Milnay ka nahi, nayab hain hum
Milnay ka nahi, nayab hain hum, 22 augst ka din adbi tareekh mein aik sang mil ki si hesiyat rakhta hai. is din 1925 mein british India ke soobah Punjab ki aik tehseel mktsr, jo amritsar ke baad sukhnon ka aik mutbarrik shehar mana jata hai, wahan aik aisay ensaan ne aankhh kholi jo salahiyaton se malaa maal tha. is ne fun, adab aur phir tasawuf ki jis raah par bhi qadam rakha, manzil ne khud agay barh kar usay apni baho mein samaitt liya. duniya inhen Ashfaq Ahmed ke naam se jantee bhi hai aur manti bhi hai. un ki shakhsiyat aur salahiyaton ka ihata karna aisa hi hai jaisay is wasee o Areez kaayenaat ki hudood ka
taayun karna. Ashfaq Ahmed ka wujood kisi aik maqam par muqeed nahi tha. jis shoba mein bhi qadam rakha, is mein jiddat ke sath islahi pehluo ko nah sirf ujagar kya balkay saqafati virsa ko bhi is ke haqeeqi maino mein zindagi bakhsh .
likhnay ki ibtida ke baray mein unhon nay aik baar interview mein bataya tha ke un ke gaon mein aik gawala botay Khan hota tha. woh dadyon, naniyon ke andaaz mein kahaniyan sunataa tha aur woh aksar shaam mein wahan chalay jatay. is ki bhinson ko pani pladya, charah daal diya aur phir is ke baad woh Ashfaq sahib ko aik lambi se kahani sunataa .
Ashfaq Ahmed ko kahaaniyon se ziyada is ka andaaz bayan mutasir karta tha. botay Khan naay un ki zindagi ko is dagar par daal diya jis par chal kar hamaray samnay aik qad aawar adbi flasfr aur aik la zawaal baba jee Ashfaq Ahmed aajate hain .
1940 se 1945 taq unhon naay kayi kahaniyan, afsaanay mukhtalif adbi rsalon mein beje. lekin musalsal paanch saal taq koi bhi kahani ya afsana shaya nah hwa. har baar na qabil ashaat keh kar wapas bhaij diya jata. 1946 mein un ka pehla afsana jo’ ‘ tauba’ ‘ ke naam se tha, woh Salah Aldeen marhoom naay –apne risalay’ ‘ adbi duniya’ ‘ mein shaya kya
is ki paanch copian feroz poor railway station ke astal par bhi ayen aur jab Ashfaq Ahmed ki nazar un par pari to unhon nay woh paanchon copian khareed len. is ke baad un ka aik aur afsana bhi shaya hwa. yun qiyam Pakistan se qabal un ke do afsaanay shaya ho chukay they .
Ashfaq Ahmed nay metric taq taleem muqami satah par haasil ki aur feroz poor se bi ae kya aur phir Pakistan aagaye, jahan government college Lahore se MA ( urdu ) kya. isi douran un ki mulazmat shoba urdu mein Diyal singh college Lahore hogayi. yahan se phir radio aur is ke baad TV ki janib taraqqi ka woh safar shuru hwa jis ney inhen la zawaal banadiya. un ki zindagi ka woh marhala jis mein bator talib e ilm aur phir ustaad Europe mein guzra, is ney un ki soch ko aur fikar ko wusat di. agar baat un ki tahreeron ki ho to 1955 mein shaya honay walay un ke afsaanay gadarya se le kar 1962 ke radio programme Talqeen Shah ney inhen –apne daur ke dosray lkharyon se mumtaz kardiya tha .
