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Muzaffar Warsi (Urdu: مظفروارثی) (born 23 December 1933 in Meerut, British India, died 28 January 2011) was a prominent Urdu poet, critic, essayist, a lyricist par excellence, and a scholar of Pakistan. A humble man with humble beginnings who is unafraid of experimenting. He began writing more than five decades ago.He wrote a rich collection of not just na`ats, but also several anthologies of ghazals and nazms including his autobiography Gaye dinon ka suraagh which is considered to be a classic book. He was writing quatrains every day for Pakistan's renowned daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt.
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- Naat ya rahmatallil alamen muzaffar warsi in ptv classicflv
- Naat mera to sub kuch muzaffar warsi
- Early life and career
- Literary work
- Awards
- Famous poems
- Books on Muzaffar Warsi
- References
Naat mera to sub kuch muzaffar warsi
Early life and career
Muzaffar Warsi was born as Muhammad Muzaffar ud Din Siddiqui into the family of Alhaaj Muhammad Sharf ud Din Ahmad known as Sufi Warsi (Urdu: صوفی وارثی). It was a family of landlords of Meerut. Sufi Warsi was a scholar of Islam, a doctor and poet. He received two titles: 'Faseeh ul Hind' & 'Sharaf u Shu'ara'. He was the friend of Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), Akbar Warsi, Azeem Warsi, Hasrat Mohani, Josh Malihabadi, Ahsan Danish, Abul Kalam Azad and Mahindar Singh Bedi. His family raised him with deep religious grounding. He has one brother namely Dr. M. S. Zafar Warsi who was also associated with the State Bank of Pakistan as Assistant Director. Muzaffar Warsi's nephew Usman Warsi is a singer, music composer and a poet. His grandson Amsal Qureshi is also a singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and a poet.
Muzaffar Warsi had worked at State Bank of Pakistan (the Central Bank of Pakistan) as Deputy Treasurer. Muzaffar Warsi started writing his poetry by writing lyrics for songs for Pakistani movies but gradually changed direction and his style of poetry became more oriented towards praising Allah and the Universal Prophet Muhammad (Salallah o Alaeh'i Wa Aalihi Wa Salam). He later started writing Hamd and Na`ats. He also wrote, regularly, a stanza or two on current affairs in the newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt until just before he died. His most popular Na`at remains 'Mera Payambar azeem tar hai' (My Prophet is the highest). He died on 28 January 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Literary work
Awards
Famous poems
Film Hamrahi (1966) was a milestone film in renowned Pakistani playback singer Masood Rana's singing career. All songs of 'Hamrahi' are relegated as the 'Best of Masood Rana'. Thousands of movie-goers watched film Hamrahi (1966) just because of the all-time great hit songs of Masood Rana.
Film 'Hamrahi's seven songs are listed here below: