(2) A
Great Secular Scholar and Patriotic Poet
There is no country in the World whose
cultural heritage is so much blended with Divine touch.
In Punjabi, Baba Farid and Nanak spoke in poem – thus the
beginning of Punjabi literacy heritage. In Gujarat, Narsi
Mehta and Meera Bai sang songs of the glory of Ranchchodji
– thus the beginning of Gujarati Literature. In Kashmir,
Lalleshwari and Nand Rishi (Sheikh Nurudedin) sang to the
glory of God – thus the beginning of Kashmiri language Urdu,
(the rich langaue of India) was also born in the same fashon.
His Holiness showed keen interest in the promotion of mutual
love and goodwill among all classes of people. When His
Holiness found that languages and dialectic obstacles clogged
this harmony and hindered the understanding amongst the
Afghans, the Iranians and the Turks and others, His Holiness
ordered Hazrat Amir Khusro to invent a "new language" so
as to facilitate inter-communication and homogenous oneness
amongst the people of India. Hazrat Amir Khusro mixed the
Persian with local Brij Bhasha (native language of the North)
and this mixture laid the foundation of Urdu. With the passage
of time and by its usage it developed into more refined
Urdu cultural.
Delhi is proud of His Holiness and
Hazrat Khusro. Delhi is proud of Urdu. It was in Delhi that
Urdu was born, nourished and flourished. Hazrat Khusro is
the father of Modern Urdu Literature. He composed the first
poem in Hindi too. He is the pioneer of Hindustani Literature.
He was a great scholar in Persian. He introduced Sitar,
the five string instrument. He was a pioneer of Indian Classical
music.
Hazrat Amir Khusro was not only a talented
and highly learned poet of India having full command over
Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Hindi and Sanskrit languages but
he was a distinguished Sufi by virtue of his initiation
and closeness to His Holiness. His poetical composition,
specially the Persian-Hindi blending were aimed at cementing
the bonds of culture and friendship between the Hindus and
Muslims.
Amir Khusro was a leading poet in Persian
and Hindi languages. In his introduction to ‘Ghurratul Kamal’
Khusro wrote that, "a few poems that I have composed in
Hindi I have made a gift to my friends." He was a Hindustani
Turk. In another famous verse he said, "To speak the truth,
I am an Indian parrot. If you want to listen from me some
subtle verses, ask me then to recite some of my Hindi poems".
Amir Khusro says that the Hindus are
Mushrik, (i.e. pluralist in their belief of God) as under:
