Dr. Abdul Rauf (1930 - April 1992) was a Pakistani Muslim writer, poet, philosopher and a notable professor of Government College Lahore. He was the Head of the English department (1986-1992) at Government College Lahore. He has also served as the Head of department in the same field at King Abdul Aziz University, KSA.
In 1983, he published his famous five lectures on John Milton's philosophy of education. He is also famous for his Arabic to English translation of Busairi's Poem of the Mantle (or commonly known as Qasida Burda, a 13th century ode). Prior to his death he was offered the position of chairperson of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education at lahore(also known as BISE- see [1]).
He died in Lahore due to a heart attack.