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The Mystic Melodies of Sultan Bahu
No full textPakistan’s folk literature can be proud of some of the most exhilarating poetry composed in different Pakistani languages. One such example is the poetry composed by Sultan Bahu, a mystic, poet and scholar from Punjab. The article discusses how Sultan Bahu’s Sufi poetry is an expression of disillusionment with the tradition or formal forms of religion as it emphasises the individual and personal relationship with God, a spiritual experience that he amply describes in his ecstatic poetry. This paper discusses how Sultan Bahu emphasises the power of love and stresses love is more important than the learning in formal or traditional sense. With examples from Sultan Bahu’s Punjabi poetry, the author concludes that Sultan Bahu lives on not only in Punjabi Sufi poetry but his views are also reflected in the poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal
پاکستانی زبانیں اور بولیاں: ایک بنیادی تعارف
No full textPakistan is a country with amazing linguistic variation and a large number of languages and dialects are spoken in Pakistan. Some linguists have put the number of languages spoken in Pakistan as high as 77. But it is a matter of concern, says the author in this paper, that no authentic survey of languages spoken in Pakistan has ever been conducted and most of the information we have is based on either some foreign scholars and linguists or some foreign publications. This paper discusses the names and number of languages and dialects spoken in Pakistan, pinpointing the areas where they are spoken. It also mentions the languages that are considered endangered since the number of their native speakers is also dwindling
محسن کاکوروی کا ایک قصیدہ: ادبی محاسن اور صنائع بدائع کے چند پہلو
No full textMohsin Kakorvi (1826-1905) was a poet of Urdu who in later life devoted his works solely for writing Naat, or poetry praising Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him. One of his qaseedas, or panegyric odes, dedicated to the praise of Prophet Muhammad gained unprecedented kudos and is considered one of the most quoted and talked-about pieces of Naat poetry in Urdu. This article, while analysing it in the light of literary criticism on it by Muhammad Hasan Askari, analyses its literary and poetic merits. The writer has taken special care to appraise the reader about some literary aspects and especially the rhetorical aspects that this qaseeda offers. The paper also takes into account the lexicographic peculiarities
عالمی ادب کی چند طویل نظمیں: ایک تحقیقی و تنقیدی مطالعہ
No full textThe beginnings of the long poem genre can be traced back to the Euphrates valley. From Mesopotamia it moved on to Egypt, Greece, England, India and other parts of the world and kept flourishing within many geographies and cultures. A study of the long poems from the global literature that came to Urdu language poets and critics reveals that the development of the long poem has been in parallel to the human civilization
تحریکِ آزادی کے اصل قائد
No full textThe writer in this article has tried to prove that the Independence Movement that culminated in the creation of two, separate independent countries, namely, India and Pakistan, was a result of an all-inclusive endeavour and all and sundry, including scholars, clergy, writers, poets, politicians— from both the religions, Islam and Hinduism — took part in it. He emphasises that due credit to everybody should be given and marginalising on the basis of religion in this regard should be discouraged
Shah Abdul-Latif Bhitai and the Call to Gallows
No full textShah Abdul Latif Bhittai is one of the most revered saints and most loved poets of Sindh. His Shah jo Risalo has been translated into many languages from Sindhi and a large number of scholars, both Pakistani and foreign, have tried to understand and explain the philosophy and the message in Shah Latif`s poetry. The author has explained in this paper that the worldly love had led Shah Latif to eternal and real love, that is the love of God, and his worldly love is but a metaphor for the eternal and true love of Allah, a relationship between the soul of an individual and the Soul of the Cosmos. But the author laments that tyranny of the feudal system still exists in Sindh and Shah Latif`s call to gallows remains silent
غالب اور قربان علی بیگ سالک
No full textQurban Ali Salik (1824-1881) was a prolific poet of Urdu. He was a disciple of Ghalib and there are certain letters by Ghalib addressed to Salik. The author in the paper laments that despite being a prominent poet and having composed commendable pieces of Urdu poetry, Salik has largely been ignored both by the critics and literary historians of Urdu. This paper is an endeavour to revive Salik and his poetry. This paper describes Salik’s biographical details along with his literary works and certain aspects of his Urdu poetry. The writer has also quoted select poetry of Salik to give the readers some idea as to what kind of poetry Salik composed and what literary merits it had
جوش کے چند نادر اور غیرمطبوعہ خطوط بنام سیّد سبطِ حسن
No full textJosh Maleehabadi (1898-1982) was one of the Urdu poets known for their wit, linguistic acumen and poetic talent. He wrote letters in large numbers and these letters are full of witty and philosophic musings on literature and language. But Josh’s letters so far published do not include many important letters addressed to some towering personalities. One such personality and a close friend of Josh was Sibt-e-Hasan (1916-1986). At Karachi’s Ghalib Library many rare and unpublished letters written by some prominent literary figures are preserved. The writer, having obtained seven such letters by Josh, has reproduced them here with annotations and explanatory notes
مشائخِ سندھ کی مکتوب نگاری: محرکات اور اسلوب
No full textIn Sindh, a province of Pakistan, many religious figures have contributed towards religious and literary studies in the shape of letters as these letters carry invaluable information on certain literary issues. This article traces and analyses such Urdu letters and evaluates both the contents and the meanings of such letters. Additionally, the writer has taken into account the stimulus behind writing such letters and the style and literary merits of these letters. Some of the religious scholars whose letters have been analysed include: Ghulam Rasool Qadri, Mufti Muhammad Shafi and Mirza Ikhtiar Hussain Kaif Niazi.
ماہ نامہ ’’ساقی‘‘ کے اداریے اور شاہد احمد دہلوی
No full textShahid Ahmed Dehlvi had launched Saqi an Urdu literary magazine in the pre-independence era. With the passage of time the magazine became immensely popular in the literary circles and with it its editor too became a celebrity. But after the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Shahid Ahmed Dehlvi migrated to Pakistan and brought with him the magazine to Karachi from where it was published under the trying circumstances till Shahid Ahmed Dehlvi’s death in 1967. Saqi was known for its editorials penned by its editor, Shahid Ahmed Dehlvi. The articles analyses how the topics and the style of these editorials changed with time, either on the insistence of the readers or with the change of heart of its editor, reflecting the social, political and literary circumstances that forced the change