Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri (also known as Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob or Khwaja Aziz al-Hasan; 12 June 1884 – 17 August 1944) was an Indian Islamic scholar, poet and the primary biographer of

Ashraf Ali Thanwi Ashraf Ali Thanwi (often referred as Hakim al-Ummat and Mujaddid e Millet; 19 September 1863 – 20 July 1943) was a late-nineteenth and twentieth-century Sunni scholar, jurist, thinker, reformist and the revival of classical sufi thought from In ...

. He was an alumnus of

Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College ( ur, Madrasatul Uloom Musalmanan-e-Hind, italics=yes) was founded in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, initially as a primary school, with the intention of taking it to a college level institution, known as Muhamme ...

and an authorized disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi in

Sufism Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

. Ghouri held the titles of

Khan Sahib Khan Sahib is a compound of khan (leader) and sahib (master) - was a formal title of respect and honour, which was conferred mainly on Muslim, but also to Parsi, Irani, and Jewish subjects of the British Indian Empire. It was a title one de ...

and

Khan Bahadur Khan Bahadur – a compound of khan ('leader') and bahadur ('brave') – was a formal title of respect and honor, which was conferred exclusively on Muslim and other non-Hindu natives of British India. It was one degree higher than the title of ...

. His couplet ''Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi'' has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets. Thanwi commended it saying that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri.

Biography

Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri was born on 12 June 1884 in

Orai Orai is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Jalaun District. All administrative offices of Jalaun District, including the District Collectorate, police, telecom and various other government organizations are ...

. He got a BA and an

LLB Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

from

, now

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a public central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Orienta ...

. He was a disciple of Ashraf Ali Thanwi. Ghouri worked as deputy collector for 7 years and later joined the Department of Education. He was the Deputy Inspector for Islamic

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s and then became the Inspector of the English schools in

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and retired only from this post. He was honored with titles of

and

by the

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. He was a poet and wrote in the

ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...

nazm ''Nazm'' () is a major part of Urdu and Sindhi poetry that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose-style poems. is a significant genre of Urdu and Sindhi poetry; the other one is known as ''ghazal'' (). is significantl ...

hamd Hamd ( ar, حمد, ḥamd, praise) is a word that exclusively praises God - whether written or spoken. Thus, The word "Hamd" is always followed by the name of God (Allah) - a phrase known as the Tahmid - "al-ḥamdu li-llāh" (Arabic: ) (English ...

and naat genre of Urdu poetry. He firstly used "Hasan" and then "Majzoob" as his poetic name. His poetic collection ''Kashkol-e-Majzoob'' was published in 1950. His poem "Dars-e-Ibrat", "Jagah Ji Lagane Ki Dunya Nahi Hai" was released by

Junaid Jamshed Junaid Jamshed Khan ( ur, ; 3 September 1964 – 7 December 2016) was a Pakistani singer-songwriter, television personality, fashion designer, actor, and preacher. After graduating with a degree in engineering from the University of Enginee ...

in his Jalwa-e-Janan album. Ashraf Ali Thanwi commended one couplet from Ghouri's poem ''Har Tamanna Dil Se Rukhsat Hogayi'' and said that if he had one hundred thousand rupees, he would give it to Ghouri. This couplet has been deemed to be one of the 100 most popular Urdu couplets. Ghouri died on 17 August 1944. According to John Mohammed Butt, "No one enshrines the life and mission of

more than Majzub. Not only did he write beautiful poetry about his time with Thanwi, he also provided proof that a free spirit could flourish in the highly disciplined and austere environment of Thanwi khānqah."

Literary works

Literary works of Ghouri include: * ''Kashkol-e-Majzoob'' * ''Ashrafus-Sawaneh'', biography of

. * ''Kalam-e-Majzoob'' * ''PhooloN ki dali'' * ''Sada-e-Majzoob'' * ''Deewan-e-Majzoob'' * ''Nafeer-e-Ghaib''

References

Bibliography

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghouri, Aziz al-Hasan Indian poets 1884 births 1944 deaths Urdu-language writers Urdu-language poets from India Aligarh Muslim University alumni Disciples of Ashraf Ali Thanwi