Urdu Ki Meeraas

Urdu sirf ek zaban nahin — yeh ek puri tahzeeb hai jo do mukhtalif duniyaon ke sangam par paida hui. Farsi ki naazuki, Hindavi ki mitti, Arabi ki gehrayi — yeh sab milkar Urdu bani. Kisi ne sahi kaha: Urdu ka lughwi matalab hi "lashkar" hai — aur yeh zaban bhi ek lashkar ki tarah aai, mukhtalif alfaaz, mukhtalif logon se milkar. Lekin Urdu ki asli taaqat us ke alfaaz mein nahin — us ke andaaz-e-bayan mein hai. Jab Mir Taqi Mir kehte hain "Mizaaj unka bahut nazuk hai seenay ka," to lafz aam hain magar ehsaas anokha. Yahi Urdu ka jaadu hai. Aaj Urdu par khatra hai — lekin yeh khatra baahir se nahin, andar se hai. Jab hum apni nasl ko yeh nahi sikhate ki Ghalib ne kya kaha, Faiz ne kyu kaha — to hum apni meeraas khud se door kar lete hain. Urdu ko bachana baad mein hai — pehle Urdu ko samajhna zaruri hai. Uss ki naazuki ko, uss ke dard ko, uss ki khushi ko. Yeh zaban sikhne ki cheez nahin — mehsoos karne ki cheez hai.