: Urdu poetry is thoroughly secular #WorldNEWSAll Many people think Urdu poetry is communal. On the contrary it is thoroughly secular. Thus, Ghalib, the greatest Urdu poet, writes : Imaan mujhe roke
Urdu poetry is thoroughly secular #WorldNEWSAll
Many people think Urdu poetry is communal. On the contrary it is thoroughly secular.
Thus, Ghalib, the greatest Urdu poet, writes :
Imaan mujhe roke hai, jo kheeche hai mujhe kufr
Kaaba mere peeche hai, kaleesa mere aage
i. e.
Faith is holding me back, atheism is pulling me forward
Kaaba is behind me, the Church is in front.
As explained in my article, Urdu poetry is not to be understood literally. The Urdu poets often write not directly but indirectly, conveying their meaning allegorically by allusions, hints, suggestions, metaphors, and indications.
Kaaba is the place in Mecca, which is the holiest place for Muslims. But in this sher (couplet) the word Kaaba must not be understood literally. By Kaaba Ghalib means feudalism or backwardness.
Mirza Ghalib
The word kaleesa literally means Church (of Christians). But here it means modernism.
So when Ghalib says he has turned his back towards Kaaba (i. e. he rejected it ), he means he has rejected feudalism and backwardness.
The word kaleesa in the sher means modernism, and therefore what Ghalib means is that he is a supporter of modern civilisation, and is against feudalism.
Similarly, Ghalib writes :
Kahaan maikhane ka darwaaza Ghalib aur kahaan vaaiz
Par itna jaantay hain kal voh jaata tha ke ham nikle
i. e.
The tavern and the preacher ( mulla ) are said to be far apart
But when I was entering the tavern yesterday, the preacher was leaving.
This is a subtle dig on religious clerics.
Among the modern Urdu poets, Sahir Ludhianvi is outspokenly atheistic. Consider the following lines :
“Aqaayad vaham hai mazhab khyaal khaam hai saaqi
Azal se zahen-e-insaan bastaa vaham hai saaqi
which means :
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