Muzaffar Warsi (23 December 1933 – 28 January 2011; ) was a Pakistani poet, essayist, lyricist, and a scholar of Urdu. He began writing more than five decades ago. He wrote a rich collection of na`ats, as well as several anthologies of ghazals and nazms, and his autobiography Gaye Dinon Ka Suraagh. He also wrote quatrains for Pakistan's daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt.

Early life and career

Muzaffar Warsi was born as Muhammad Muzaffar ud Din Siddiqui into the family of Alhaaj Muhammad Sharf ud Din Ahmad, known as Sufi Warsi. His was a family of landlords of Meerut (now in Uttar Pradesh, India). Sufi Warsi was a scholar of Islam, a doctor and poet. He received two titles: 'Faseeh ul Hind' and 'Sharaf u Shu'ara'. Sufi Warsi was a friend of Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), Akbar Warsi, Azeem Warsi, Hasrat Mohani, Josh Malihabadi, Ahsan Danish, Abul Kalam Azad and Mahindar Singh Bedi. His family raised him with deep religious grounding. He had one brother and two sisters. Muzaffar Warsi was survived by three daughters and one son. One of his nephews is Usman Warsi, a singer, music composer and poet. His grandson Amsal Qureshi is also a singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and poet. Muzaffar Warsi had worked at State Bank of Pakistan (the central bank of Pakistan) as deputy treasurer. He started writing his poetry by writing lyrics for songs for Pakistani movies but gradually changed direction and his style of poetry became more oriented towards praising Allah and Muhammad. He later started writing Hamd and Na remains "Mera Payambar azeem tar hai" (My Prophet is the highest).

Death

Warsi died on 28 January 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan. He was buried at Johar Town Graveyard Lahore.

Literary work

Awards

Famous poems

Pakistani film Hamrahi (1966) was a milestone film in renowned Pakistani playback singer Masood Rana's singing career. All songs of 'Hamrahi' are relegated as the 'Best of Masood Rana'. Film Hamrahi's seven songs are listed here below:

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