Zindagi & Maut – Safar-e-Haqeeqat:

Insaan ko sab kuch maloom hota hai…
Bas apne aakhri lamhe ka ilm nahi hota.
– Zulfikar Inamdar

Arz Kiya hai…

Muqarrar hai waqt insaan ka is duniya se alwida kehne ka,
Magar dil jo ghaflat me hai, wo maanta nahi sach kehne ka.

Maut ko roz dekhta hai, par sabak leta nahi,
Khud ko be-niyaz samajhta hai is safar me behne ka.**

Duniya ki chakaachaund ne andha kar diya insaan ko,
Bhool gaya asal maqsad—sirf dunyawi zevar pehnne ka.**

Hawaas me dooba hua, mohabbat me gum, khwahishon me mast,
Ek din phir bhi hisaab hoga saans-saans ginne ka.**

Na daulat saath jaati hai, na shohrat ki koi chamak,
Bas amal ka saaya hota hai us andhere me rehne ka.**

Zulfi, waqt likh kar nahi aata—bas aa jaata hai,
Jise hum ghaflat me kal samajh lete hain kehna aaj ka hota hai.**

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Zindagi hum par ek karz thi… humne udhaar samajh liya,
Jo pal mile, woh bhi humne be-parwa sang guzar diya.**

Dard ke tukde dil me jama karte rahe hum,
Aur khushi ko peeche daal kar apna naseeb likhte rahe.**

Aadatein, gunah, khwahishen… sab bojh ban gaye,
Farz ke lamhe humse aksar khud hi kho gaye.**

Insaan waqt dhoondhta rehta hai,
Par waqt kabhi kisi ka intezaar nahi karta.**

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Zameen ki thandak har shakhs ko ek jaisi lagti hai,
Na badshah alag, na faqeer—qabr sabko barabar jagah deti hai.**

Chehra, roop, libaas, rutba… kisi ka saath nahi deta,
Kafan bhi udhaar ka hota hai—aur woh bhi do pal ka mehmaan.**

Duniya wale do kadam chal kar laut jaate hain,
Phir sirf mitti ki khamoshi saath chalti hai.**

Insaan poori zindagi bhaagta rehta hai…
Par aakhir me teen haath zameen hi uska thikana ban jaati hai.**

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Har aadmi ki zindagi me ek aisi raat zaroor hoti hai,
Jis raat ki koi subah nahi hoti… sirf hisaab hota hai.**

Dil dhadak raha hota hai, par saans saath chhod rahi hoti hai,
Aankhen khuli hoti hain, par duniya dhundli pad chuki hoti hai.**

Na doctor ka haath kaam aata hai,
Na rishton ki mohabat, na daulat ki chamak.**

Sirf amal paas beth kar kehta hai:
“Batao… jo kiya tha zindagi me, uska hisaab de do.”

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Zulfi ne duniya dekhi, uski ghaflat bhi, uski bechaini bhi,
Aur samajh liya ke sach ke samne sab jaante hue bhi chup ho jaate hain.**

Khushi talash karna padta hai… dard hote hue bhi,
Aur jeena padta hai… maut ka ilm rakhte hue bhi.**

Isliye Zulfi likhte hain:
“Insaan ki asliyat us waqt samajh aati hai,
Jab usse pata hota hai ke waqt bohot kam reh gaya hai.”

Published by Zulfikar Inamdar