مماثلة الشعر الثوري في كلام فيض أحمد فيض و مفدي زكريا

Similarities of the revolutionary poetry in the poetry of Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Mufdi Zakaria

Abstract

A study of human history reveals that man has been on a journey of evolution from the very beginning. In this evolutionary journey, man has used every means at his disposal to move forward. However, in this journey, the expression of mental imagination and heartfelt emotions has been the greatest support of man.

 The journey of human evolution continues even in modern times and it would not be wrong to call the twentieth century the century of revolutions. The end of the Ottoman Empire, the two world wars, many events emerging and disappearing on the world stage, many emerging movements in the Arab world and the Western world, the independence of the Indian subcontinent and many other movements have been characteristic of the twentieth century.

 In the middle of the twentieth century, the subcontinent was the center of a similar evolutionary movement. On the one hand, the independence movement was at its peak, on the other hand, the movement of human evolution against social oppression and discrimination was going on, and the writers were also playing their full role in this movement. An emerging name among those writers was Faiz Ahmed Faiz who breathed new life into the progressive revolution through his Urdu poetry.

At a time when Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poetry was playing a role in the progressive movement in the subcontinent, the Arab world was enjoying the literary masterpieces of Algerian progressive and revolutionary poet Mufdi Zakaria. In the poetry of Mufdi Zakaria, the revolutionary color is very prominent which is seen in the poetry of Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Even Mufdi Zakaria faced almost all the accusations and hardships that Faiz Ahmed Faiz used to face. He made an effective contribution to literary, political and revolutionary activity. These two people have a lot in common in their poetry. That's why I chose both for my research work. So that people can be introduced to this great literary heritage of Urdu and Arabic language. I hope that this work of mine will prove to be an important milestone in both Urdu and Arabic language literature.