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مومن خاں مومنؔ
Momin Khan Momin Poetry
The poet of the delicate, clever ghazal, whose one sher Ghalib wished he had written. Read Momin’s best-known ashaar and download any of them as a picture.
- Full name
- Muhammad Momin Khan
- Pen name
- Momin
- Born
- 1800, Delhi
- Died
- 1852, Delhi
- Best known for
- His ghazals of love
Shayari
Famous ashaar of Momin Khan Momin
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تم مرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا
جب کوئی دوسرا نہیں ہوتا
وہ جو ہم میں تم میں قرار تھا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
وہی یعنی وعدہ نباہ کا تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو
عمر ساری تو کٹی عشقِ بتاں میں مومنؔ
آخری وقت میں کیا خاک مسلماں ہوں گے
ہم بھی کچھ خوش نہیں وفا کر کے
تم نے اچھا کیا نباہ نہ کی
Life
Momin Khan was born in Delhi in 1800 into a family of physicians, and trained as a hakim himself. He was a man of many gifts: medicine, astrology, mathematics, chess and music. He lived in Delhi at the same time as Ghalib and Zauq, and the three are counted as the great poets of that last brilliant age of Mughal Delhi. He died in 1852 after a fall from the roof of his house.
Poetry and style
Momin’s ghazal is subtle and full of hidden meanings: what it says plainly is only half of what it means. The story goes that Ghalib, hearing «تم مرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا، جب کوئی دوسرا نہیں ہوتا», said he would give his whole diwan for that one sher. His ghazal «وہ جو ہم میں تم میں قرار تھا» is one of the most sung in Urdu.
Books
- Kulliyat-e-Momin: his ghazals, qasidas and masnavis
Write your own verse in Nastaliq
Type a sher, put it on your own photo, and download it for WhatsApp, Facebook or Instagram.
Questions
About Momin Khan Momin
What is Momin’s most famous sher?
تم مرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا، جب کوئی دوسرا نہیں ہوتا.
What did Ghalib say about Momin?
He is said to have offered his whole diwan in exchange for Momin’s sher «تم مرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا».
When did Momin live?
From 1800 to 1852, in Delhi.