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{{Infobox person
| image = muzaffarwarsi.jpg
| image_size = 225px
| caption = Muzaffar Warsi
| name = Muzaffar Warsi
| birthname= Muzaffar Siddiqui<ref name=Dawn>[http://www.dawn.com/news/602297/muzaffar-warsi-passes-away Muzaffar Warsi passes away] Dawn (newspaper), Published 28 Jan 2011, Retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>
| birth_date = 23 Dec 1933<ref name=Dawn/>
| birth_place = [[Meerut]], United Provinces, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|1|28|1933|12|23}}<ref name=Dawn/>
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| occupation = [[Poet]] ([[Hamd]] and [[Na'at]] lyricist, film songs lyricist)<ref name=Dawn/>
| years active = 1961–2006
| awards = [[Pride of Performance]] Award in 1988<ref name=Dawn/>
| URL = [http://muzaffarwarsi.blogspot.com/]
}}

'''Muzaffar Warsi''' (23 December 1933 – 28 January 2011; {{lang-ur|مظفر وارثی}}) was a Pakistani poet, essayist, lyricist, and a scholar of [[Urdu]]. He began writing more than five decades ago. He wrote a rich collection of [[na`at]]s, as well as several anthologies of [[ghazal]]s and [[nazm]]s, and his autobiography ''Gaye Dinon Ka Suraagh''. He also wrote [[quatrain]]s for Pakistan's daily newspaper ''[[Nawa-i-Waqt]]''.<ref name=Dawn/>

==Early life and career==
Muzaffar Warsi was born as Muhammad Muzaffar ud Din Siddiqui into the family of Alhaaj Muhammad Sharf ud Din Ahmad known as Sufi Warsi ({{lang-ur|صوفی وارثی}}). It was a family of landlords of [[Meerut]] (now in Uttar Pradesh, India).<ref name=Dawn/> Sufi Warsi was a scholar of [[Islam]], a doctor and poet. He received two titles: 'Faseeh ul Hind' and 'Sharaf u Shu'ara'. Sufi Warsi was the friend of [[Sir Muhammad Iqbal]] (Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), Akbar Warsi, Azeem Warsi, [[Hasrat Mohani]], [[Josh Malihabadi]], [[Ahsan Danish]], [[Abul Kalam Azad]] and Mahindar Singh Bedi.<ref name=Dawn/> His family raised him with deep religious grounding. He has one brother and two sisters. Muzaffar Warsi has three daughters and one son. One of his nephews is [[Usman Warsi]], a singer, music composer and poet. His grandson Amsal Qureshi is also a singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and a poet.<ref name=Dawn/><ref>[http://nation.com.pk/politics/29-Jan-2011/Muzaffar-Warsi-dies Muzaffar Warsi dies] ''The Nation'' (newspaper), Published 28 Jan 2011, Retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>

Muzaffar Warsi had worked at [[State Bank of Pakistan]] (the Central Bank of Pakistan) as deputy treasurer.
He started writing his poetry by writing lyrics for songs for Pakistani movies but gradually changed direction and his style of poetry became more oriented towards praising [[Allah]] and [[Muhammad]].<ref name=Dawn/> He later started writing [[Hamd]] and [[Na`at]]s. He also wrote, regularly, a stanza or two on current affairs in the newspaper ''Nawa-i-Waqt'' until just before he died. His most popular [[Na`at]] remains "Mera Payambar azeem tar hai" (My Prophet is the highest).
==Death==
[[File:Muzaffar Warsi (14566787156).jpg|thumb|Warsi's last resting place at Johar Town Graveyard [[Lahore]]]]
Warsi died on 28 January 2011 in [[Lahore, Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn/> and was buried at Johar Town Graveyard [[Lahore]].

==Literary work==
*''Alhamd''. (Hamdiya Kalaam)
*''Lashareek''. (Hamdiya Kalaam)
*''[[Wohi Khuda Hai]]''. (Hamdiya Kalaam)
*''[[Tajdar-e-Haram]]''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Kaaba-e-ishq''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Noor-e-azal''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Baab-e-Haram''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Meray Achay Rasool''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Dil Sey Dar-e-Nabí Tak''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Sahib-ut-Taaj''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Ummi Laqabi''. (Naatia Kalaam)
*''Gaye Dinon Ka Suraagh''. (Khud-nawisht)- an autobiography
*''Barf Kí Nao''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Khulay Dareechay Band Hawa''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Lehja''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Raakh Kay Dhair Main Phool''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Tanha tanha guzri hai''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Dekha jo teer kha kay''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Hisaar''. (Ghazliyaat)
*''Zulm na sehna''.
*''Lahu ki haryali''.
*''Sitaroon ki aabju''.

==Awards==
*[[Pride of Performance]] Award in 1988 by the [[President of Pakistan]].<ref name=Dawn/>

==Famous poems==
*"Kya bhala mujh ko parakhney ka natija nikla, Zakhm-e-dil aapki nazron se bhi gehra nikla"
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060514010607/http://www.indiaclub.com/shop/SearchResults.asp?ProdStock=11621 Ghazal sung by Lata Mangeshkar & Jagjit Singh]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050920195501/http://desiest.com/music/singer.jsp?id=26 Chitra Singh frequently used the Ghazals of Muzaffar Warsi]
Pakistani film ''Hamrahi (1966)'' was a milestone film in renowned Pakistani playback singer [[Masood Rana]]'s singing career. All songs of 'Hamrahi' are relegated as the 'Best of Masood Rana'.<ref>[http://pakmag.net/film/db/details.php?pid=526 Film 'Hamrahi' and its film songs on pakmag.net website] Retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>

Film Hamrahi's seven songs are listed here below:

*"Kiya kahoon aye duniya walo, kiya hoon mein" (film: ''Hamrahi'': 1966, lyrics: Muzaffar Warsi, music: Tasadduq Hussain)
*"Karam ki ik nazar hum per...ya Rasool Allah"
*"Ho gaye zindigi mujhay pyari".
*"Naqsha teri judaye ka ab tak nazar mein hai".
*"Mujhay chore kar akela, kaheen dooor janay walay".
*"Qadam, qadam pay naye dukh".
*"yaad karta hai zamana unhi insano ko", sung by Masood Rana was a tribute song to [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]
* One of his super-hit poems was his Hamd "Koi to hay jo nizam e hasti chala raha hay", this Hamd first became popular recited in his own voice, which was later sung by [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]<ref>[http://pakistaniat.com/2011/01/29/muzaffar-warsi/ Muzaffar Warsi profile (Watch Hamd recited by Muzaffar Warsi on Pakistan television)] Retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>
*"Pukara hai madad ko, bay kason nay, haath khali hai...bachaa lo doobnay say ....ya Rasool Allah" was another popular [[Na'at]] written by him
* "Aey Khuda, Aey Khuda, jis nay ki justuju, mil gaya uss ko tuu" Sung by [[Adnan Sami Khan]], written by Muzaffar Warsi, film ''[[Sargam (1995 film)|Sargam]]''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237699/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd Soundtrack of film Sargam (1995) on IMDb website] Retrieved 3 December 2018</ref>
*"[[Tu Kuja Man Kuja]]" was also written by him,<ref>{{Citation|last=Coke Studio (Pakistan)|title=Tu Kuja Man Kuja, Shiraz Uppal & Rafaqat Ali Khan, Season Finale, Coke Studio Season 9|date=23 September 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQMn5wIoAno|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref> originally composed and sung by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/instep-today/153087-Coke-Studio-9-concludeson-a-poignant-note|title=Coke Studio 9 concludes on a poignant note|last=Sabeeh|first=Maheen|website=The News International (newspaper)|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref> The modern adaptation of the song was also performed in [[Coke Studio Pakistan (season 9)]] by [[Rafaqat Ali Khan]] and [[Shiraz Uppal]].

==Books on Muzaffar Warsi==
*''Gaye dinon ka suraagh- Aapbeeti k tawana lehjey'' (Urdu), Qudratullah Shehzad, 2005.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Pride of Performance for Arts}}

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