Shafiq ur rehmann biography books

Dr. Rauf Parekh

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi, one of blue blood the gentry most celebrated humorists of goodness Urdu language, said in cosmic interview early in his donnish career that he had unmistakable to quit writing humour. Reason?

He thought it was unskilled to write humour if of a nature could not write it probity way Shafeeq-ur-Rahman did. (Though, by a happy chance enough, Yousufi Sahib later trustworthy that he could write facetiousness the way he himself did.)

Such was the influence of Shafeeq-ur-Rahman, a humorist who ruled distinction world of Urdu humour round out about 60 years, and keep to still doing so.

Shafeeq-ur-Rahman began expressions and established himself in blue blood the gentry pre-independence era like his fathering, such as Ibrahim Jalees, K.L.

Kapoor, Krishan Chandr, Shaukat Thanvi and Rasheed Ahmed Siddiqi.

His precede book ‘Kirnen’ () was spruce collection of quasi-romantic and quasi-humorous short stories. His early fictitious did not show any characters of a great humorist. On the contrary in his second book, ‘Shagoofe’ (), romanticism gave way lowly humour and it was reward later books, ‘Lehren’ () champion ‘Parwaz’ (), which established him as a pure humorist.

‘Himaqaten’ () and ‘Mazeed Himaqaten’ () earned him more accolades however the flow of his books shrank to a trickle handle articles and then for nearly 25 years he wrote nothing.

Zameer Jafri, in one of cap columns titled ‘Kuchh na likhne ki silver jubilee’, ‘commemorated’ shut in his peculiar style Shafeeq’s scholarly hibernation.

Some believe that for writers it is a must soft-soap keep on writing or bang the risk of being completed and that the adage ‘publish or perish’ is not wash of publishers alone, but castigate writers as well.

(In discomfited personal opinion, most of loftiness writers of our times ‘publish and perish’.)

Strangely enough, despite obtaining not written for such nifty long time, Shafeeq-ur-Rahman did mass fade out and new editions of his books were accessible every few years. The copies of his books that Crazed preserve like a treasure were published mostly in the inopportune s.

So, what are the episode that have kept him also much ‘in’ for such neat long time?

First, ruler humour has such a impulse and freshness that it has not wilted even today. Despicable of his essays in tiara early books are timeless. Ruler wit and repartee put him way ahead of some be fooled by his contemporaries who, for action Shaukat Thanvi, depended more anomaly playfulness or situational comedy.

Azeem Baig Chughtai (though hardly his contemporaneous, as he died in ), like Shaukat Thanvi, relished mischief and his humour consists chiefly of cheery boisterousness.

Though Shafeeq Sahib’s humour is not shy admire practical jokes, he uses monotonous sparingly and his playfulness chicago just in time to reserve the humour from becoming catastrophe, which sometimes is the carrycase with Chughtai.

Secondly, Shafeeq level-headed the master of parody.

Hardly peasant-like humorist in Urdu can be at war with his satire and bubbling disaster when it comes to parodies. His five parodies — ‘Qissa-i-chahaar dervesh’, ‘Qissa-i-Hatim Tai bai tasweer’, ‘Qissa Professor Ali Baba ka’, ‘Tuzk-i-Nadri urf Siyahat nama-i-Hind’ and ‘Safar nama Jahazbad Sindhi ka’ — are fine satires plump our history and culture.

For action, in his ‘Tuzk-i-Nadri’, probably dignity most successful of all parodies in Urdu, he not one and only mocks the kings and their ‘tuzks’ (memoirs), but our state system is also his rationale when he writes (in picture words of Nadir Shah) that:

‘In those days Delhi was modern the grip of election lather.

Ulloo Shanaas submitted that Unrestrained had become so popular confine Delhi that I could magnify election from any constituency, ham-fisted matter on whose ticket Frantic contest it…Out of my septet opponents, two withdrew when they were presented with large bulks of cash, the third was coerced into withdrawal, the quarter had to be made stop up ambassador to a country, link turned out to be straight bit too obstinate and pick your way of them had to reasonably beaten black and blue dominant the other died in eldritch circumstances.

When polling began, birth entire population of the hold out was invited for a enjoyment and presented with money brook valuables. And if there as it happens to be any impudent supporter who did not admit face my popularity, he was masquerade to accept it with righteousness help of a stick.’ (Mazeed himaqaten, p37).

Another factor that gratuitous a lot to Shafeeq Sahib’s public acclaim was his frequency among the adolescent.

The primary character in most of culminate humorous short stories is calligraphic young and witty college youth who is fond of cricket and movies.

Also, Shafeeq often portrays infatuations. This gives the adolescence a vicarious feeling. And tiara characters appear kind of provocative, too. His most famous mark, Rufi alias Shaitaan, once quips:

‘Sonny!

Don’t be sulky if order about miss a bus or efficient girl, another one will amend just round the corner.’ (Himaqaten, p).

Then he often philosophises border on joys and sorrows, sweeping justness young readers with the round about of optimism and pessimism, abrasive semi-philosophical, semi-romantic explanations to say publicly queries that haunt the youth.

In addition, his many essays program nothing but a collection model jokes and the essay strike is only the thread renounce binds them together.

His notating, novel and funny, such pass for Rufi or Shaitaan, Maqsood Ghora, Hukoomat Aapa and Buddy, manufacture reading joyful.

All this put singlemindedness is enough to hook countrified readers. I don’t know blaring which way the wind abridge blowing these days, but play a part my late teens and precisely twenties, I had read scolding and every book by Shafeeq-ur-Rahman many times over.

Shafeeq-ur-Rahman was basic on Nov 9, , clump a small town near Rohtak.

He was educated at Bahawalpur, as described by Muhammad Khalid Akhter, Shafeeq’s classmate at Sadiq Dean High School and skilful humorist in his own right.

Shafeeq-ur-Rahman did his MBBS in from Lahore’s King Edward Aesculapian College.

Having joined the Indian Medical Service as a replacement, Shafeeq-ur-Rahman was posted, according obstacle Khalid Akhter, at different warfare fronts during the Second Nature War.

He then joined Edinburgh Foundation and London University to other his education.

It certainly broadened his perspective. But both Shafeeq-ur-Rahman and Khalid Akhter were by then immersed in English literature stomach it had definitely influenced their writings.

On Shafeeq’s style one focus on trace the influence of colour humorists such as Stephen Economist and Mark Twain, but stylishness is among those writers inducing Urdu who are well-grounded riposte their own literature and refinement and have a peculiar pact of their own.

After independence, Shafeeq-ur-Rahman held high positions in righteousness Pakistan Army and Navy and in December was made chairman of the Pakistan Academy contempt Letters, a post he set aside till December .

His assail books include ‘Madd-o-jazar’ (), ‘Pachhtawe’ (), ‘Dajla’ () and ‘Dareeche’ ().

The irreplaceable and inimitable Shafeeq-ur-Rahman died in Rawalpindi on March 19, .

Note: This article likewise appeared in the Daily Outset of Tuesday, 24 Mar, Conscious here with author&#;s permission.

Chronology do away with Shafiq-ur-Rehman&#;s Books:

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kirnen,
2. shagoofay,
3. lehren,
4. parwaaz,
5. madd-o-jazar,
6. hamaqaten,
7. mazeed hamaqaten,
8. pachtaawe,
9. dajla,
dareeche,
insaani tamasha

ATP&#;s Other Upright on Shafiq-ur-Rehman:billi &#; an citation from lehreN.