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Mufti Afzal Hoosen Elias or Mufti AH Elias was an South African Sunni Islamic scholar. He was deputy amir of Jamiat Ulama KZN.

Birth and Education
Elias was born in Estcourt, KZN. He graduated from Darul Uloom Deoband in 1983. He also studied ifta at Darul Uloom Deoband and received the degree of Mufti in 1984.

Literary works
Elias wrote less and translated more, if estimated, he translated about 600 different Islamic books in to English. He wrote Quran Made Easy, a translation of Quran in English taking explanation notes from Tafseer-e-Usmani of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. His works include:
 * Astonishing Facts about Quran
 * ''Tuhfatut Durar, commentary on Nukhbatul Fikr.
 * Abridged Fazail-e-Aamal
 * Abridged Hayatus Sahaba
 * The Maslak of The Ulama of Deoband, translation of Qari Muhammad Tayyib's book Maslak-e-Ulama-e-Deoband
 * The Lives of The Sahaba, translation of Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi's 3-volume work Hayatus Sahaba.
 * The Illuminating Discourses of the Noble Quran, translation of Ashiq Elahi Bulandshahri's Anwar Ul Bayan
 * Admonition for the Neglectful, translation of Tanbihul Ghafileen of Abul Layth Samarqandi.
 * Aqeedatul Tahawi, translation of Qari Muhammad Tayyib's Arabic commentary to Tahawi.
 * Fatawa Rahimiyyah, translation of Mufti Abdur Raheem Lajpuri's 3-volume Hanafi-fiqh fatawa.
 * Qasas-un-Nabiyeen, translation of 5-volume work of Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.
 * Usool Shaashi, translation of Nizam al-Din al-Shashi's work Usul ash-Shashi.

Death
Elias died on 25 April 2018.