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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Ruba'iyat by ALLAMA IQBAL:
Music of strange lands with Islam's fire blends,
On which the nation's harmony depends;
Empty of concord is the soul of Europe,
Whose civilization to no Makkah bends.
Ruba'iyat By ALLAMA IQBAL:
Faith is like Abraham at the stake: to be
Self-honoring and God-drunk, is faith. Hear me,
You whom this age's way so captivate!
To have no faith is worse than slavery.
Here Iqbal aims at enriching our faith like that of Abraham, who remained constant and consistent. Muslim harmony depends upon the same sort of faith. To Iqbal, absence of faith means an object life, even worse than slavery.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Faiz Ahmed Faiz:
The suspense that lasts between killers and weapons
as they gamble: who will die and whose turn is next?
That bet has now been place on me.
So bring the order for my execution.
I must see with whose seals the margins are stamped,
recognize the signatures on the scroll. (from the book 'So Bring the Order for My Execution', translated by Agha Shadid Ali)
The Life of Faiz Ahmed Faiz and His Contributions to Urdu Language(ARTICLE):
By Asad Asrar
Faiz Ahmed Faiz does not need an introduction. Urdu speaking masses knows him very well. He is remembered for his courage, ethics, and Urdu poetry. The truth is that the masses can never value people like him enough. However, the name of Faiz Ahmed Faiz is immortal in the annals of history now due to his contributions to the Urdu language and the society in general.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was born in a small village near Sialkot in 1911. He was born in a very noble family. Following the traditions of the noble families of those times, Faiz was first sent to a religious institution for basic religious education. His formal education did not begin until he was 10 years old. Faiz was born to a very loving family. In his autobiography, he shared the details of his first day at school. Faiz was dressed in his best clothes and accessories. His sisters made up his hair. He was sent to school with a servant and in the best of the pull carts available at home.
From his early childhood, Faiz Ahmed Faiz was an ardent Urdu reader. In fact, he loved the Urdu poetry. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was only in the 10th standard when he wrote some excellent Urdu verses. Although the quality of the verses was, good but one of his mentors told him that it would be better for the quality and scope of his Urdu poetry if he waits for some years before attempting at the poetry again.
Therefore, Faiz Ahmed Faiz did not write anything up until the completion of his education. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was an excellent student. He did masters in Arabic. He also did masters in English literature. In his masters exam once Faiz's teacher awarded him with 120 marks out of 100. When someone asked him that why he awarded a student 120 marks out of hundred; he simply replied, "Because I could not give more!" Such was the extent of Faiz's expertise in English language. Nevertheless, it did not make him break ties with his national language, Urdu.
Unlike the people of those times, Faiz chose to marry by choice. He married Elis Faiz, a very noble French woman. Elis Faiz proved to be an extremely good and understanding wife. She spent most of her life in Pakistan, even after Faiz's death. She was fluent in spoken Urdu. Elis and Faiz had two daughters, Muneeza and Saleema Hashmi. Both of them are popular personalities today.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz spent a lot of time in prison too in different eras of different rulers. In total, Faiz Ahmed Faiz spent 9 years in prison. In the times of prison, Faiz produced some excellent poetry.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a great man. People like him are born in centuries. He will be always remembered for standing up against tyrant rulers, and for his contributions to the Urdu language.
Hazaron saal nargis apni bay noori pe roti hai.
Bari mushkil se hota hai Chaman me deedawar Paida.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was born in a small village near Sialkot in 1911. He was born in a very noble family. Following the traditions of the noble families of those times, Faiz was first sent to a religious institution for basic religious education. His formal education did not begin until he was 10 years old. Faiz was born to a very loving family. In his autobiography, he shared the details of his first day at school. Faiz was dressed in his best clothes and accessories. His sisters made up his hair. He was sent to school with a servant and in the best of the pull carts available at home.
From his early childhood, Faiz Ahmed Faiz was an ardent Urdu reader. In fact, he loved the Urdu poetry. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was only in the 10th standard when he wrote some excellent Urdu verses. Although the quality of the verses was, good but one of his mentors told him that it would be better for the quality and scope of his Urdu poetry if he waits for some years before attempting at the poetry again.
Therefore, Faiz Ahmed Faiz did not write anything up until the completion of his education. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was an excellent student. He did masters in Arabic. He also did masters in English literature. In his masters exam once Faiz's teacher awarded him with 120 marks out of 100. When someone asked him that why he awarded a student 120 marks out of hundred; he simply replied, "Because I could not give more!" Such was the extent of Faiz's expertise in English language. Nevertheless, it did not make him break ties with his national language, Urdu.
Unlike the people of those times, Faiz chose to marry by choice. He married Elis Faiz, a very noble French woman. Elis Faiz proved to be an extremely good and understanding wife. She spent most of her life in Pakistan, even after Faiz's death. She was fluent in spoken Urdu. Elis and Faiz had two daughters, Muneeza and Saleema Hashmi. Both of them are popular personalities today.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz spent a lot of time in prison too in different eras of different rulers. In total, Faiz Ahmed Faiz spent 9 years in prison. In the times of prison, Faiz produced some excellent poetry.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a great man. People like him are born in centuries. He will be always remembered for standing up against tyrant rulers, and for his contributions to the Urdu language.
Hazaron saal nargis apni bay noori pe roti hai.
Bari mushkil se hota hai Chaman me deedawar Paida.
Asad have keen interest in Urdu poetry and Urdu literature. Asad have read many books on Urdu literature which forced him to continue studying and exploring Urdu. Feel free to contact Asad at asad_asrar@yahoo.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Asad_Asrar
Monday, December 20, 2010
Articles about ALLAMA IQBAL :(Urdu and Persian Poet Allama Iqbal)
By Asad Asrar 
Dr Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal's life, thoughts, beliefs, ideologies, accomplishments, achievements and their impact on individuals or even on nations is literally impossible to summarize in such a limited time and space..
Sialkot, a small city in the province of Punjab holds the honor of being Allama Iqbal's birth place in 1877. Sheikh Nur Muhammd, Allama Iqbal's father, being a pious and religious person himself, arranged best of religious and contemporary education that he could.
Iqbal was educated and groomed initially at home by a renowned scholar of his times, Syed Mir Hassan who furnished Allama Iqbal with the basic knowledge of Urdu, Persian, Arabic, History, Philosophy and Islamic Studies, also discovering and nourishing the talent of his poetry in its initial stages, which lead Allama Iqbal to produce the greatest of Urdu and Persian poetry of all times.
He accomplished his Bachelor and Master degrees with various distinctions and was appointed to Arabic readership in Oriental College Lahore. It was where he got his first Urdu publication in 1903, i.e. The Knowledge of Economics or Ilm ul Iqtisad (Urdu translation).
But his untamed quests for knowledge soon lead him to Europe where his educational career culminated even further in various renowned institutions, also becoming a barrister from Lincoln's Inn at London, England.
It was in England that he got involved practically in politics in 1908, elected as a member of executive committee for All India Muslim League of its British Chapter.
He got back to subcontinent after his educational achievements to continue his careers in education and law.
All the while he continued with his poetry, Persian being the language of his prime interest rather than Urdu, as he believed Persian gave him more room of expression for his philosophical thoughts.
Asrar-i-Khudi (1915) was his first poetic compilation in Persian, followed closely by Rumuz-i-Bekhudi (1917), Payam-i-Mashriq, Zabur-i-Ajam, Javiadnama and Armaghan-i-Hijaz (1938). All of these were in Persian but a small part of the last one contained Urdu poetry as well.
His first Urdu poetic compilation was named Bang-i-Dara (1924) followed by Bal-i-Jibril (1935) and Zarb-i-Kalim (1936). One sees Allama Iqbal's top poetic self in Urdu poetry in Bal-i-Jibril.
The main theme of Allama Iqbal's Urdu and Persian poetry remains Khudi or Selfhood. He teaches and tries to inculcate the essence of Khudi into Muslims by exposing them to their brilliant past, giving them the strength and motivation for a Renaissance, for the betterment in their present, setting a foundation for yet another buoyant future, all by the means of self actualization/realization, cultivation and assertion of their long lost Khudi.
No wonder both Persian and Urdu poetry, are indebted heavily to Iqbal's poetic endeavors. Especially Urdu poetry was exposed to certain new wonderful and powerful dimensions of self realization and universal Muslim brotherhood, all courtesy to Allama Iqbal's literary brilliance.
His ornamentation of Urdu poetry with Persian and Arabic terms and proverbs has set an attraction of its own to his poetry which has added a certain new flavor to conventional Urdu poetry.
Iqbal expanded the horizons of Urdu poetry in several of its domains like poems, nazams, ghazals etc, thus offering the depth and versatility it lacked priorly.
He has also embroidered Urdu poetry by producing wonderful poems for children as well, thus presenting himself as a real poet of masses.
Allam Iqbal's poetic contributions to Urdu and Persian languages, no doubt are of greatest stature, but what could be deemed as his greatest achievement, turning the course of history for the Muslims of Subcontinent in particular and Muslims all across the globe in general, is his idea of a sovereign Muslim state comprising of the Muslim majority areas of United India. This served to be the basis for the creation of a new Muslim state named Pakistan, under the great leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, convinced by Sir Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal to take command of this great movement initiated by the Muslims of the Subcontinent, rightly named as Tehreek e Pakistan or Pakistan Movement,which gifted the Muslims of the region and the whole world with the creation of a separate homeland for Muslims, i.e. the Pakistan.
As stated earlier, encompassing the achievements of Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, in their scope and level of impact and significance might take decades to be done justifiably.
Dr Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal's life, thoughts, beliefs, ideologies, accomplishments, achievements and their impact on individuals or even on nations is literally impossible to summarize in such a limited time and space..Sialkot, a small city in the province of Punjab holds the honor of being Allama Iqbal's birth place in 1877. Sheikh Nur Muhammd, Allama Iqbal's father, being a pious and religious person himself, arranged best of religious and contemporary education that he could.
Iqbal was educated and groomed initially at home by a renowned scholar of his times, Syed Mir Hassan who furnished Allama Iqbal with the basic knowledge of Urdu, Persian, Arabic, History, Philosophy and Islamic Studies, also discovering and nourishing the talent of his poetry in its initial stages, which lead Allama Iqbal to produce the greatest of Urdu and Persian poetry of all times.
He accomplished his Bachelor and Master degrees with various distinctions and was appointed to Arabic readership in Oriental College Lahore. It was where he got his first Urdu publication in 1903, i.e. The Knowledge of Economics or Ilm ul Iqtisad (Urdu translation).
But his untamed quests for knowledge soon lead him to Europe where his educational career culminated even further in various renowned institutions, also becoming a barrister from Lincoln's Inn at London, England.
It was in England that he got involved practically in politics in 1908, elected as a member of executive committee for All India Muslim League of its British Chapter.
He got back to subcontinent after his educational achievements to continue his careers in education and law.
All the while he continued with his poetry, Persian being the language of his prime interest rather than Urdu, as he believed Persian gave him more room of expression for his philosophical thoughts.
Asrar-i-Khudi (1915) was his first poetic compilation in Persian, followed closely by Rumuz-i-Bekhudi (1917), Payam-i-Mashriq, Zabur-i-Ajam, Javiadnama and Armaghan-i-Hijaz (1938). All of these were in Persian but a small part of the last one contained Urdu poetry as well.
His first Urdu poetic compilation was named Bang-i-Dara (1924) followed by Bal-i-Jibril (1935) and Zarb-i-Kalim (1936). One sees Allama Iqbal's top poetic self in Urdu poetry in Bal-i-Jibril.
The main theme of Allama Iqbal's Urdu and Persian poetry remains Khudi or Selfhood. He teaches and tries to inculcate the essence of Khudi into Muslims by exposing them to their brilliant past, giving them the strength and motivation for a Renaissance, for the betterment in their present, setting a foundation for yet another buoyant future, all by the means of self actualization/realization, cultivation and assertion of their long lost Khudi.
No wonder both Persian and Urdu poetry, are indebted heavily to Iqbal's poetic endeavors. Especially Urdu poetry was exposed to certain new wonderful and powerful dimensions of self realization and universal Muslim brotherhood, all courtesy to Allama Iqbal's literary brilliance.
His ornamentation of Urdu poetry with Persian and Arabic terms and proverbs has set an attraction of its own to his poetry which has added a certain new flavor to conventional Urdu poetry.
Iqbal expanded the horizons of Urdu poetry in several of its domains like poems, nazams, ghazals etc, thus offering the depth and versatility it lacked priorly.
He has also embroidered Urdu poetry by producing wonderful poems for children as well, thus presenting himself as a real poet of masses.
Allam Iqbal's poetic contributions to Urdu and Persian languages, no doubt are of greatest stature, but what could be deemed as his greatest achievement, turning the course of history for the Muslims of Subcontinent in particular and Muslims all across the globe in general, is his idea of a sovereign Muslim state comprising of the Muslim majority areas of United India. This served to be the basis for the creation of a new Muslim state named Pakistan, under the great leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, convinced by Sir Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal to take command of this great movement initiated by the Muslims of the Subcontinent, rightly named as Tehreek e Pakistan or Pakistan Movement,which gifted the Muslims of the region and the whole world with the creation of a separate homeland for Muslims, i.e. the Pakistan.
As stated earlier, encompassing the achievements of Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal, in their scope and level of impact and significance might take decades to be done justifiably.
Asad have keen interest in Urdu poetry and Urdu literature. Asad have read many books on Urdu literature which forced him to continue studying and exploring Urdu. Feel free to contact Asad at asad_asrar@yahoo.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Asad_Asrar
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