Faiz Ahmad Faiz was born into a Jat family on February 13, 1911, in Kala Qader, in Sialkot district, Punjab, British India. Faiz hailed from an academic family that was well known in literary circles. His home was often the scene of a gathering of local poets and writers who met to promote the literacy movement in his native province. Faiz’s father, Sultan Muhammad Khan, was a prominent barrister. Khan worked as a shepherd as a child but was ultimately able to study law at Cambridge University.
Education:
Following the south Asian Muslim tradition, the Faiz family directed him to study Islamic studies at the local mosque to be oriented to the basic religious studies of Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkot, an Ahl-i-Hahdit scholar. Following the Muslim tradition, he learned Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and the Quran. Faiz was also a Pakistani nationalist. His father later pulled him from Islamic school because Faiz, who wanted to go to a madrassa for a few days, found that the impoverished children there were not comfortable having him around and ridiculed him.
faiz ahmad faiz attended Murray College in Sialkot for intermediate studies. Faiz is enrolled in the Department of Language and Fine Arts of the Government College, Lahore.While there, he was greatly influenced by Shams-Ul-Ulema. Professor Mir Hassan, who taught Arabic, and Professor Pitras Bukhari, who taught the renowned philosopher, poet, and politician of south Asia.
Marriage:
faiz ahmad faiz marriage ceremony took place in Sinagar, while the nikah ceremony was performed at Pari Mahal. Faiz and his wife lived in the building that is now the government college for women, M.A. Road. The Faiz host, M.D. Taseer,who was serving as the college principal at the time,was later married to Aly’s sister, Christobel Faiz Nikah. The ceremony was attended by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq, and Sheikh Abdullah, among others.
Career
In 1935, Faiz joined the faculty of Muhammad Anglo-Oriental College at Amritsar, serving as a lecturer in English and British literature. Later in 1937, Faiz moved to Lahore to reunite with his family after accepting the professorship at the Hailey College of Commerce, initially teaching introductory courses on economics and commerce. In 1936, Faiz joined a literary movement and was appointed its first secretary by his fellow Marxist, Sajjad Zaheer. In east and west Pakistan, the movement gained considerable support in civil society. Faiz was a good friend of Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtusheno, who once said, “In Faiz’s autobiography, the rest is just a footnote. During his lifetime, Faiz published eight books and received accolades for his work. Faiz writings are comparatively new verses from Urdu poetry based on western models.
Books :
- Nuskha-e-wafa
- The Rebels silhouette
- Poem by Faiz
- Nash-e-frayadi
- Dast-e-saba
- Zindan naam
- Meray dil meray musafir
- Sary Sukhan Humare
- The true subject
- Sare wadi-e-sina
- Lazim hai ke hum bhi dekhain
- Mujse pehli se muhabbat
Faiz quote:
HUM EK OMER SE WAKIF HAIN, AB NA SAMJHAO
KE’’ LUTTAF KYA HAI’’ MEHARBAN ‘’,SITAM KYA HAI.’’
DILL NA UMEED TU NAHI NAKAN HI TU HAI’’
LAMBI HAI GHUM KI SHAM MAGAR SHAM HI TU HAI’’
OR KYA DEKHNY KO BAKI HAI ‘’
AAP SE DILL LAGA KR DEKH LIYA’’
ISHQ DILL ME RAHY TU RUSWA HU’’
LAB PE AYE TU RAAZ HU JAI’’HUM NE HAR SHAM YEHI SOCHA HAI’’
OMAER GUZARI HAI YA DIN GUZRA HAI’’
faiz ahmead faiz
APKI YAAD AATI RAHI RAAT BHAR’’
CHANDNI DILL DUKHATI RAHI RAT BHAR’’
KOI SAMJHAI US NADAN KO ‘’
BAAT NA KRNY SE PYAR KHATM NHI HUTA’’
KISI KA MASSEGE NA ANA BHI’’
EK MASSEGE HAI’’
ENGLISH QUOTE:
- It keeps being consumed by sorrow and
- Hopelessness’s a heat (after all), and downcast it often is.
- Having caused me grief, you forget it.
- While I regard your favor with consideration,
Death:
Faiz died in Lahore, Punjab, in 1984 from complications of lung and heart disease.
Shortly after being nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature,
