Urdu Island
Site provides Urdu Poetry, Islamic Stories, Country's Information, Documentaries, Amazing Facts about World, Informative Videos, Quality Content, and many more
Friday, 21 March 2025
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Who was Mohsin Naqvi? | Best Life Story and Biography of Best Urdu Poet; Mohsin Naqvi
Mohsin Naqvi was a prominent Pakistani poet, writer, and scholar who was born on May 5, 1947, in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. He was known for his contributions to Urdu poetry and literature and was one of the most respected and beloved poets in Pakistan.
Naqvi began his career as a journalist and worked for several newspapers and magazines. However, he soon realized that his true passion was writing poetry. He started writing at a young age and was greatly influenced by the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmed Faraz, and Mirza Ghalib. Naqvi's poetry was characterized by his unique style, which combined modern themes and imagery with traditional poetic forms.
Naqvi published his first collection of poetry, "Azaan-e-Dost," in 1973, which was well-received by critics and readers alike. He went on to publish several more collections, including "Khaima-e-Jaan," "Band-e-Kaba," "Sar-e-Wadi-e-Sina," and "Barg-e-Nao." His poetry covered a wide range of themes, including love, romance, nature, spirituality, and social justice.
In addition to his poetry, Naqvi was also a scholar and researcher. He was particularly interested in Sufism and Islamic philosophy and wrote extensively on these topics. He was a visiting professor at several universities in Pakistan and was known for his insightful lectures and scholarly work.
Naqvi was also a political activist and was involved in several movements for social justice and democracy in Pakistan. He was a vocal critic of military dictatorship and spoke out against human rights abuses and oppression. His poetry often reflected his political views and his desire for a more just and equitable society.
Tragically, Naqvi's life was cut short when he was assassinated in 1996 at the age of 49. His death was a shock to the literary and cultural community in Pakistan, and he is still mourned and remembered by many today.
Despite his untimely death, Naqvi's legacy lives on through his poetry and his contributions to Urdu literature and culture. He was a poet of great talent and vision, whose work continues to inspire and resonate with readers today. His poems are studied in schools and universities throughout Pakistan and have been translated into several languages, including English, French, and German.
Friday, 10 February 2023
Travel to Tharparkar ضلع تھرپارکر کی سیر| Amazing Story & Facts about Th...
Tharparkar is a famous, backward but peaceful district of Province Sindh of Pakistan. It is surrounded by the Districts of Umerkot, Mirpur Khas and Badin and it is bordered with Indian region Rajhastan.
Thar desert is the only Fertile desert in the world and one of the largest desert in Tharparkar, Pakistan.
The Population of Tharparkar district is more than 1.6 Million People and its central city is Mithi. This district has 7 Tehsils like Mithi, Islamkot, Diplo, Chachro, NagarParkar, Kaloi and Dahli.
Thalparkar is a Sansikrat word, Thar meaning desert and Parkar meaning Cross over.
There is a large community of Hindus in Tharparkar district comprising of 46% Hindu Population in this district. Hindu and Muslims are living very peacefully in this district and participate in all events and traditional folk celebrations together with best harmony among both religions without any issues.
It is said that, Sarswati River once use to flow through the district of Tharparkar but now, there are no signs of its waves in the area.
Among multiple languages spoken in the Tharparkar region, the Dhatki or Thari language is the most famous in Tharparkar region. Tharparkar has very rich culture, history and traditions along with its famous Folk Music, Tharparkar food and special dance especially in the Harvesting season.
The economical situation of Tharparkar is really bad and mostly dependent on Agriculture and Livestock.
There are a lot of tourist attractions in Tharparkar with amazing story, historical importance and facts about all tourist spots. Bhadesar Mosque, Three Jain Temples in Bhadesar region, Gori Temple, Virawah Temple, the highest point of Mithi Gadi Bhit, Durga Mata Temple at Churrio Jabal, Karoonjhar Mountain, Marvi Well, Nagarparkar Temple, Sant Nenuram Ashram, and Naukot Fort (the only sign of Talpur Rulers of Sindh) are the top tourist spots and best places to visit in Tharparkar district.
Thar desert is also worth seeing tourist spot in Tharparkar Sindh.
For more information about Tharparkar District, please watch full video about Tharparkar on our YouTube channel "Urdu Island".
Sunday, 29 January 2023
Travel to Parachinar پاڑاچنار کی سیر | Amazing History & Documentary of ...
Parachinar is a small but beautiful and lush green area which is the headquarters of Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This area is located near the Pakistan-Afghan border to the west of Peshawar and is connected to Hangu, Kohat and Bannu on the Pakistani side by Thall Parachinar Road and on the Afghan side by the Pewar Gardez Road. With a distance of 110 km (68 mi) from the Afghan capital, Kabul, Parachinar is the closest point in Pakistan to Kabul.
In 1893, the Durand Line agreement was done between Afghanistan and the British rulers in Parachinar. The British were also very impressed by the beauty of Parachinar Valley & they built a resort which is called Chapri Resort or Chapri Banglow.
This area was a part of FATA, but after the 25th amendment in May 2018, FATA was included in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
There are many tourist spots and best places to visit in Para Chinar which one can visit and get lost in the scenery. Some of these attractive places include Maikay, Malana Dam, Shilozan Bagh E Laila, Mast Baba in Zeran and Chapri Bungalow. The green and tall trees, the lake and the clear water spring in Zeran Parachinar are nothing less than a blessing.
The highest peak of Koh E Safaif or Spin Ghar near Parachinar is Sikram on the Pak-Afghan border. There is also a sports complex, Parachinar airport, parachinar press, Markazi Imam Bargah parachinar, KMU Parachinar campus, The Knowledge City School & College and many more.
#Parachinar #ParachinarHistory #ParachinarDocumentary
For more information, visit our Youtube channel below:
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Amazing History and Documentary about Ziarat District, Balochistan - the Land of Juniper Forests
Ziarat Residency after Rebuilding |
Ziarat is very famous district and city of Province Balochistan which is located 1about 26 Kilometers away from capital city Quetta and we can cover this distance about in 2.5 hours via road. While we travel from Quetta to Ziarat, we reach at Kuchlak with the most famous hotels in which Rosh as a special dish can be eaten and enjoyed. On the same Quetta Ziarat road, a forest institute has also built at Kala Chena.
In past, the Ziarat was the part of district Sibi but in 1986 during Britain rule, this region was promoted to District. If we talk about the population of this district; that is 1 Lac & Seventy Thousand People as per 2017 census while Ziarat’s land area is 3,301 square kilometers. Ziarat district is further divided into 2 Tehsils; Ziarat Tehsil and Sanjawi Tehsil. 99% population of Ziarat district is Muslim while the most spoken languages in Ziarat are Pashto, Balochi and Urdu.
Khilafat Peak in Mountain Range Sulaiman |
The 2nd highest peak of Koh-E-Sulaimani range also called as KHILAFAT peak is located in this district, Ziarat. Ziarat is famous for its Sweet apples, amazing Cherry (including Kala Cherry, Lubnani Cherry, Irani Cherry, Badaghour Cherry, Espain or Sufaid Cherry and Baba Yai Cherry, pure and sweet Honey, Mutton Karahi and Chicken Sajji.
Ziarat residency is the most famous historical and worth visiting spot located in district Ziarat. Unfortunately, Ziarat residency was destroyed by the terrorists on 15th of June, 2013 that was again built by a famous builder Nayyar Ali Daada in 2014 by giving Green outlook to this building (can be seen in 1st picture of this article).
The 29th of October, 2008 was the most terrifying and historical moment of this district with a dangerous earthquake of highest magnitude and plenty of homes in Ziarat were fallen because of such a high magnitude.
The Juniper forest in the Ziarat Balochistan is the second largest forest in the world and these forests have 2 types of Juniper trees including the Persian Juniper trees and the Pasthun Juniper trees. If we talk about weather of Ziarat district then the most suitable weather of this district can be enjoyed between the month of May to the month of September while in winter season, the Ziarat district gets snowfall as well with the very low temperature and weather turns very cold.
There are many tourist spots in Ziarat other than the beautiful Ziarat Residency (The living place of our National Hero, Quaid E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who spent last days of his life here at Ziarat). The top places to visit in Ziarat are Zero Point or Prospect Point, Sandeman Tangi, Zezri or Zizrii Park and Valley, Juniper Park, Chakor Tangi Ziarat, Domera and Ziarat Bazaar.
Some of the most famous Guest Houses and restaurants located in Ziyarat District are PTDC Motel of Ziarat city, the Karachi Guest House, the New Pakiza Guest House Ziarat, Al Nisar Guest House, the Ziarat Evergreen guest house, the Mountain View guest house, the Residency Lodges, Al Hikmat Rest House, the Kakar Hotel & Rest House and Classic Guest House.
If we talk about education of this district then Al Hijra Residential and College Jinnah Campus and some Government/private degree colleges are serving here to promote the education in Ziarat district of Province Balochistan.
The district headquarter hospital is the major health center for the people of Ziarat district.
For more information and history of Ziarat district, please follow below link to watch complete documentary of Ziyarat on our Urdu island Youtube channel.
#Ziarat #ZiaratHistory #DocumentaryofZiarat #ZiaratBalochistan #UrduIsland #NaveedAhmedFassana
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Complete Documentary and History about Sialkot District - Unbelievable Facts about Sialkot
Story of Sialkot in Urdu (watch on YouTube) Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT6nQv0Yfos
Sialkot is the third most richest city of Pakistan due to it's sports industry. Sialkot is bordered with district Narowal, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Working boundary of Jammu Kashmir. It's 125 KM far from Lahore and have 7 towns with 3482 villages. It has 4 Tehsils; Tehsil Sialkot, Tehsil Sambrial, Tehsil Daska and Tehsil Pasrur.
Sialkot has population of over 3800000 people as per 2017 census and land area of about 3100 square kilometers.
Sialkot has a richest history from Hindu, Buddhist, Persian, Huns, Greek, Turks, Sikh to British and now Pakistan.
Sialkot is also called the land of famous poet, philosopher, and Muslim leader Doctor Allama Muhammad Iqbal R.A. Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Amjad Islam Amjad, Waheed Murad, Firdous Ashiq Awan, Kuldeep Nayar, Baba MUhammad Yahya Khan, Rehman Malik, Shoaib Malik, Zaheer Ahmed and Umaira Ahmad also belong to the district Sialkot.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz basically belong to a village Kala Qadir which is now situated in district Narowal but in history Faiz's is considered to belong with both districts.
Narowal was the Tehsil of Sialkot which was separated as District in 1991.
Sialkot was founded by Raja Sul due to which Sialkot was named as Sul Kot after that it was converted into it's present name Sialkot.
There are many famous historical and tourism places in Sialkot worth visiting like Iqbal Manzil, Sialkot Cathedral with red and white paint building, Shawala Teja Singh Temple, Saint James Cathedral, Sialkot Airport, Sialkot Fort, Sialkot Ghanta Ghar or Iqbal Square and Head Marala.
Famous food of Sialkot is Anday Ka Halwa, Halwa Puri, Gulshan Iqbal Park, Sialkot Cantonment and Bajwat forest.
2 Canals are extracted from Head Marala Headworks; Ravi Link canal and Upper Chenab canal with largest source of agriculture in district Sialkot.
Sialkot is surrounded by Nala Daik, River Chenab and Jammu Kashmir.
Marala Headworks produces more than 7 Megawatt electricity for district Sialkot.
History of Sialkot will be explained in next video on Sialkot History which is the second part of this episode of famous cities of Pakistan.
For more information about cities of Pakistan please subscribe to our newsfeed and our YouTube channel "Urdu Island".
#historyofSialkot #DocumentaryofSialkot #SialkotDISTRICT
Monday, 22 January 2018
Hazrat Muhammad Rasool Allah SAWW Ki Sadaqat Ki Gawahi Badshah Qaisar Ki Zubani
Aik Martba Qaisar Ke Darbaar Mein Rasool Allah (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam) Ka Sab Se Barra Dushman Abu Sufyan Pohncha, Qaisar Rome Aur Abu Sufyan Se Baat Cheet Hoti Hai.
Qaisar Rome Abu Sufyan Se Poochta Hai "Kya Tum Ne Muhammad SAWW Ko Jhoot Bolte Dekha?"
Abu SSufyan Jawaab Deta Hai "Nahi.."
Qaisar Rome Ne Is Par Kaha " Jo Shakhs Dunya Ke Muamlaat Mein Jhoot Nahi Bolta, Wo Allah Ke Baaray Mein Kis Trah Jhoot Bol Sakta Hai."
Rasool Allah Ki Sadaaqat Ki Ye Aakhri Gwahi Thi.......
ایک مرتبہ قیصرِ روم کے دربار میں رسول اللہ کا سب سے بڑا دشمن ابو سفیان پہنچا، قیصر روم اور ابو سفیان سے بات چیت ہوتی ہے قیصر روم ابو سفیان سے پوچھتا ہے
"کیا تم نے محمد کو جھوٹ بولتے دیکھا ہے کبھی؟"
ابو سفیان جواب دیتا ہے "نہیں
قیصر روم نے اس پر کہا
۔"جو شخص دنیا کے معاملات میں کسی سے جھوٹ نہیں بولتا وہ اللہ کے بارے میں کس طرح جھوٹ بول سکتا ہے۔
یہ رسول اللہ کی صداقت کی آخری گواہی تھی۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
Keywords:
Hazrat Muhammad SAWW, Muhammad Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam, Prophet Muhammad Ki Story, Story of Prohpet Muhammad, Qaisar, Badshah, Sufyan, Abu Sufyan Ki Kahani, Muhammad SAWW ki Kahani, Islami Waqyat, Islamic World, Islamic Stories, Urdu Stories, Gawahi,
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)