Ameer Qasim Zaidi

Ameer Qasim Zaidi (1928 – 31 August 2019)

“Guzarti ja rahi hai zindagi yun daare fani se,
Ke jese bulbula banta hai aur mitta hai pani se…
Khuda rakhe salamat is zayefi ko qayamat tak,
Palat kar phir na koi mil saka apni jawani se…”

Yeh nazm numa sher Mohataram Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab ki apni tehreer hai, jo unki zindagi ke tajurbaat, waqt ke be-rahmi se guzarne aur insani haqiqat ki aks-bandi karti hai.

Nasab aur Khandani Pas-e-Manzar

Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab ki paidaish سن 1928 mein Tewda, Tehsil Jansath (U.P., Hindustan) mein hui. Chand arsa guzarne ke baad aap ka khandan Kawal, Jansath mein muntakil ho gaya.

Aap ke walid mohtaram ka naam Janab Nazir Hasan tha, jo apne ilmi zehan, shayari ke shauq aur buzurgi ki sha’n ki wajah se mashhoor the. Aap ki mohtaram waleda Wazeer Bano sahiba, Kawal ke ek azeem sadat khandan se ta’alluq rakhti thin jisme Allama Rabeed Baharvi jese shayer hue hain.

Allama Rabeed Baharavi ka ek sher  ha ki:

“Ashk-e-ghum-e-Sarwar ki manzil madar se Rabeed-e-zaar samajh,
Rumaal mein Zehra ke rakha, aankhon se jo ye gohar nikla.”

Yeh gharana zameendari, tehzeeb, aur ilm-o-adab ka markaz mana jata tha aur Sadat-e-Bahara mein ek buland martaba rakhta tha. Janab Nazir Hasan sahab ki aulad kul 4 bete or 2 betiyan thi. Unhi mein se Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab teesre number par the. Unke bde bhai Yusuf Ali sahab or ek behan Naeema Zaidi Pakistan Lahore mutaqil ho gye the.

Unke bhai behno’n ki tarteeb kuch is tarah hai:

1. Yusuf Ali Zaidi

2. Ali Hasan Zaidi

3. Ameer Qasim Zaidi

4. Naeema Zaidi

5. Nayyera Zaidi

6. Shahid Raza Zaidi 

Walid-e-Mohtram ka Kalaam

Buzurgi ke dor mein, jab aulad apni apni zindagiyo’n mein masroof ho jati aur tanhaayi insaan ka muqaddar ban jaati, tab Janab Nazir Hasan sahab apne jazbaat ko is nazm numa sher mein izhar karte:

“Takleef de hai itni daraziye umr bhi,
Apne chaman mein phirte hain be-aashna se hum…”

Yeh alfaaz unki zindagi ke gehre tajurbaat aur buzurgi ki tanhai ka dard samete hue hain.

Shadi aur Humsafar ka Saath

Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab ki shaadi سن 1953 (umr 25 saal) mein Mohtarma Syedda Raees Bano sahiba se hui, jo Datia (Madhya Pradesh) se ta’alluq rakhti thin. Shaadi ke waqt unki umr sirf 18 saal thi.

Mohtarma Raees Bano sahiba apne aap mein ek azeem shakhsiat thin. Unhein majalis aur sozkhwani se beinteha lagao tha. Azadari unki zindagi ka hissa thi, jise unhone sirf apne jazbaat tak mehdood nahi rakha balki apne ghar mein ek Azakhana qayam kiya.

Yeh Azakhana sirf ek jagah nahi, unke jazba-e-shahadat aur mohabbat-e-Ahlulbait (a.s.) ka markaz tha. Mohtarma ne apni zindagi ke aakhri lamhon tak (سن 2021 tak) is Azakhane ko khud sambhala, sawara aur roshan rakha. Unka yeh amal unki wafadari, aqeedat aur wilayat se muhabbat ka zinda nishan hai.

Aulaad aur Khandani Zindagi

Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab ko Allah Ta’ala ne paanch beto’n se nawaza.

Aapke bare bete Janab Anwar Raza Zaidi Shimla mein computer teacher rahe. Woh apne shobay ke ek azeem zaheen aur danishwar shakhsiat the. Shairi, geography, computer science, Islamic theology aur mukhtalif subjects mein unka ilm la-misaal tha.

Unki shakhsiyat shaukeen, khush-mizaj aur ilmi lagao se bhari hui thi. Magar afsos, unka safar-e-hayat bohot achanak khatam hua. Retirement ke fori baad woh brain tumour ka shikar hue aur sirf chheh mahine ki bemari ke dauran intiqal kar gaye.

Jab Janab Qasim sahab ko sar-sari taur par yeh khabar mili ke unka beta bimar hai, to unhone haath uthakar yeh dua ki:

“Ya Allah! Meri umr bhi mere bete ko lag jaye.”

Usi din 31 August 2019 subh se unki tbiyat kuch sahi nahi thi or Isha ki namaz ada karne ke baad wo lete or unka inteqal ho gaya. Yoon lagta hai jaise ek baap ki dua ne apni shakl ikhtiyar kar li ho.

Janab Nadir Raza Zaidi apne walid-e-mohtram ke saath sozkhwani aur adabi majalis mein hamesha bazu rahe. Unhone apne walid ke virasati hunar ko na sirf samjha, balki aage barhaya.

Janab Rashid Raza Zaidi bhi apne walid ki rawayat par chal kar teaching field mein kirdar ada kar rahe hain.

Chhote betay Mohammad Asghar Zaidi aur Habeeb Asghar Zaidi bhi apne apne kamo'n mein masroof hain aur apni professional zindagiyan guzar rahe hain.

Taleem aur Adabi Safar

Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab ko sozkhwani aur adabi shayari virasat mein mili. Unki rawani mein shayari ki nasl dar nasl riwayat behti thi. Is fitri salahiyat ko unke azeem ustaad Janab Aewaz Ali Jansathi ne aur bhi tarash kar nikhar diya.

Unki sozkhwani mein woh dard, woh roohaniyat aur woh jazba tha jo azadari ki riwayat ka asal aaina tha. Marsiye aur salam likhna unka sirf ek fan na tha, balki ek tehzeebi aur roohani zimmedari thi.

Fikr-o-Aqeeda ka Aks

Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab sirf ek shayar aur sozkhwan na the, balki ek soch rakhne wale, ilm o basirat se roshan shakhs the. Unka kalaam unke aqeede ka aaina tha. Woh wilayat ko apna asaas mante aur batil ki ghulami ko sakht napasand karte the. Unka ek yaadgar sher is haqeeqat ko numayan karta hai:

“Pasand humko jihalat ka ehtram nahi,
Khuda ka shukr ke batil ke hum ghulam nahi.
Hamare sar pe Wali-e-Khuda ka saya hai,
Tumhari tarah se hum log be-imam nahi.”

Ye alfaaz unki zindagi ke asal falsafe aur unki sha’nasai ka saboot hain. Zaidi sahab ka aqeeda tha ke insaan ki asli pehchaan uski wilayat se juri wafa aur batil se be-ini mein hai.

Adabi Khandan ka Asar

Zaidi sahab ke khandan mein adab aur ilm ki rooh ghul-mil chuki thi. Aap ke cousin Janab Zaheer Abbas bhi Urdu adab ke chand roshan sitaron mein shumar hote hain. Unki adabi khidmat mein sab se numayan kaam Rabindranath Tagore ki “Geetanjali” ka Urdu tarjuma hai, jo unki tehqiqi aur adabi lagan ka shahkaar mana jata hai.

Virasat aur Pehchaan

Janab Ameer Qasim Zaidi sahab ka adabi aur sozkhwani ka safar unke apne ashaar, unke kalaam aur unki tehzeeb ka zinda saboot hai. Yeh virasat sirf unke khandan tak mehdood nahi balki puri tehzeebi riwayat ka hissa ban chuki hai.

Unki zindagi, unke ashaar aur unka dard-mand lehja, aaj bhi us tehzeeb ka zinda nishan hai jo Kawal ki sarzameen se uth kar poore adabi mahaul mein phaili.