Kanpur: The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has set up a panel to decide whether the poem ‘Hum dekhenge lazim hai ki hum bhi dekhenge’, penned by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, is against the Hindu religion and its ideology.
The panel has been set up in response to a complaint filed by a faculty member who claimed that the students, during a protest, sang the poem, which is anti-Hindu.
The panel will also probe whether the students violated prohibitory orders clamped in the city on the day of the march, whether they posted objectionable content on the social media and whether the Faiz poem is anti-Hindu.
The poem reads—‘Lazim hai ke hum bhi dekhenge. Jab arz-e-Khuda ke kaabe se. Sab but uthwaye jayenge, Hum ahl-e-safa mardood-e-harm. Masnad pe bithaye jayenge. Sab taaj uchale jaenge. Sab takht giraye jayenge. Bas naam rahega Allah ka. Hum dekhenge.’
One was reminded of this when news came in that Faiz’s younger daughter Muneeza Hashmi, who was invited to participate in the 15th Asia Media Summit organised by Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development and hosted by Information and Broadcasting Ministry and Prasar Bharati, was allegedly debarred from attending the conference without assigning any reason. And the question kept troubling one’s mind: Why is Faiz so much loved by the masses and loathed by the rulers?
The IIT-Kanpur students had taken out a peaceful march on the campus on December 17 in support of the students of Jamia Millia Islamia and during the march the students sang the Faiz poem.
According to IIT deputy director Manindra Agarwal: “In the video, the students are seen reciting the Faiz poem which can also be perceived as being anti-Hindu.”
The IIT faculty member, in his complaint, has alleged that the students made anti-India and communal statements during their demonstration in solidarity with the Jamia students.
Read the complete nazm – Hum Dekhenge with translation:
ham dekheñge
lāzim hai ki ham bhī dekheñge
vo din ki jis kā va.ada hai
jo lauh-e-azal meñ likhkhā hai
jab zulm-o-sitam ke koh-e-girāñ
ruuī kī tarah uḌ jā.eñge
ham mahkūmoñ ke pāñv-tale
jab dhartī dhaḌ-dhaḌ dhaḌkegī
aur ahl-e-hakam ke sar-ūpar
Calls to Arms
We will see!
We are also duty-bound to see!
What happens on the day of promise,
Written on tablets of history
We will see!
jab bijlī kaḌ-kaḌ kaḌkegī
jab arz-e-ḳhudā ke ka.abe se
sab but uThvā.e jā.eñge
ham ahl-e-safā mardūd-e-haram
masnad pe biThā.e jā.eñge
sab taaj uchhāle jā.eñge
sab taḳht girā.e jā.eñge
bas naam rahegā allāh kā
jo ġhā.eb bhī hai hāzir bhī
jo manzar bhī hai nāzir bhī
uTThegā anal-haq kā na.ara
jo maiñ bhī huuñ aur tum bhī ho
When massive mountains of cruelty and tyranny
Will be blown sky-high like fluffs of cotton;
When marching steps of the downtrodden
Will make the earth beneath their feet quake and shudder
When skies above the heads of tyrant rulers
By streaks of lighting are split asunder
We will see!
when from the sacred square of the Kaaba
Idols of false Gods will be uprooted:
When to us rootless and unwanted
Seats of power will be granted.
All crowns will be tossed into the air
All thrones ground to dust
We will see!
aur raaj karegī ḳhalq-e-ḳhudā
jo maiñ bhī huuñ aur tum bhī ho
Only the name of Allah will prevail
Allah who is invisible and yet omnipresent,
Who is the scene and its viewer
Then ‘I am the truth’ will be the cry
That will rend the sky,
Which includes both you and I!
hum dekhenge
lazim hai ki hum bhi dekhenge
wo din ki jis ka wada hai
jo lauh-e-azal mein likhkha hai
jab zulm-o-sitam ke koh-e-giran
rui ki tarah uD jaenge
hum mahkumon ke panw-tale
jab dharti dhaD-dhaD dhaDkegi
aur ahl-e-hakam ke sar-upar
Calls to Arms
We will see!
We are also duty-bound to see!
What happens on the day of promise,
Written on tablets of history
We will see!
jab bijli kaD-kaD kaDkegi
jab arz-e-KHuda ke kabe se
sab but uThwae jaenge
hum ahl-e-safa mardud-e-haram
masnad pe biThae jaenge
sab taj uchhaale jaenge
sab taKHt girae jaenge
bas nam rahega allah ka
jo ghaeb bhi hai hazir bhi
jo manzar bhi hai nazir bhi
uTThega anal-haq ka nara
jo main bhi hun aur tum bhi ho
When massive mountains of cruelty and tyranny
Will be blown sky-high like fluffs of cotton;
When marching steps of the downtrodden
Will make the earth beneath their feet quake and shudder
When skies above the heads of tyrant rulers
By streaks of lighting are split asunder
We will see!
when from the sacred square of the Kaaba
Idols of false Gods will be uprooted:
When to us rootless and unwanted
Seats of power will be granted.
All crowns will be tossed into the air
All thrones ground to dust
We will see!
aur raj karegi KHalq-e-KHuda
jo main bhi hun aur tum bhi ho
Only the name of Allah will prevail
Allah who is invisible and yet omnipresent,
Who is the scene and its viewer
Then ‘I am the truth’ will be the cry
That will rend the sky,
Which includes both you and I!
On the other Faiz is also on Twitter top trend after this debate.
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