ceylon's High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Iraq and Iran.