“Insaan bewajah kabhi nahi toot’ta… kabhi uske ghalatiyaan usay roken rakhti hain, kabhi Rab ki rehmat usay chalti rakh’ti hai. Jo qismat ne likha nahi, woh mar ke bhi khatam nahi hota.”
– Zulfikar Inamdar
Zindagi ka Safar:
Arz kiya hai…
Bewajah insaan marta nahi zindagi ki talash mein,
Kabhi kabhi uske a‘maal hi aise hote hain,
jo usey gira dete hain… par marne nahi dete.
Kabhi gunahon ka bojh kandhon se girta nahi,
kabhi sach ka zakhm bhar kar bhi dard deta rehta hai,
jaise zindagi keh rahi ho — “abhi ruk, abhi teri hisaab-kitabi baqi hai.”
Insaan kabhi thak kar baithta hai,
kabhi ro kar raat ka daaman bhigota hai,
par ajeeb qudrat hai is dil ki…
jo toot bhi jaaye, phir bhi dhadakta rehta hai,
jaise haar maanta hi nahi.
Kabhi usay kisi ki dua rok leti hai,
kabhi maa ki yaad, kabhi bachon ki hanssi,
aur kabhi uske apne purane ghalat qadam…
jo usay sabak de kar keh dete hain,
“zinda reh, taake iss baar theek se jeeyega.”
Zindagi ka imtehaan bhi ajeeb hota hai bhai…
jo sab kuch cheen kar bhi insaan ko chalne deta hai,
jaise keh rahi ho — “abhi tere saath meri jung poori nahi hui.”
Aur insaan, bechara insaan,
apne hi faislon, apni hi galtiyon,
aur apni hi umeedon ke beech kahin ulajh jata hai,
par sirf ek wajah se zinda rehta hai —
ke kahin na kahin, kisi mod par,
uska Rab us se keh de:
“ab bas… ab tere liye aasani likh di.”
Toh haan… bewajah koi nahi marta,
na sansen rukti hain, na qismat tootti hai,
jab tak Rab ki likhi hui kahani ka,
aakhri jumla mukammal nahi ho jaata.
Sher O Shayeri 