Jaun Elia (1931 – 2002) was a Pakisani poet, philosopher, and scholar. He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Sindhi, Hebrew, and Sanskrit. Shayad was the only collection of his to be published in his lifetime. His other poetry collections, including Yaani, Gumaan, Lekin, Goya, as well as a work of prose Farnood, were published posthumously.