Wasif Ali Wasif

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Wasif Ali Wasif (15 Jan 1929 - 18 Jan 1993), was a writer, poet and sufi from Pakistan who was famous for his unique literary style. He used to write short pieces of prose on topics like life, fear, expectations, happiness, and so on. Probably no contemporary Urdu writer is more cited in quotations than him. Later years he used to answer questions in specially arranged gatherings at Lahore attended by the notable community. Some of these sessions were recorded in audio and were later published as Guftago (talk) series.

[edit] His quotes

A brief selection of his famous quotes is presented below:

• When the eye becomes the heart, the heart becomes the eye
• The world is ancient, but it has not lost its newness
• Remove the conflict between your desires and your duties, peace will come
• Fortunate is the person who remains pleased with his fortune
• If you are looking for evil, look within and if you are lokking for good, look without
• A more fearful thing than death is the fear of death
• We earn to live but we live to earn.
• When the child is ill, the mother will know how to pray.
• If the roof begins to fall; flee but if the heavens are falling! Stay on!
• Some are dead in life and some are alive in death.
• He who has no light in his heart, what will he gain from the festival of lamps

[edit] Works

• Guftago, (talk)
• Katra Katra Kulzam, (Ocean in a drop)
• Kiran Kiran Sooraj, (The beaming soul)
• Dil Darya Samundar, (Rivers and the ocean of the heart)
• Baat Say Baat, (Words of wisdom)
• Ehwaal O Asaar, (The state of affairs)
• Harf Harf Haqeeqat, (Reality of words)

-- Read these works online --

[edit] External links

Dedicated sites with works

• Wasif Ali Wasif, from wasifaliwasif.org
• Works of Wasif Ali Wasif (read online), from wasifaliwasif.org

Articles

• Seminar to commemorate Wasif Ali Wasif, from Daily Times
• Do we choose our own destiny or are we merely characters in a play?, from The muslim council of Britain