Syed Abdul Wahab Ashrafi (Urdu/Persian/Arabic: سید عبدالوہاب اشرفی; Hindi: वहाब अशरफी) (2 June 1936 – 15 July 2012)[1] was an Indian literary critic and an eminent personality in the world of Urdu literature.
[2][3][4] He belonged to the family of the Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani.
Ashrafi spent his early life in Kako village in Jehanabad district, Bihar.
He was charged and found guilty under Sections 420, 405, 467, 468, 471, 477 A, 109, 201 and 120B of IPC and 13 (2) and 13 1(D) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
He is also an Ex-Professor in Department of Linguistic at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.