By
Abdul QadirQureshi
(Pakistan
News & Features Services)
The
Chancellor of the Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET), Karachi,
Engr Mohammad Adil Usman has described the poetic work of great soofi poet
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai as soul-stirring, declaring that it carries a
message of peace, love and brotherhood.
“His creative and imaginary
thoughtfulness fully reflects the richness of his spiritual thoughts,” he observed
adding that Shah Latif calls for a sustained endeavor for the attainment
of the objective of communication with Allah by remaining fully dedicated to
His oneness.
He expressed the views at the launching
of book Awaz-e-Latif, penned by renowned scholar Dr Iliyas Ishqi,
at a ceremony organized by the Pakistan
Academy of Letters in collaboration with the SSUET.
Engr Adil Usman remarked that with
spiritual connotations in his superb poetic work, the book analyzes the same
with a different perception. He noted that the writer’s articles in
the book are in response to some particular questions.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof.
Sehar Ansari described Dr Iliyas Ishqi as an outstanding figure and said
his book about Shah Latif’s work is impressive and informative.
Another speaker Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal,
Vice Chancellor, Federal Urdu University, in his discourse touched upon
‘Aqeeda-e-Tauheed’ as a great force of Islam that annulled all
other ideologies and thoughts.
Resident Director, Pakistan Academy
of Letters, Agha Noor Muhammad Pathan, pointed oout that Awaz-e-Latif is
the outcome of 50 years’ devotion and dedication to the cause taken up by
Dr Ishqi, having been completed in 1999 but published this year after the
writer’s death in 2007.
He described Shah Latif as a great
poet of Sindh and said credit for introducing him to the Urdu community goes to
Iliyas Ishqi and Professor Afaq Siddiqui.
Other speakers on the occasion
included Naseer Mirza, Station Director Radio Pakistan Hyderabad Mahmood
Siddiqui and Anwar Ahmed Zai.
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