Yaa Rab… Bas tu hi tu…:

What bores you?

Arz kiya hai…

Auqaat hi kahan ke tujhse gila bhi kar sakoon, yaa Rab,
Jo dard bhi mila mujhko, usi mein tera adab tha, yaa Rab.

Har ek saans mein teri hi qudrat ka ujala tha,
Jo andhera mujh pe barsa, mera hi ek sabab tha, yaa Rab.

Teri rehmat ka dariya to sada behkar hi aata hai,
Bas mere gunaahon ka hi rasta kahin roka hua tha, yaa Rab.

Main jab jab toot kar aaya hoon tere hi dar pe gir kar,
To har baar mehsoos hua—tera karam hi tabaad tha, yaa Rab.

Raaton ki syaahi ne kai sachchaiyaan saamne laayi,
Jo bojh dil pe tha, woh mera hi kasab tha, yaa Rab.

Duniya ki jalan, hasad aur daghon ka kya gila karoon,
Mujhe maloom tha, sab imtihaan ka salab tha, yaa Rab.

Maine jab haath uthaye to labon pe sirf tera hi naam tha,
Aur dil ne kaha—yeh sukoon tujhse hi musta’ab tha, yaa Rab.

Jo kuchh bhi khona pada, shayad mere haq mein behtar tha,
Har nuksaan ka pehlu andar se ek tarjuman tha, yaa Rab.

Main apni khataaon ka qaidi hoon, ye mazedaar bhi hai,
Ke tera dar hi mere liye sabse bada hisaab tha, yaa Rab.

Mujhe bhi ab samajh aaya hai, tere fazlon ka matlab,
Warna gham ka har teer uska hi ta’qub bana rehta, yaa Rab.

Published by Zulfikar Inamdar

“Main wo hoon jo khud se kam, dusron ke liye zyada jeeta hoon… Dil me pyaar, zubaan par sach, aur raaton me duaayein rakhta hoon. Toot kar bhi muskurane ki adat hai… Aur wafa nibhana meri fitrat hai.”

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