Safeena, Vol 14, No 1 (2016)

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Impact of Hafiz’s Poetry on the poetry of Iqbal Lahori

Sayyid Muhammad Farid, Huma Mushtaq

Abstract


Khawaja Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Sherazi was a 14th century’s great poet inIran. He was known by his pen name Hafiz. His poetry at times takes aphilosophical overview of love and God. Themes of his ghazals are thebeloved, faith and exposing hypocrisy.There are many poets who inspired by his thoughts and one of these isMuhammad Iqbal Lahori. Iqbal was a greatest poet, thinker and philosopher ofsubcontinent. He liked Hafiz’s poetry by heart and had immense influence ofHafiz’s ghazals in his poetry.This thesis also based upon influence and inspiration of Hafiz ghazals onIqbal’s poetry.Key words: Khwaja Hafiz Sherazi, Hafiz Ghazals, Iqbal’s Poetry.

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