Abbas Ahmad al-Bostani was an author, compiler and translator. He was also a professor in Islamic subjects for many years in Canada and a public speaker for French speaking communities.

Abul-Hasan Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn Al-Musawi known in Arabic as al-Sharif al-Radi (Arabic: الشريف الرضي‎) and in Persian as Sharif Razi (Persian: شريف رضی‎) or Seyyed Razi (Persian: سید رضی‎) was a Shi'ite Muslim scholar and poet, who was born in 359 AH/970 CE in Baghdad and died in the year 406/1015 in his hometown. His grave is located in Kazmain, Iraq. He is popularly known by his laqab (nickname) Razi.