Urdu poetry is full of allusions to Arabic, Persian, Islamic, and Hindu traditions. Some shers may require an understanding of some difficult philosophical-theological concepts or need some light ...

I found vast amounts of poetry written by Hindu and Sikh poets ... considered a prophet in Islam). With Urdu gradually freeing itself from its ‘Muslim’ tag and reclaiming its rightful place ...

Poetry readings will be in Urdu with English translation in a special co-presentation ... This program has been supported by Dr. Azra Raza and is part of Creative Voices of Islam in Asia, supported by ...

Urdu belongs to no dogma—it’s a language of dissent.

So he began translating his favorite poetry from Islam’s mystical Sufi tradition ... translated from their original Arabic, Turkish, Urdu and Persian, including those by the 13th-century Sufi ...

India's right-wing seems to think it's a foreign import, forced upon by so-called Islamic ... Urdu's elegance and emphasis on smooth diction have inspired both fiery nationalist poetry and ...

Islamic tradition talks ... to a recording of Faiz’s poetry. Pakistan marked the 107th birth anniversary of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, revered as the greatest Urdu poet of the last century, on February ...