Tasveer-o-Musawir PAINTING AND THE PAINTER Tasveer PAINTING Kaha Tasveer Ne Tasweer Gar Se Numaish Hai Meri Tere Hunar Se Said the portrait to its Painter: “My manifestation attests to Thine unbounded Skill” Wa Lekin Kis Qaddar Na-Munsafi Hai Ke Tu Poshida Ho Meri Nazar Se! And yet what a violation …
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Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura (Part 2) – Iblees Apne Musheeron Se IBLIS (TO HIS COUNCILORS) Hai Mere Dast-e-Tasarruf Mein Jahan-e-Rang O Bu Kya Zameen, Kya Mehar O Mah, Kya Asaman-e-Tu Ba Tu Absolute command have I of the world of scent and hue! The earth, the sun, the moon and the …
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Iblees Ki Majlis-e-Shura (Part 1) – Armaghan-e-Hijaz THE DEVIL’S CONFERENCE IBLIS Ye Anasir Ka Purana Khail, Ye Dunya-e-Doon Sakinan-e-Arsh-e-Azam Ki Tamanaon Ka Khoon! This ancient game of elements, this base world! The frustration of the longings of the great Empyrean’s dwellers. Uss Ki Barbadi Pe Aaj Aamada Hai Woh Kaarsaaz …
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Ijtihaad Khud badalty nhi Quran ko badal dety hain Ijtihaad Hind Mein Hikmat-e-Deen Koi Kahan Se Sikhe Na Kahin Lazzat-e-Kirdar, Na Afkar-e-Aumeeq There is no place in India where from to learn, the tenets that the Muslim Faith concern. They are devoid of zeal for godly acts, and are not …
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Ilam-O-Ishaq Ilam ne muj se kaha ishaq ha dewana pan Ilm-o-Ishq KNOWLEDGE AND LOVE Ilm Ne Mujh Se Kaha Ishq Hai Diwana-Pan Ishq Ne Mujh Se Kaha Ilm Hai Takhmeen-o-Zan Knowledge said to me, Love is madness; Love said to me, Knowledge is calculation. Band-e-Takhmeen-o-Zan! Kirm-e-Kitabi Na Ban Ishq Sarapa …
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Musalman Ka Zawal Musalman Ka Zawal The Decline Of The Muslims Agarcha Zar Bhi Jahan Mein Hai Qazi-Ul-Hajat Jo Faqar Se Hai Mayassar, Toungari Se Nahin Though wealth and gold provide the worldly needs of man But what faqr can bestow no wealth or gold eʹer can. Agar Jawan Hon …
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Zameen-O-Aasman Zameen-o-Asman The Earth And The Sky Mumkin Hai Ke Tu Jis Ko Samajhta Hai Baharan Auron Ki Nighahonmein Woh Mousam Ho Khazan Ka Perhaps the part of year that Spring you deem, In othersʹ view destructive Autumn it may seem! Hai Silsila Ahwal Ka Har Lehza Dirgargoon Ae Salik-e-Reh, …
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Aik Falsafa Zada Syed Zade Ke Naam Admonition To A Philosophy Stricken Sayyid Part 1 Tu Apni Khudi Agar Na Khota Zunnari-e-Bargsan Na Hota If your self had not been debased and lost, Bergson, his spell on you would not have cast. Heegal Ka Sadaf Guhar Se Khali Hai Uss …
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Meraj – De Walwla-E-Shuq Jisy Lazt-E-Perwaz Meraj Ascension De Walwala-e-Shauq Jise Lazzat-e-Parwaz Kar Sakta Hai Woh Zarra Mah-o-Mehr Ko Taraaj A mote endowed with strong desire for flight Can reach the Sun and Moon with effort slight. Mushkil Nahin Yaraan-e-Chaman! Maarka-e-Baaz Pursouz Agar Ho Nafs-e-Sina-e-Durraj If chest of partridge fire …
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Tan Ba Taqdeer – Zarb-e-Kaleem Submission To Fate Issi Quran Mein Hai Ab Tark-e-Jahan Ki Taleem Jis Ne Momin Ko Banaya Meh-o-Parveen Ka Ameer The Quranic teaching that did bring the Moon and Pleiades within human Is now explained in manner strange, ’Twixt man and world to cause a breach. …
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