Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Najjo

(Beside Manto, Abdul Majid Salik himself described this encounter in his book: 'Yaran-e-kohan')

 ایک دفعہ عبدالمجید سالک کسی کام کے سلسلے میں حکیم فقیر محمد چشتی صاحب کے مطب پر گئے۔ وہاں مشہور طوائف نجو بھی دوا لینے آئی تھی۔ کھلا ہوا چمپئی رنگ، سر پر ایک سفید ریشمی دوپٹہ جس کے کنارے چوڑا نقرئی لپہ لگا ہؤا تھا۔

سالک جو پہنچے تو حکیم صاحب نے اس سے کہا: "یہ تمہارے شہر کے بہت بڑے شاعر اور ادیب سالک صاحب ہیں۔ آداب بجالاؤ۔"

وہ سروقد اٹھ کھڑی ہوئی اور جھک کر آداب بجا لائی۔

پھر سالک سے کہا: "یہ لاہور کی مشہور طوائف نجو ہیں۔ آپ اس کوچے سے نابلد سہی لیکن نام تو سنا ہوگا۔"

سالک نے کہا: "جی ہاں! نام تو سنا ہے لیکن نجو بھلا کیا نام ہوا؟"

حکیم صاحب فرمانے لگے: "لوگ نجو نجو کہہ کے پکارتے ہیں، پورا نام تو
*نجات المومنین* ہے۔"

 (اندھیر نگری۔۔۔ از سعادت حسن منٹو)

4 comments:

bsc said...

Good one. I joined Islamia college Lahore in 1946 when MD Taseer was principle and Salek Saheb was also professor I used t watch but was not aware of his greatness
It was good time Imtiaz Ahmad was still a student and we would watch his hittings for Cricket practice while Khan Mohammad was bowling

mystic-soul said...

I never saw Khan Mohammad bowling though have seen old videos of Imtiaz Ahmad batting. I was told that Khan Mohammad was better than Australian Thomson and Dennis Lilly.

bsc said...

By mistake 1946 actually 1948
I saw with others the match where Imtiaz and Khan Mohammad from Islamia College and Waqar Hassan and Mahmood from Government college played University Cricket Championship game
Islamia college won it by 5 runs only Waqar Hassan opened Govt College and he was still at the crease when match was lost I recall vividly each ball Khan Mohammad was throwing to take the last wicket
This was the last year Imtiaz and Khan played for Islama college
The thrill and anxiety of winning I have not forgotten. These matches were considered like Oxford and Cambridge rivalry of annual boat race

mystic-soul said...

Once Cricket was my religion. Just last week I was watching Zaheer Abbas' cover drives for almost an hour on youtube,