Urdu Studies, Vol 5 Issue 1, 2025

پاک و ہند کی شاعری میں نفس نسوانی Pak-o Hind kī Shā’erī meṇ Nafs-e Niswānī

Annemarie Schimmel
Nasir Abbas Nayyar
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.16536647

Translation of an article written by Annemarie Schimmel.

Works cited:
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Schimmel, Annemarie. As through a Veil: Mystical Poetry in Islam. Oxford, Oneworld, 2001.
شمل، این میری۔ پاک و ہند کی شاعری میں نفس نسوانی۔ ترجمہ ناصر عباس نیر۔مخزن، ش 26،20-39۔

Prof. Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003) was one of the leading experts on Islamic literature and mysticism (Sufism) in the world. She wrote more than 80 books and essays, and lectured at universities and conferences around the world. Professor Schimmel’s teaching posts included Ankara University, the University of Bonn, and Harvard University. Her writings include translations into English and German from works in Persian, Urdu, Arabic and Turkish, as well as studies of Muslim saints, Sufism, and Islamic literature. Her book Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1975) is considered a classic in its field (Source: http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/authors/Annemarie-Schimmel.aspx).

Prof. Nasir Abbas Nayyar is a leading Urdu writer, critic and essayist. After completing his MA in Urdu from Government College University, Faisalabad (1990) and a PhD from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, he pursued post-doctoral research at Heidelberg University on colonial‐period Urdu curricula. He serves as Professor at the Institute of Urdu Language & Literature, University of the Punjab, Lahore, and was Director General of the Urdu Science Board (2017–2020). Since 2020, he has been the honorary editor of Bunyad: A Journal of Urdu Studies at LUMS. Dr Nayyar’s scholarship spans structuralism, postmodernism and postcolonial studies in Urdu literature; his landmark books include Mabad Nau Abadiat (OUP, 2013) and Urdu Adab ki Tashkeel e Jadid, which won the Best Urdu Book Prize at KLF 2017 and the Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq Award 2016. He regularly contributes columns and essays to leading publications such as Dawn and The News.

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