Vinod Dua on Iqbal's Birth Anniversary (Nov 9)

[Irfan Abid]

aadaab, dosto!

mash.huur sahaafii Vinod Dua sb kaa ek taazah video dekh kar ahsaas huaa ki aaj Allama Iqbal kaa yaum-e-paidaaish hai. Vinod Dua sb apne videos meiN aksar apne pasandeedah sho'raa kaa kalaam sunaate haiN. aaj unhoN ne Allama Iqbal ke mandarja zel ash'aar inaayat farmaaye.

sham'a-e-mehfil ho ke bhii tuu soz se Khaalii rahaa
tere parvaane bhii is lazzat se begaane rahe

rishta-e-ulfat meN jab in ko piro saktaa thaa tuu
phir pareshaaN kyoN tirii tasbiih ke daane rahe?

shauq-e-be.parvaa gayaa, fikr-e-falak.paimaa gayaa
terii mehfil meN na deevaane, na farzaane rahe

Khair, tuu saaqii sahii, lekin pilaayegaa kise?
ab to vuh maikash rahe baaqii, na maiKhaane rahe

ro rahii hai aaj ik TuuTii huii meenaa use
kal talak gardish meN jis saaqii ke paimaane rahe

yih ash'aar Khud Vinod Dua sb kii aavaaz meN suniye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Wr5ercjDE

niyaazmand,
Irfan :Abid:

[Naseer]

muHtaram Irfan SaaHib, aadaab-o-tasliimaat.

Allamah Muhammad Iqbal (09/11/1877 -21/04/1938) ke yaum-i-paidaa'ish par un kaa kalaam pesh karne ke liye bahut bahut shukriyah. bilaa shak Urdu shaa3irii meN un kaa maqaam bahut buland hai aur naqqaadoN aur maddaaHoN ne unheN Urdu ke sab se baRe shu3araa' ke shaanah ba-shaanah laa khaRaa kiyaa hai.

Haal hii meN Iqbal ke "shikvah" se un kaa yih shi3r Rekhta.org ke avvaliin safHe par chaspaaN thaa...

ai xudaa shikvah-i-arbaab-i-vafaa bhii sun le
xuugar-i-Hamd se thoRaa saa gilah bhii sun le

"shikvah" aur "javaab-i-shikvah" Iqbal ke Urdu kalaam meN ek numaayaaN Haisiyyat rakhte haiN hii magar nah jaane kyoN yih shi3r mere dil kii gahraa'iyoN meN utar jaataa hai aur mujh par riqqat-aamez sii kaifiyyat taarii ho jaatii hai. dil se du3aa nikaltii hai kih yaa ilaahii, is ke saath saath, apnii tamaam maxluuq ke mazluumoN kii aavaaz bhii sun le.

kabhii kabhhi hamaare Raj Kumar SaaHib, mazaaq kii ruu se, farmaate haiN kih vuh fulaaN shaa3ir ko ba-taur-i-sanad nahiiN maante......masal-an...

"magar afsos k ham in sahib ko "sanad" nahiiN maante. is liye k aek to Punjabi aur voh bhi Ludhianay se. ko'ii Lahore/Amritsar ke hote to kuchh baat bhi thi! ;-) lekin is mazaaq kaa bhii ek pahluu aur pas-manzar hai.

ALUP ke 3ilaavah maiN Hind-Iraanii zabaanoN se vaabastah ek maHfil meN bhii Hissah letaa huuN aur jab kabhii kisii Urdu lafz ke isti3maal kaa zikr chhiRtaa hai to maiN bhii Punjab ke kisii shaa3ir kii misaal pesh karne se jhijhaktaa huuN mabaadaa kih yih kahaa jaa'e kih ham is shaa3ir ko to mustanad samjhte hii nahiiN!:-) magar yih pas-o-pesh kyoN?

mujhe yaad hai kih maiN ne kahiiN "net" par paRhaa thaa jis meN shaayad Ismat Chughtai SaaHibah yaa Qurratulain Hyder SaaHibah ne Faiz Ahmad Faiz kii zabaan par i3tiraaz kiyaa thaa. agar yih TukRaa mil gayaa to maiN ise yahaaN zaruur post kar duuN gaa. jab maiN is iqtibaas kii talaash meN thaa to patah chalaa kih Maulana Mahirul Qadiri ne Faiz Ahmed Faiz kii "mujh se pahlii sii muHabbat mirii maHbuub nah maaNg" kii zabaan par shadiid tanqiid kii hai.

https://www.humsub.com.pk/10650/haseeb-ahmad-2/

is se pahle maiN ne ALUP ke tavassut se paRh rakhaa thaa kih Mirza Yaas Yagaana Changezi Iqbal ko "Mister Ikbal" likhte the. yaad rahe kih Mirza Assadullah Khan Ghalib bhii in kii zad se bach nah paa'e aur yih tanqiid ek kitaab "Ghalib shikan" kii shakl meN vujuud meN aa'ii. Josh Malsiyani ne 1928 meN ek farzi naam "JarraaH" ke parde meN rah kar ek kitaab likhii jis kaa naam "Iqbal kii xaamiyaaN" hai.

https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/iqbal-ki-khamiyan-arsh-malsiyani-ebooks

tanqiid jab mudallal ho aur shi3r-o-shaa3irii aur zabaan kii mubayyinah xaamiyoN se muta3alliqah ho to is meN ko'ii harj nahiiN. lekin jab tanqiid zaatiyaat aur naslii imtiyaaz par mabnii ho yih qaabil-i-qubuul nahiiN. Iqbal shaayad vaaHid Urdu shaa3ir the jinheN is qism kii tanqiid aur ta3assub kaa zaruurat se kuchh ziyaadah hii saamnaa karnaa paRaa. agar kisii dost ko is kaa tafsiil mavaad dar-kaar ho to yih "ٰIqbal dushmanii- ek mutaali3ah" naamii kitaab az Professor Ayub Sabir meN dast-yaab hai.

https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/iqbal-dushmani-ek-mutala-ayub-sabir-ebooks

apnii zindagii meN vuh vaqtan favaqtan is yalGhaar kaa Hattu_limkaan javaab dete rahe aur vuh bhii nihaayat shaayastagii aur dalaa'ik ke saath. Tasadduq Hussain Taaj kii kitaab "mazaamiin-i-Iqbal" meN ek mazmuun ba-3unvaan "Urdu zabaan Punjab meN" hai, jo Iqbal ke radd-i-3amal kii 3akkaasii kartaa hai.

https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/mazameen-e-iqbal-ebooks-1 (safHah 8)

is taHriir se kyaa ham yih natiijah axaz kar leN kih Faiz, Iqbal aur diigar Punjabi shu3araa' ke xilaaf ta3assub kaa ek lashkar khaRaa hai? hargiz nahiiN! jahaaN in shu3araa' ke naqqaad haiN vahaaN maddaaH bhii haiN. Iqbal ke maddaHon meN ek naqqaad Shamsur Rahman Faruqi sar-i-fahrist haiN. un kii do kitaaboN meN (xvurshiid kaa saamaan-i-safar aur isbaat-o-nafii) ek mazmuun shaamil hai jis kaa 3unvaan "Iqbal ke Haq meN radd-i-3amal" nihaayat dilchasp hai. aap kii xidmat meN is mazmuun se ek iqtibaas pesh kartaa huuN.

"Urdu Farsi aur ba3z duusrii zabaanoN meN yih tariiqah 3arsah se raa'ij hai kih alfaaz ke ma3nii, talaffuz aur tazkiir-o-taaniis vaGhairah kaa ta3ayyun karne ke liye baRe yaa achchhe shu3araa' ke kalaam se bhii istinaad karte haiN. farq yih hai kih aNgrezii aur Farsi vaale yih nahiiN puuchhte kih jis shaa3ir se vuh istinaad kar rahe haiN vuh Tabrez yaa Shiraz kaa rahne vaalaa thaa kih Qum kaa kih Liverpool kaa. vuh sirf yih dekhte haiN kih shaa3ir kaa martbah shaa3ir (ya3nii zabaan ki xallaaqaanah taur par isti3maal karne vaale) kii Haisiyyat se musallam honaa chaahiye. Iran vaale yuuN to thoRaa ta3assub barat_te haiN kih Hindustani Farsi-goyoN ko mustanad nahiiN maante lekin xvud Iran ke shu3araa ke maa-bain vuh ko'ii farq nahiiN karte. Maulana-i-Ruum un ke liye utne hii mustanad haiN jitne Sa'di Shirazi. lekin hamaare yahaaN 3aalam yih hai kih sirf usii shaa3ir ko mustanad maaneN ge jo "ahl-i-zabaan" ho. shaa3ir vuh chaahe kitnaa hii ma3muulii kyoN nah ho, lekin agar vuh naam-nihaad ahl-i-zabaan hai to mustanad hai us kaa farmaayaa hu'aa. duusrii shart (agarchih is ko vazaaHat se bayaan nahiiN kiyaa jaataa) yih hai kih shaa3ir kis kaa shaagird thaa. agar be-chaarah kisii kaa shaagird nahiiN yaa kisii "ahl-i-zabaan" yaa "mustanad" ustaad kaa Halqah ba-gosh nahiiN to chaahe vuh Yagaanah jitnaa saHiiH aur muHtaat shaa3ir kyoN nah ho, mustanad nah Thahre gaa......."

mazmuun kaa aglaa pairaa "ahl-i-zabaan" luGhat-naviisoN ke baare meN hai jo kisii lafz kii tazkiir ko taaniis ko muxtalif fiih qaraar dene meN zarrah-bhar ta'ammul nahiiN barat_te jabkih agar vahii lafz kisii "Ghair ahl-i-zabaan" shaa3ir kaa hotaa to yahii Maulavii SaaHibaan (murattabiin-i-Farhang-i-Asifiyyah aur Nuru_lluGhaat) hargiz ise saHiiH nah maante.

"agar kisii puuch lekin naam-nihaad "ahl-i-zabaan" shaa3ir kii daliil laa kar aap kisii lafz ko muxtalif fiih qaraar de sakte haiN to kisii "Ghair ahl-i-zabaan" lekin achchhe shaa3ir kii daliil use muxtalif fiih samajhne ke liye kaafii kyoN nahiiN?

lekin aisaa kabhii nahiiN hu'aa. Iqbal kaa kalimah paRhne vaalii qaum ne un ko Naseem Bharat Puri, Shauq Nemavi aur Jaleel Manakpuri ke baraabar bhii mustanad nahiiN maanaa. Iqbal ko tarjumaan-i-Haqiiqat, lisaanu_lqaum, Hakiimu_lummat, shaa3ir-i-mashriq, falsafah-taraaz-i-xvudii, mi3maar-i-Pakistan, Hindustani qaumiyyat kaa paiGhambar, inqilaab kii ruuH, falsafah aur 3ilm kaa nichoR sab kuchh kah diyaa gayaa lekin unheN shaa3ir nah tasliim kiyaa gayaa. aaj bhii yih 3aalam hai kih agar maiN kisii lafz ke baare meN sanad maaNguuN to aap DhuuND DhaaND kar kisii Majhuul Lakhnavii yaa Muhmal Dihlavi kaa shi3r nikaal laa'eN ge lekin Faiz, Raashid, Miira Jii aur Zafar Iqbal kyaa, shaa3ir-i-mashriq, Hakiimu_ummat, tarjumaan-i-Haqiiqat Doctor Sir Muhammad Iqbal raHmatullah 3alaihi kaa shi3r pesh karne kaa tasavvur aap ke xvaab-o-xayaal meN bhii nah aa'e gaa. chunaaNchih Taajvar Najeebabadi ne baRe murabbiyaanah andaaz meN Jagan Nath Azad ko talqiin kii kih Iqbal baRe shaa3ir zaruur haiN lekin zabaan-o-bayaan ke baab meN mustanad nahiiN. kyoNkih un ke yahaaN ka'ii aGlaat milte haiN. masal-an unhoN ne "Ghaar" ko mu'annas baaNdhaa hai..

muddat se hai aavaarah-i-aflaak miraa fikr
kar de tuu ise chaaNd kii GhaaroN meN nazarband

agarchih zabaan ko istinaad kaa darjah baRe shaa3ir hii se miltaa hai lekin kyaa zulm hai kih ek Ameerullah Tasleem kii Ghalat misaal kii binaa par lafz "iijaad" to muxtalif maan liyaa jaa'e lekin un se hazaar darjah baRe shaa3ir Iqbal ne agar "Ghaar" ko mu'annas likhaa to unheN ghalat Thahraayaa jaa'e aur un ke saath itnii bhii muravvat nah bartii jaa'e kih un ke isti3maal kii binaa par "Ghaar" ko muxtalif fiih tasliim kar liyaa jaa'e. Iqbal kii shaa3ir-i-mashriqiyyat aur hakiimu_lummiyyat kis kaam kii jab shaa3ir (ya3nii zabaan ko xallaaqaanah taur par isti3maal karne vaale fankaar) kii Haisiyyat se un kaa itnaa bhii maqaam nah ho jitnaa Ameerullah Tasleem kaa hai? aGhlaat kis ke kaam meN nahiiN haiN? Mir Anees, Mir Dard, Momin, DaaGh in sab ke yahaaN mu'annas, muzakkar, muHaavirah, talaffuz aur ma3nii kii GhalatiyaaN haiN. ya3nii in ke yahaaN vuh suurat kabhii kabhii nazar aatii hai jise ham "muravvaj zabaan se inHiraaf" kah sakte haiN. lekin is ke baa-vujuud vuh mustanad ThahreN aur bichaara Iqbal jo Anees-o-Mir se kam darjah shaa3ir hargiz nahiiN, sirf is liye paayah-i-i3tibaar se saaqit ho kih us ke yahaaN zabaan kii do-chaar laGhzisheN nazar aatii haiN? yih maHz ta3assub nahiiN balkih shi3r aur shi3rii zabaan ke tafaa3ul se be-xabarii aur us bunyaadii Haqiiqat kaa inkaar hai kih zabaan, shaa3ir ke isti3maal se i3tibaar paatii hai nah kih shaa3ir ko zabaan ke muravvajah isti3maal kii binaa par mu3tabar kahaa jaataa hai........"

https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/khursheed-ka-saman-e-safar-shamsur-rahman-faruqi-ebooks (safHah 111)

Naseer

[Irfan Abid]

Naseer sb, aadaab arz hai!

aap ke tafseelii Khat kaa shukriya! mujhe zaatii taur par "ahl-e-zabaan" kaa Khayaal be-bunyaad lagtaa hai. zabaan kisii maKhsuus jagah par paidaa zaruur hotii hai, lekin us kii parvarish ek jagah tak mahduud nahiiN hotii. lihaaza yin tai karnaa mushkil hai ki kis jagah ke log ahl-e-zabaan haiN. afsos ki insaan kii nafsiyaat zameen-o-jaaidaad ke ilaava use zabaan par bhii qabza jamaane par aamaada kar detii hai. nateejatan girohbandii shuruu'a ho jaatii hai aur chand logoN ko is girohbandii kaa Khamiyaaza bhugatnaa paRtaa hai. Iqbal aur Yaas Azeemabadi jaise qaabil ashKhaas ke saath chand "ahl-e-zabaan" ne jo bad-suluukii kii, vuh saraasar Ghalat hai. kisii ke aGhlaat kii nishaan-dahii (aur aGhlaat kisii se bhii sarzad ho sakte haiN) jaaiz hai, lekin chand aGhlaat kii binaa par kisii ko naa-ahl qaraar denaa qataii munaasib nahiiN.

niyaazmand,
Irfan :Abid:

[Afzal A. Khan]

Mukarramee,


{Another rambling response !!}


Personally speaking, I am of the view that "geographical"
or "Schooli" prejudices ought not to influence or affect
our evaluation or rating of any poet, irrespective of his
"geographical" or "regional" origins.

Those who base their "criticism" or "tanqeed" on such
precepts are, IMO, entirely in the wrong.


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Some years back, I recall having pointed out in some thread
that Urdu has been in use not only in different parts of
the sub-continent, but even in other parts of the world.

{And, did the town of Timbaktu, in North Africa, also figure
in that discussion ?}


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I remember mentioning one Dr. Karaamat Ali Saheb from
Orissa (now known as Odisha) who was a Professor and Head
of the Department of Mathematics in a University in that
Provice --- and also happened to be an Urdu poet. I recall
seeing his photo somewhere --- a gentleman having a flowing
white beard.


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Janaab Wahshat Kalkattawi was a disciple of Mirza Ghalib
and a noted poet in his own right. He hailed from Calcutta.


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The late Dr. 'Andaleeb Shaadaani was, I believe, from Bengal ---
from a place now in Bangladesh perhaps.


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I also have a faint recollection that I (or perhaps someone
else) had mentioned a gentleman from China who happened to be
an Urdu poet. One poem by him had also been quoted there.


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At the same time, all of us have our personal preferences.
That is a fact of life that cannot be gainsaid......

Recently, you had asked ALUPers in a recent thread to name
three of their favourite poets.

To my knowledge, there hasn't been a single response to that
question. And that may be on account of the fact that most
of us have more than three poets whose poetry we regard with
great esteem.


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You will also notice that, in another recent thread, I had quoted
a sher by the 'Allama :

Sateeza(h)~kaar raha hai azal se ta imroze
ChiraaGH-e-Mustafavi se sharaar-e-Bu'Lahabi

And, at the instance of Z.S., I had tried to explain the sher as
best as I could. And B.G.M. Saheb was kind enough to appreciate
my attempt at explainining it.


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Lastly, I would like to add that, next to Mirza Ghalib, 'Allama
Iqbal is the poet about whom maximum number of books have been
penned by various authors.

Munshi Tilok Chand Mehroom hailed from the Punjab. His son
Professor Jagan Nath Azad is known and recognized as the foremost
admirer of the 'Allama --- and an authority on his poetry.


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Iqbal passed away in 1938. Physically, he may be no more. But
his hoboured place in the annals of poetry will live on forever.
He also wrote a great deal of poetry in Faarsi. But that is
beyond the purview of our current discussion.


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If you don't mind, I would like to mention a personal experience
from my young days, although it does not have any relevance to
'Allam Iqbal and his poetry.

It concerns the love of Urdu amongst people who are from the
majority community in India.

There have been Urdu poets from Sindh (which is now a part of
Pakistan, like 'Arsh and Josh Malsiyani.....

But I would like to talk about another poet who (perhaps) is
completely forgotten today.......

After the Partition of the country in 1947, and the creation of
Pakistan, almost all hindu folks from Sindh migrated to India
and settled down in certain cities of India (that is Bharat).


{BTW, Sindhis are a very enterprising community and all of them
are doing exceedingly well in various occupations.}


A large number of Sindhis came to my city too and settled down
there. In that city, there were a lage number of Urdu-knowing
folks --- maybe around 45 % of the population.

Mushaa'iraas would take place frequently. At one such gathering,
a young Sindhi poet came to the mike. He must have been around
27-28 years of age.

As is quite the norm, a poet starts with a rubaa'ii or qat'aa,
before presenting his ghazal or poem.

This Sindhi poet began with an introductory qat'aa :

Dayaar-e-Sindh se aaya huwa hooN
Huwi muddat, chhuTa pur~kaif gulshan
Sukoonat ab to hai ab is shehr men
Mujhe kehte haiN Lachhman Das Lachhman


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So there........



Afzal