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Pause for a moment. The earth, the sky, and whatever lies beyond them: whose glimpse does the poet see in all of it?
Read the Hamd on p. 2 of your book first. Here is the poet, what the book says about the poem, and its central idea.
Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011) was born Muhammad Muzaffar-ud-Din Ahmad Siddiqui in Meerut (U.P.). He wrote under the pen name Muzaffar Warsi.
He had his early education in Meerut. When Pakistan was made, his family came to Karachi, where he continued his studies.
He began writing poetry regularly in 1950. He tried hamd, naat, salam, geet, rubai and qita, but hamd and naat became his identity.
His collections include Bab-e-Haram, Noor-e-Azal and Al-Hamd. His complete poetry is published as Kulliyat-e-Muzaffar Warsi.
The Government of Pakistan gave him the Pride of Performance in 1988 for his literary work.
The book says that in this Hamd the poet shows every aspect of the being of Allah Ta'ala, and His attributes in the creation of the universe.
The poem is from Bab-e-Haram. It has four stanzas, and each one ends with the same call. The first line reads:
یہ زمیں، یہ فلک، اِن سے آگے تلک (ص 2، بند 1)
اے خُدا!، اے خُدا! (ہر بند کا آخری حصہ)
The book adds that many well-known singers have sung this Hamd, so it is on everyone's lips.
The book: the essence of a poem is its central idea. It is usually three or four lines long.
The book's central idea of this Hamd: the poet addresses Allah Ta'ala and says that He is present on the earth and in the sky, everywhere and at every moment.
Whoever looks for Him with a sincere heart finds Him. The universe is His creation, so everything praises Him in its own way.
The poet's plea: You have given man Your khilafat; grant me also the longing to bow in sajda.
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Pause for a moment. The earth, the sky, and whatever lies beyond them: whose glimpse does the poet see in all of it?
Read the Hamd on p. 2 of your book first. Here is the poet, what the book says about the poem, and its central idea.
Muzaffar Warsi (1933–2011) was born Muhammad Muzaffar-ud-Din Ahmad Siddiqui in Meerut (U.P.). He wrote under the pen name Muzaffar Warsi.
He had his early education in Meerut. When Pakistan was made, his family came to Karachi, where he continued his studies.
He began writing poetry regularly in 1950. He tried hamd, naat, salam, geet, rubai and qita, but hamd and naat became his identity.
His collections include Bab-e-Haram, Noor-e-Azal and Al-Hamd. His complete poetry is published as Kulliyat-e-Muzaffar Warsi.
The Government of Pakistan gave him the Pride of Performance in 1988 for his literary work.
The book says that in this Hamd the poet shows every aspect of the being of Allah Ta'ala, and His attributes in the creation of the universe.
The poem is from Bab-e-Haram. It has four stanzas, and each one ends with the same call. The first line reads:
یہ زمیں، یہ فلک، اِن سے آگے تلک (ص 2، بند 1)
اے خُدا!، اے خُدا! (ہر بند کا آخری حصہ)
The book adds that many well-known singers have sung this Hamd, so it is on everyone's lips.
The book: the essence of a poem is its central idea. It is usually three or four lines long.
The book's central idea of this Hamd: the poet addresses Allah Ta'ala and says that He is present on the earth and in the sky, everywhere and at every moment.
Whoever looks for Him with a sincere heart finds Him. The universe is His creation, so everything praises Him in its own way.
The poet's plea: You have given man Your khilafat; grant me also the longing to bow in sajda.
A Hamd praises Allah Ta'ala. This one moves from the earth and the sky, to every star and stone that praises Him, to the poet's own plea at the end.
Q1. Exercise 5 (p. 4): In the light of the Hamd in the book, explain the difference between Hamd and Munajat.
A Hamd describes the greatness of Allah Ta'ala; in a Munajat the servant humbly asks his Lord for something.
Q2. Exercise 2 (d) (p. 3): To whom has Allah Ta'ala given the rank of His khilafat?
To man (insaan): the Hamd says He entrusted man with the rank of humanity and gave him His khilafat.
Q3. Exercise 2 (e) (p. 3): Why does the poet ask Allah Ta'ala for the longing to bow in sajda?
The book's central idea: Allah Ta'ala has given man His khilafat, and the poet pleads for the longing for sajda too. He asks that his head stay bowed at His threshold.
✗ Writing that Hamd and Munajat are the same because both are addressed to Allah Ta'ala.
✓ Give the book's difference: a Hamd describes His greatness; in a Munajat the servant asks for something.
✗ Changing a word when you quote a line, for example writing chamak for jhalak.
✓ Copy the line word for word from p. 2 and say which stanza it is from.
✗ Writing a page of your own thoughts as the central idea.
✓ The book: a central idea is the essence of the poem, usually three or four lines, built on what the poem says.
1. گونجتا ہے جہاں تیرے ______ سے
(c) Stanza 2 (p. 2): the world echoes with His aahang (melody).
2. ہر ستارے میں آباد ہے اِک ______
(a) Stanza 3 (p. 2): a whole world lives in every star.
3. پتھروں کو بھی تُو نے عطا کی ______
(d) Stanza 3 (p. 2): even stones were given a tongue, so they too praise Him.
4. سونپ کر منصبِ ______ مجھے
(b) Stanza 4 (p. 2): the rank given to man is mansab-e-aadmiyat. Khilafat comes in the next line.
5. شوقِ سجدہ بھی کر اب ______ مجھے
(c) Stanza 4 (p. 2): the poet asks Allah Ta'ala to grant (inayat) the longing for sajda.
6. In which kind of poem does the servant ask his Lord for something? (p. 4)
(a) Book p. 4: in a Munajat the servant asks his Lord for something; a Hamd describes His greatness.
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