Zia Fatehabadi, (Urdu: ???? ??? ????? ?),
(born Mehr Lal Soni; 9 February 1913 – 19 August 1986) was an Urdu ghazal and nazm writer.
He was a disciple (shaagird) of Syed Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui Seemab Akbarabadi (1882–1951), who was a disciple of Nawab Mirza Khan Daagh Dehlvi (1831-1905).
He used the takhallus (nom de plume) of Zia meaning "Light" on the suggestion of his teacher, Ghulaam Qadir Farkh Amritsari.