Ali akaberekerwa muBombay, British India, mwanakomana waYusuf Ali Allahbuksh (akafa muna 1891), anozivikanwawo sa Khan Bahadur Yusuf Ali, Shi'i mune tsika yeDawoodi Bohra, uyo akatendeuka kubva kumabhizimusi echinyakare ebhizinesi renharaunda yake uye pachinzvimbo akazova Inspector weHurumende yeMapurisa. Paakaenda pamudyandigere akawana zita rekuti Khan Bahadur rebasa reruzhinji. Semwana mudiki Abdullah Yusuf Ali akapinda muAnumanjayat Him-ul-Islam chikoro uye akazofunda pachikoro chemamishinari Wilson College, zvese muBombay. Akagamuchirawo dzidzo yechitendero muna 1896 uye akazogona kudzokorora Koran yese kubva mundangariro. Akataura zvese chiArabic neChirungu zvakatsetseka. Akaisa simba rake paQur'an uye akadzidza Qur'anic tsananguro neaya mazuva akanyorwa pakutanga munhoroondo yeIslam.
ChiArabic neChirungu