
Urdu adab mein kayi tarah ki shaayari aur kahaniyon ke roop ko Asnaf kaha jaata hai. Ye asnaf apni alag pehchan, banaawat aur mizaaj rakhte hain. Class 9 ke syllabus mein aap in asnaf ko samjhenge: Ghazal, Nazm, Dastan, Marsia, Qasida, aur Rubai. Har asnaf ke apne qaide aur misaalein hain jo Urdu adab ko ameer banate hain.
Urdu adab mein asnaf ko do hisson mein baanta gaya hai: Shaayari aur Nasr. Shaayari ke asnaf mein Ghazal, Nazm, Rubai, Qasida, Marsia aate hain. Nasr mein Dastan, Afsaana, Dramah, etc. Lekin Class 9 mein khaas taur par kuch asnaf par focus kiya gaya hai. Aayiye unke baare mein jaan lein.
Ghazal Urdu shaayari ka sabse mashoor asnaf hai. Ismein do ya do se zyada ashtaar (couplets) hote hain, har sher apne aap main mukammal hota hai. Pehle sher ke dono misron mein wazn aur qaafiya ek jaise hote hain. Baaqi ashtaar ke doosre misra mein bhi wohi qaafiya aur radeef dohraaya jaata hai. Ghazal ka mazmoon aksar ishq, mohabbat, judai, aur jazbaati hosla hota hai. Kuch mashoor ghazal go: Mirza Ghalib, Allama Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Nazm shaayari ki woh shakal hai jismein ek hi mazmoon ya kahani ko peechhe jo raha jaata hai. Nazm ke saare ashtaar aapas mein jude hote hain aur ek mukammal khayal pesh karte hain. Ismein qaafiya aur wazn to hota hai, lekin Ghazal ki tarah radeef ka sakht bandhan nahi hota. Nazm kisi waqidi, siyasi, ya samaji masle par bhi likhi ja sakti hai.
Dastan Urdu nasr ka ek puraana asnaf hai. Ye lambi kahani hoti hai jismein jasoosi, jung, ajooba, aur romaan ka mel hota hai. Dastan mein badi jaadui tarkeebon aur ajeeb-o-ghareeb waqiyon ka bayan hota hai. Dastan likhne ka tariqa khaas hota hai jaise 'Dastan-e-Amir Hamza' mashoor hai.
Marsia wo shaayari hai jo gham, afsoos, ya kisi buray waqia par likhi jaati hai, khaas kar Imam Husain (RA) aur Karbala ki shahadat par. Ismein rone-dhone, soz-o-gudaaz aur madah ka amal hota hai. Marsia ka waazni aur lambe ashtaar hote hain.
Qasida ek taareefi shaayari hai jo kisi badshah, buzurg, ya khaas shakhs ki taarif mein likhi jaati hai. Ismein ek maqta (akhir mein shakhs ka naam) hota hai. Qasida lambi hoti hai aur ispe qaafiya aur wazn ki sakht pabandi hoti hai.
Rubai chand sheron ka ek chhota asnaf hai. Har rubai ek mukammal khayal ya misaal hai. Rubai ka ek khaas wazn hai aur ismein 4 misre hote hain. Pehla, doosra aur chautha misra qaafiya rakhta hai; teesra misra alag hosh ka hota hai. Rubai mein zindagi ke sach, fikr, aur hikmat ke paigaam milte hain.
NCERT ki kitab mein in asnaf ki definition, khasoosiyat aur misaalein di gayi hoti hain. Aam taur par poochta hai:
Is liye asnaf ko yaad rakhne ke liye unki alag alag pehchaan ko samjhein aur misaalein padhein. Urdu adab ka ye hissa apni zabaan aur soch ko khoobsurat banata hai.
Note: Asnaf e Urdu Adab par aur janne ke liye apni NCERT Urdu ki kitab ka reference lein. Yahan di gayi jaankari CBSE pattern ke mutaabiq hai.