Yousaf Saleem Chishti was an eminent scholar and writer from Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. He was an expert on Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal

Sir Muhammad Iqbal , commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal , was a poet and philosopher born in Sialkot, then in the Punjab Province of British India, now in Pakistan...

 and during 1925 - 1938 he was continuously in his company. He recorded these conversations in his diaries but in 1955 most of them were destroyed by an upsurge in Ravi

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

, at Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

. He is famous for his commentaries on Iqbal's works. In his later life he spent time in lecturing in Mosques on different Islamic and philosophical themes. He died in Lahore.

Works

• Sharah Baal e Jibreel
• Sharah Musnawi Pas Cah Baeed Kurd Moa Musafir
• Sharah Arghman e Hijaz (Hissa Farsi)
• Sharah Arghman e Hijaz
• Sharah Israar e Khudi
• Sharah Piyaam e Mashriq
• Sharah Bang e Dara
• Sharah Zarb e Klim
• Dhalaan

External links

• Link to the books by Yousaf Saleem Chishti

Articles

• Malfuzat-i-Iqbal by Yousaf Saleem Chishti, from Iqbal Cyber Library