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Zafar Iqbal

(Urdu Modern Ghazal Poet; b. 1932 - )

Zafar Iqbal's BioSketch courtesy of Wikipedia

Zafar Iqbal was born to an Arain family in Bahawalnagar, Punjab where his maternal grandparents lived. Then he received his basic early education in Okara, Punjab which is his hometown and later moved to Lahore for his college education.^[1] His poetry is mainly in the genre of ghazal. The diction of his ghazal is entirely different from traditional Urdu poetry. He is a lawyer by profession, and regularly contributes articles to some Urdu newspapers.^[3][4]

In contrast to classical Poets, Zafar's poetry portrays love as scientific and physical rather than supernatural. Dr Tabassam Kaashmiri called him Literature's renegade of the 20th century. Former Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan), Hanif Ramay who was also a writer and a well-known literary critic called him a poet of a new tone and new concepts.^[1]

Besides being a poet, he has been a newspaper columnist for different newspapers for over 35 years. Considering that he also has been a professional lawyer for most of his adult life, those are not small accomplishments. He practised as an attorney, first in Okara and then in Lahore until 2003, when he had a heart bypass surgery and quit practicing law.^[1]



Rekhta, the biggest Urdu literary full text web site in the world, has a web page devoted to the full text of 133 Ghazals of Zafar Iqbal saheb: click here.

Rekhta Urdu literary web site also has full text eBooks of Zafar Iqbal's poetry collections which can be accessed free of cost: click here.

Zafar Iqbal's Kulliyaat Volume 1: full text available free of cost. Click here.

Zafar Iqbal's Kulliyaat Volume 2: full text available free of cost. Click here.

Zafar Iqbal's Kulliyaat Volume 3: full text available free of cost. Click here.

Zafar Iqbal's Kulliyaat Volume 4: full text available free of cost. Click here.

Zafar Iqbal's Kulliyaat Volume 5: full text available free of cost. Click here.

Zafar Iqbal's Ghazal Poetry collections

• Tamjid
• Taqweem
• Tashkeel
• Tajawaz
• Tawarid
• Tasahil
• Hay Hanuman
• Ab Tak (Zafar Iqbal's Collected Works in 5 Volumes)
  

Here is a quote from Rekhta web site about Zafar Iqbal's ghazals:

جدید اردوغزل پر جب بھی بات كی جائے گی ظفر اقبال كو نظرانداز نہیں كیا جا  سکے  گا ۔ انہوں نے غزل کے پیرائے میں فنّی اور موضوعاتی سطح پر روایت شکنی کے حوالے سے اپنی ایک الگ اور بھرپور پہچان بنائی۔ اُن کے پہلے شعری مجموعے آب رواں کو عوام اور خواص، ہردو حلقوں میں بے حد پزیرائی ملی۔ اس کے بعد انہوں نے  شعری تجربات کا سلسلہ نہ صرف جاری رکھا بلکہ اسے بام عروج تک پہنچایا۔ لفظ اور زبان کے ساتھ انہوں نے بہت تجربے کیے۔

مجموعی طور پہ ان کا تجربہ کامیاب ہؤا  اور سراہا گیا۔  وُہ بنجر زمینوں میں سے شعر نکال لاتے، انوکھی باتیں کہہ جاتے اور سبھی پڑھنے والوں کو حیران کرتے رہتے ہیں۔ اور یہ حیران کرنے کا سلسلہ اب بھی جاری ہے۔ انہوں نے بہت لکھا، درجنوں مجموعے شائع ہوچکے ہیں۔

ظفر  اقبال  صاحب  کے  شعری  مجموعوں  کو  کُلیات  کی  شکل  میں  چھاپا  گیا  ہے۔  ظفراقبال کی کُلیات  کا  عنوان   "اب تک"   ہے   جو  کہ   پانچ جلدوں میں ہے  اور   جس کی ہر جلد میں چھہ چھہ مجموعے شامل ہیں۔ ظفر  اقبال  کُلیات کی  اِن  پانچ  جِلدوں میں تقریبا چار ہزار غزلیں شامل ہیں۔ 

Zafar Iqbal

(Urdu Modern Ghazal Poet; b. 1932 - )

Zafar Iqbal

(Urdu Modern Ghazal Poet; b. 1932 - )