Urdu is a hybrid language that is based on the spoken languages of Northern India with a generous overlay of Arabic and Persian words. ‘Urdu’ is a Turkish word, which means a camp. When Muslims from ...

Easily the most beautiful set of books I possess is the Persian to Urdu translation of Rumi’s Masnavi. It is six volumes bound in blue leather, each with a frontispiece. The back of each has a ...

IT is often said that masnavi, also pronounced mathnavi, is derived from an Arabic word and it means, literally: doubled, two-fold, of a dualled number. But some scholars doubt the origin and say the ...

ISLAMABAD: The challenge for all humans is to reflect the divine by becoming an embodiment of love and compassion, for which we have to educate and purify our hearts. Speaking at a session titled ...