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Urdu poetry ( Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India and Pakistan. According to Naseer Turabi there are five major poets of Urdu: Mir Taqi Mir (d.1810), Mirza Ghalib (d. 1869), Mir Anees (d.1874), Muhammad Iqbal (d. 1938) and Josh Malihabadi (d.1982). The language of Urdu ...
In Urdu, Ishq ( عشق) is used to refer to fervent love for any object, person or God. However, it is mostly used in its religious context. In Urdu, three very common religious terminologies have been derived from Ishq.
" Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua " ( Urdu: لب پہ آتی ہے دعا; also known as " Bachche Ki Dua "), is a duʿā or prayer, in Urdu verse authored by Muhammad Iqbal in 1902. [1] The dua is recited in morning school assembly almost universally in Pakistan, [2] [3] and in Urdu-medium schools in India. [4] [5]
Mir Muhammad Taqi (February 1723 – 20 September 1810), known as Mir Taqi Mir (also spelled Meer Taqi Meer ), was an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal India and one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language itself.
Urdu has been described as a Persianised register of the Hindustani language; [16] [17] Urdu and Hindi share a common Sanskrit - and Prakrit -derived vocabulary base, phonology, syntax, and grammar, making them mutually intelligible during colloquial communication. [18] [19] [20] While formal Urdu draws literary, political, and technical vocabulary from Persian, [21] formal Hindi draws these ...
Yusuf and Zulaikha. Yusuf and Zulaikha (the English transliteration of both names varies greatly) is a title given to many tellings in the Muslim world of the story of the relationship between the prophet Yusuf and Potiphar's wife. Developed primarily from the account in Sura 12 of the Qur'an, a distinct story of Yusuf and Zulaikha seems to ...
Aab-e-Hayat. Pir-e-Kamil or Peer-e-Kamil ( Urdu: پیر کامل صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ و سلم; meaning "The Perfect Mentor") is a novel written by Pakistani writer Umera Ahmad. [1] It was first published in Urdu in 2004 and later in English in 2011. The book deals with the turning points in intervening lives of two people: a ...
Ghalib was a chronicler of a turbulent period. One by one, Ghalib saw the bazaars – Khas Bazaar, Urdu Bazaar, Kharam-ka Bazaar, disappear, and whole mohallas (localities) and katras (lanes) vanish. The havelis (mansions) of his friends were razed to the ground. Ghalib wrote that Delhi had become a desert.
t. e. Waris Shah ( Punjabi: وارث شاہ ( Shahmukhi); 1722 – 1798) was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet of the Chishti order, known popularly for his contribution to Punjabi literature. [2] [1] He is also known as 'Shakespeare of Punjab'. He is primarily known as the author of Heer Ranjha love poem.
A shayar is a poet who composes sher or couplet in Urdu poetry (Urdu shayari). A shayar is someone who writes ghazals, nazms using the Urdu, Hindi & Bangla language.