Quiz A collection of interesting questions related to Urdu poetry, prose and literary history. Play Rekhta Quiz and check your knowledge about Urdu!
Compilation of top 20 hand-picked Urdu shayari on the most sought-after subjects and poets
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na luTtā din ko to kab raat ko yuuñ be-ḳhabar sotā
rahā khaTkā na chorī kā duā detā huuñ rahzan ko
na luTta din ko to kab raat ko yun be-KHabar sota
raha khaTka na chori ka dua deta hun rahzan ko
from the Ghazal "qafas mein hun gar achchha bhi na jaanen mere shewan ko" by Mirza Ghalib
Quiz A collection of interesting questions related to Urdu poetry, prose and literary history. Play Rekhta Quiz and check your knowledge about Urdu!
The moon that appears from the first to the seventh day of a month is called ‘Hilaal’, afterwards, it’s called ‘Qamar’, and finally, the full moon is known to be as ‘Badr’. The moon has other names, too, like ‘Mah’, ‘Maah’, ‘Mah-Taab’, and ’Maah-Taab’ which radiate the court-yard of Urdu poetry with their moon-light.
Parwin Shakir’s Kulliyat, or complete works, is titled ‘Maah-e-Tamaam’. In this title, the word ‘Maah’ is Persian, and ‘Tamaam’, which means completed of finished off, is Arabic. Uncommonly, Parwin, aged just 34, had published her Kulliyat in 1994. Unfortunately, the tide of time saw her die in a car accident the same year. Two years into this tragedy, her last collection of poems named ‘Kaf-e-Aaina’ was published under the observance of her elder sister. Parwin was compiling this collection right before her death and its name was proposed by her, too.
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One of the most outstanding modern poets who wrote both in Urdu and Punjabi. Also a film lyricist.
ḳhayāl jis kā thā mujhe ḳhayāl meñ milā mujhe
savāl kā javāb bhī savāl meñ milā mujhe
KHayal jis ka tha mujhe KHayal mein mila mujhe
sawal ka jawab bhi sawal mein mila mujhe
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