Waheed Akhtar


Syed Waheed Akhtar was an Urdu poet, writer, critic, orator, and a Muslim scholar and philosopher.

Works

According to Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, "Wahid Akhtar, regarded by many as a Modernist and by many others as Progressive, wrote that Modernism was really an extension of Progressivism". Akhtar is also considered by at least one writer to be among the few successful modern Urdu poets who took Marsia to new heights and gave it new direction in this age.

Poetry: ghazals and nazms

His following collections of poetry consist mostly of nazms and ghazals:
Karbala Ta Karbala consists of eight marasi :
His writings in prose are literary criticism, philosophical writings, book reviews, columns and talks. Collection of his writings in Urdu prose have been published by National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language in six volumes as Kulliyat-e-Waheed Akhtar which is edited and compiled by Sarwarul Huda. Three volumes have already been published and the other three remain to be published.

Published books

Prose

Editor of Al-Tawhid a journal of philosophy and culture, Islamic Propagation Organization, Tehran, Iran, May 1984–April 1987.