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Recitation
میرا مذہب ۔ سادھو رام آرزوؔ سہارنپوری
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محبت سے بِنائے فطرتِ آدم سمجھتا ہوں
محبت پر مدارِ ہستیِ عالم سمجھتا ہوں
۲
محبت ہی کا نظّارہ ہے بستی ہو کہ ویرانہ
محبت ہی کا پرتو ہے حرم ہو یا صنم خانہ
۳
محبت کفر بھی، ایمان بھی، کثرت بھی، وحدت بھی
محبت مقصد تخلیق بھی، عینِ عبادت بھی
۴
میں شاعر ہوں، مجھے ہر عنصرِ ہستی سے اُلفت ہے
میری دنیا میں کینہ ہے، عداوت ہے، نہ نفرت ہے
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محبت ہے ازل ہی سے مجھے انوارِ یزداں سے
مری فطرت کو نسبت ہی نہیں کچھ کفر و ایماں سے
۶
مرا ظاہر حقیقت میں وہی ہے جو مرا باطن
مری نظروں میں یکساں ہے، کوئی کافر ہو یا مومن
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ازل سے تا ابد جو کچھ بھی ہے وہ سب محبت ہے
مری فطرت محبت ہے مرا مذہب محبت ہے
मेरा मज़हब – साधु राम आर्ज़ू सहारनपुरी
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मोहब्बत से बिना-ए फित्रत-ए आदम समझता हूँ
मोहब्बत पर मदार-ए हस्ती-ए आलम समझता हूँ
२
मोहब्बत ही का नज़्ज़ारा है बस्ती हो के वीराना
मोहब्बत ही का परतव है हरम हो या सनम ख़ाना
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मोहब्बत कुफ़्र भी, ईमान भी, क़सरत भी, वहदत भी
मोहब्बत मक़्सद तख़लीक़ भी, ऐन-ए इबादत भी
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मैं शा’एर हूँ, मुझे हर उन्सुर-ए हस्ती से उल्फ़त है
मेरी दुनिया में कीना है, अदावत है, न नफ़्रत है
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मोहब्बत है अज़ल ही से मुझे अनवार-ए यज़दां से
मेरी फ़ितरत को निस्बत ही नहीं कुछ कुफ़्र ओ ईमां से
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मेरा ज़ाहिर हक़ीक़त में वही है जो मेरा बातिन
मेरी नज़रौं में यकसां है, कोई काफ़िर हो या मोमिन
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अज़ल से ता अबद जो कुछ भी है वो सब मोहब्बत है
मेरी फितरत मोहब्बत है मेरा मज़हब मोहब्बत हैTop of Form
Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. saadhu ram aarzu saharanpuri (1901-1983) saharanpur and kolkata. He was a shaagird of faani badayuni. There are at least two collections of Ghazal and nazm. There is precious little by way of biographical information but it seems that he was associated with teaching (perhaps urdu) in some college in kolkata.
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mohabbat se binaa1-e fitrat-e-aadam2 samajhta huN
mohabbat par madaar3-e hasti4-e aalam5 samajhta huN 1.foundation 2.human nature 3.basis 4.existence 5.world
I perceive human nature as built on love I see the existence of the world as based on (universal) love.
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mohabbat hi ka nazzaara1 hai basti2 ho keh veeraana3
mohabbat hi ka partav4 hai haram5 ho ya sanam-Khaana6 1.scene 2.settlement 3.wilderness 4.reflection 5.mosque 6.house of idols, temple
Love is the spectacle whether it’s a settlement or a wilderness. Love is the essence whether it’s a mosque/sanctuary or an idol-house/temple.
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mohabbat kufr1 bhi, imaan2 bhi, kasrat3 bhi, vahdat4 bhi
mohabbat maqsad5-e takhleeq6 bhi, ain7-e ibaadat8 bhi 1.other belief 2.islamic belief 3.many 4.one-ness 5.purpose 6.creation 7.essence 8.worship
Love is other-belief, own-faith, multiplicity, and unity. Love is the purpose of creation, it is the essence of worship.
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maiN shaa’er huN, mujhe har unsur1-e hasti2 se ulfat3 hai
meri duniya meN keena4 hai, adaavat5 hai, na nafrat6 hai 1.component, element 2.creation 3.love 4.malice, grudge 5.hostility, rivalry 6.hatred
I am a poet, I feel affinity with every element of existence. In my world, there is neither envy, nor rivalry, nor hatred.
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mohabbat hai azal1 se hii mujhe anvaar2-e yazdaaN3 se
meri fitrat4 ko nisbat5 hi nahiN kuch kufr6 o imaaN7 se 1.eternal beginning 2.rays of light 3.divine 4.nature 5.assocation 6.other belief 7.own belief
Love has been my illumination since eternity. My nature is related neither to other-belief nor to own-faith.
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mera zaahir1 haqiiqat2 meN vahi hai jo mera baatin3
meri nazroN4 meN yaksaaN5 hai, koi kaafir6 ho ya momin7 1.appearance, outside 2.reality 3.inside, hidden nature 4.eyes 5.equal 6.non-believer 7.believer
What is apparent on the outside, in reality is the same as my inner self. In my eyes, all are equality, whether of my own religion, or a different faith.
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azal1 se taa2 abad3 jo kuchh bhi hai voh sab mohabbat hai
meri fitrat4 mohabbat hai mera mazhab5 mohabbat hai 1.beginning of time 2.until 3.end of time 4.nature 5.faith
From the beginning of eternity to its end, whatever exists is all love. My nature is love, my faith is love.
saadhu ram aarzu saharanpuri (1901-1983) saharanpur and kolkata. He was a shaagird of faani badayuni. There are at least two collections of Ghazal and nazm. There is precious little by way of biographical information but it seems that he was associated with teaching (perhaps urdu) in some college in kolkata.
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mohabbat se binaa1-e fitrat-e-aadam2 samajhta huN
mohabbat par madaar3-e hasti4-e aalam5 samajhta huN
1.foundation 2.human nature 3.basis 4.existence 5.world
I perceive human nature as built on love I see the existence of the world as based on (universal) love.
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mohabbat hi ka nazzaara1 hai basti2 ho keh veeraana3
mohabbat hi ka partav4 hai haram5 ho ya sanam-Khaana6
1.scene 2.settlement 3.wilderness 4.reflection 5.mosque 6.house of idols, temple
Love is the spectacle whether it’s a settlement or a wilderness. Love is the essence whether it’s a mosque/sanctuary or an idol-house/temple.
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mohabbat kufr1 bhi, imaan2 bhi, kasrat3 bhi, vahdat4 bhi
mohabbat maqsad5-e takhleeq6 bhi, ain7-e ibaadat8 bhi
1.other belief 2.islamic belief 3.many 4.one-ness 5.purpose 6.creation 7.essence 8.worship
Love is other-belief, own-faith, multiplicity, and unity. Love is the purpose of creation, it is the essence of worship.
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maiN shaa’er huN, mujhe har unsur1-e hasti2 se ulfat3 hai
meri duniya meN keena4 hai, adaavat5 hai, na nafrat6 hai
1.component, element 2.creation 3.love 4.malice, grudge 5.hostility, rivalry 6.hatred
I am a poet, I feel affinity with every element of existence. In my world, there is neither envy, nor rivalry, nor hatred.
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mohabbat hai azal1 se hii mujhe anvaar2-e yazdaaN3 se
meri fitrat4 ko nisbat5 hi nahiN kuch kufr6 o imaaN7 se
1.eternal beginning 2.rays of light 3.divine 4.nature 5.assocation 6.other belief 7.own belief
Love has been my illumination since eternity. My nature is related neither to other-belief nor to own-faith.
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mera zaahir1 haqiiqat2 meN vahi hai jo mera baatin3
meri nazroN4 meN yaksaaN5 hai, koi kaafir6 ho ya momin7
1.appearance, outside 2.reality 3.inside, hidden nature 4.eyes 5.equal 6.non-believer 7.believer
What is apparent on the outside, in reality is the same as my inner self. In my eyes, all are equality, whether of my own religion, or a different faith.
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azal1 se taa2 abad3 jo kuchh bhi hai voh sab mohabbat hai
meri fitrat4 mohabbat hai mera mazhab5 mohabbat hai
1.beginning of time 2.until 3.end of time 4.nature 5.faith
From the beginning of eternity to its end, whatever exists is all love. My nature is love, my faith is love.
