Urdu Literature: Literary and Religious Scriptures

Urdu language has the honor of having one of the largest collections of works on Islamic Literature and Sharia. It seconds Arabic in its Islamic Literature and Sharia. The collection includes the translations as well as the interpretations of Quran. It also includes the commentaries on Hadith, Fiqah, history of Islam, spiritualism, Sufism and metaphysics.

There are number of classical texts from Persian and Arabic which have been translated to Urdu. These translations have been made, keeping in view the popularity of the language amongst the Muslims of South Asia.  The economic publishing along with the popularity of Urdu in southern region had paved paths for this literary work.  There have been number of famous Islamic books written in Urdu.

Astrology has been an important genus and lots of books have been written on it. Pundit Roop Chand Joshi was the first person to conquer this genus in Urdu and penned astrology in Urdu for the first time, in eighteenth century. The book “Lal Kitab” still holds popularity amongst the astrologers, since it was written at a time when Urdu was common in Brahman families as well.

Urdu literature is one of the most rich literature which has material and literature written for all genera. The great literary personalities in Urdu have been Munshi Premchand, Saadat Hassan Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Krishan Chander and Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi. Starting from afsana, while encompassing novel and dramas, these writers have enriched Urdu Literature. These are the gems of Urdu language who have contributed their best in Urdu Literature.