# Idris Azad

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{{Short description|Pakistani writer}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
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| name             = Idris Azad<br /><small>{{Nastaliq|ادریس آزاد}}</small>
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| birth_name       = Idrees Ahmad
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|08|07}}
| birth_place      = [Khushab](/source/Khushab), [Khushab District](/source/Khushab_District), [Punjab, Pakistan](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan)
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| occupation       = [Urdu poet](/source/Urdu_poet), journalist, writer, philosopher
| nationality      = {{PAK}}
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| education        = [Master of Philosophy](/source/Master_of_Philosophy)
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| movement         = [Progressive Writers Movement](/source/Progressive_Writers_Movement)
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| website          = {{URL|www.idrisazad.com}}
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'''Idris Azad''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ادریس آزاد}}}}, '''Idrees Ahmad''' {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ادریس احمد}}}}) born  on 7 August 1969,<ref name="PAL Writer Directory">{{cite web|last=Government of Pakistan|first=PAL|title=PAL Writers Directory|url=http://writers.pal.gov.pk/english/?idx=3344|work=Writers Directory|publisher=Pakistan Academy of Letters, Government of Pakistan|access-date=24 May 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214123/http://writers.pal.gov.pk/english/?idx=3344|archive-date=25 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" /><ref name="OpenLibrary-IdrisAzad">[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6542754A/Idris_Azad ''OpenLibrary'', Idris Azad (7 August 1969)]</ref><ref name="AIOU">{{cite web|url=http://theses.aiou.edu.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/2876|title=Urdu Adab kay Faroog may Khushab ka Hissa|publisher=[Allama Iqbal Open University](/source/Allama_Iqbal_Open_University), [Islamabad](/source/Islamabad)|access-date=18 June 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101705/http://theses.aiou.edu.pk/jspui/handle/123456789/2876|archive-date=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> is an author,<ref name="PAL Writer Directory" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Idris|first1=Azad|title=Idris Azad's Books|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?ie=UTF8&text=Idris+Azad&search-alias=books&field-author=Idris+Azad&sort=relevancerank|website=Amazon Books|publisher=Amazon|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> philosopher, novelist,<ref name="PAL Writer Directory" /> poet,<ref name="PAL Writer Directory" /><ref name=Ilm-o-hunar>{{cite journal|last1=Jouhar Abad|first1=Govt. Technical Model High School|title=ilm-o-Hunar|journal=School Journal|date=2010–2011|volume=2|page=67}}</ref> dramatist and columnist. He has written several books on fiction,<ref name="Fateh Daily Pakistan">{{cite web |last1=Daily |first1=Pakistan |title=Sultan Muhammad Fateh Novel |url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/writer/idreesazad |website=Daily Pakistan (Roznama Pakistan) |publisher=Daily Pakistan |access-date=24 March 2019}}</ref> journalism, critic, poetry, philosophy, [mysticism](/source/mysticism) and art.<ref name="scribd-mohsinMphil">[https://www.scribd.com/doc/97777341/Urdu-Adab-Kay-Firogh-Main-Khushab-Ka-Hissa-by-Mohsin-Abbas-AIOU-M-phil-Thesis Scribd: AIOU Thesis: 2004] online PDF version : Page # 63 to 68</ref> He teaches [logic](/source/logic) and philosophy at [International Islamic University, Islamabad](/source/International_Islamic_University%2C_Islamabad).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Courses (Female Department)|first1=IIUI|title=Introduction to logic and philosophy BS F-15 ( Mr. Idrees Azad)|url=http://vle.iiu.edu.pk/course/category.php?id=510&perpage=20&page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730121632/http://vle.iiu.edu.pk/course/category.php?id=510&perpage=20&page=3|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2017|website=International Islamic University|publisher=IIU Islamabad|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Islamabad|first1=IIU|title=Idris Azad|url=http://iiu-pk.academia.edu/IdreesAzad|website=Academia.Edu|publisher=Academia|access-date=30 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730114746/http://iiu-pk.academia.edu/IdreesAzad|archive-date=30 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Islamabad|first1=IIU|title=Introduction to logic and Philosophy male Idrees Azad (Male Department)|url=http://vle.iiu.edu.pk/course/category.php?id=562&perpage=20&page=6|website=International Islamic University, Islamaad|publisher=iiu.edu.pk|access-date=30 July 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Notre Dam|first1=University of|title=In Pursuit of Truth: Science, Tradition, and Renewal|url=http://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/field-notes/science-tradition-renewal/|website=University of Notre Dame Official Website|date=29 June 2017 |publisher=UND|access-date=30 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730114231/http://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/field-notes/science-tradition-renewal/|archive-date=30 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Idrees Azad is also associated with Pakistan [film industry](/source/Film_Industry).<ref name=papaAca>{{cite web|last1=Syed|first1=Noor|title=PAPA Academy Lahore|url=http://www.papaacademy.com/faculty.htm|website=Paragon Academy of Performance Art, Lahore|publisher=PAPA Academy|access-date=10 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184405/http://www.papaacademy.com/faculty.htm|archive-date=14 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is Head of the Department of [VFX](/source/VFX) & [CGI](/source/Computer-generated_imagery) at Paragon Academy of Performing Arts, Shabab Noor Studio, [Lahore](/source/Lahore) and assists the director [Syed Noor](/source/Syed_Noor) in film making as well.<ref name="papaAca" /><ref name="FariyaThesis" />

== Early life ==

Azad was born in the house of Saeed Ahmad, in [Khushab](/source/Khushab), city of [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan), Pakistan. He got his Masters in Philosophy from the [University of the Punjab](/source/University_of_the_Punjab), [Lahore](/source/Lahore).<ref name="AIOU"/><ref name="FariyaThesis">{{cite thesis |type=Mphil |last=Noreen|first=Fariya |date=2016 |title=Idrees Azad Ki Tareekhi Novel Nigari (Critical Analysis of Idrees Azad's Historical Novel Writing) |publisher=[University of Lahore](/source/University_of_Lahore)}}</ref>

== Philosophy ==

He elucidated [socio-biological evolution](/source/Sociobiology).<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf" /> He expands the idea of the Pakistani philosopher [Sir Muhammad Iqbal](/source/Muhammad_Iqbal)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Azad|first1=Idris|title=Iqbal Ka Tasawuf|url=http://www.iqbal.com.pk/2888|website=Almi Mujlis-e-Iqbal Canada|publisher=International Iqbal Society (DISNA)|access-date=30 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106224843/http://www.iqbal.com.pk/2888|archive-date=6 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> that every [living organism](/source/living_organism) on Earth is tightly attached to it and it needs an [anti-gravitational](/source/Anti-gravity) force to get rid of Earth-rootedness. He calls this freedom from Earth-Rootedness.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=علامہ اقبال کے نظریۂ ارتفاع کا مبدٲ |url=https://iqbalreview.allamaiqbal.com/index.php/ire/article/view/41 |journal=Iqbal Review/Iqbaliyat |volume=63 |issue=1 |pages=14}}</ref> He asserts that, being nearer the [Earth](/source/Earth) degrades the value of life. He also asserts that socio-biologically, there are four classes of animals.<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf" />

# [Swarm](/source/Swarm_behaviour)<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf" /> 
# [Gangs](/source/Gangs)<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf" /> 
# [Droves](/source/Droves)<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf" /> 
# [Flocks](/source/Flock_(birds))<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf" />

== Publications ==

'''Philosophy'''
* ''Aurat, Iblees aur Khuda'' ({{Nastaliq|عورت، ابلیس اور خدا}}) (Women, Devil and God)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Azad|first1=Idris|title=°Aurat, iblis aur Khuda: Tahzibon ki jang ke rumani muhaz ... falsafah-yi jinsiyat par ek ba zabitah tahrir|date=2002|publisher=Maktabh-yi Rahmaniyah|location=Lahore, Pakistan|pages=328|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/%C2%B0Aurat-iblis-aur-Khuda-falsafah-yi/dp/B0000CRQR6|access-date=30 July 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170730180620/https://www.amazon.co.uk/%C2%B0Aurat-iblis-aur-Khuda-falsafah-yi/dp/B0000CRQR6|archive-date=30 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Maoseeqi, Tasweer aur Sharaab''({{Nastaliq|موسیقی، تصویر اور شراب}}) (Music, Picture and Vine)<ref name="books.google.com-Moseeqi">{{cite book| title=Moseeqi, Tasveer aur Sharab| publisher=Khazeena-e-Ilm-o-Adab, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)|oclc = 57285315}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Islam Maghrib kay Katehray Main'' ({{Nastaliq|اسلام، مغرب کے کٹہرے میں}}) (Islam in the court of West)<ref name="catalogue.loc.gov-islam-maghrib">{{cite web | url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=21307&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=14181727 | title=Islām mag̲h̲rib ke kaṭhaire men̲ / Idrīs Āzād | publisher=Lāhaur : K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab : Milne ke pate, Maktabah-yi Raḥmāniyah | work=Book | year=2004 | access-date=20 June 2012 | author=Āzād, Idrīs | pages=334 p. : ill.; 22 cm | url-status=bot: unknown | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730201134/https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=21307&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=14181727 | archive-date=30 July 2017 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Idris|first1=Azad|title=Islām mag̲ẖrib ke kaṭhaire meṉ / Idrīs Āzād|date=2004|publisher=Ḵẖazīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab|location=Lahore|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005784458?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Idris%20Azad&ft=|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170730201435/https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005784458?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Idris%20Azad&ft=|archive-date=30 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Library|first1=The University of Chicago|title=Islām Mag̲h̲rib ke kaṭhre men̲|date=2004|publisher=K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab : Milne ke pate, Maktabah-yi Raḥmāniyah|oclc=68707178 |url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5998755|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730202352/https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5998755|archive-date=30 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Tassawuf, Science aur Iqbal'' ({{Nastaliq|تصوف، سائنس اور اقبال}}) (Mysticism, Science and Iqbal)<ref name="worldcat.org-tassawuf">{{cite book| title=Taṣavvuf, sāʼins aur Iqbāl| publisher=K̲h̲azīnah-yi Ilm o Adāb, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)| oclc=500531354}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Companion To Philosophy And Logic''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Azad|first1=Idris|title=Companion To Philosophy And Logic|date=January 2017|publisher=Kitab Maha, Darbar Market, Lahore|location=Lahore, Pakistan|page=236|edition=First|ol=26214475M}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />

'''Novels'''
* ''Sultan Muhammad Fateh'' ({{Nastaliq|سلطان محمد فاتح}})<ref name="openlibrary.org-fateh">{{cite web| title=Sultan Muhammad Fateh| url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13688183W/Sultan_Mohammad_fateh | publisher=Al-Quraish Publications, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" /><ref name="Fateh Daily Pakistan" />
* ''Ibn e Attaash'' ({{Nastaliq|ابن عطاش}})<ref name="books.google.com-attash">{{cite book| title=Ibn-e-ataash| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJlNtwAACAAJ| publisher=Al-Quraish Publications, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Sultan Shamsuddin Altamash''({{Nastaliq|سلطان شمس الدین التمش}})<ref name="books.google.com-altamash">{{cite book| title=Sultan Shams-ud-deen Altamash| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EKzMYgEACAAJ| publisher=Al-Quraish Publications, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)|year = 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Āzād|first1=Idrīs|title=Sult̤ān Shanmsuddīn Attamsh|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43386627|website=National Library of Australia|publisher=Lāhaur : Alquraish Publications|access-date=30 July 2017|language=ur|year=2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170730213740/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34955644?q&versionId=43386627|archive-date=30 July 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Behr e Aswad kay Us Paar'' ({{Nastaliq|بحر اسود کے اس پار}})<ref name="books.google.com-aswad">{{cite book| title=Behr-e-Aswad kay us Paar| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tbi3YgEACAAJ| publisher=Al-Quraish Publications, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)|year = 2006}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Undlus kay Qazzaaq'' ({{Nastaliq|اندلس کے قزاق}})<ref name="books.google.com-undlus">{{cite book| title=Undalas kay Qazzaq| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HsKwYgEACAAJ| publisher=Maktabah al-Quraish, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Qartaajna'' ({{Nastaliq|قرطاجنہ}})<ref name="books.google.com-qartajna">{{cite book| title=Qartajana| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcdWtwAACAAJ| publisher=Al-Quraish Publications, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)|year = 2008}}, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Āzād|first1=Idrīs|title=Qurtājnah|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43280345|website=National Library of Australia|publisher=Lahāur : Al-Quraish Publications|access-date=30 July 2017|language=ur|year=2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170730212827/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34893620?q=creator:%22A%CC%84za%CC%84d,+Idri%CC%84s.%22&c=book&versionId=43280345|archive-date=30 July 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />

'''Other Books'''
* ''Nai Saleebi Jang aur Usaama'' ({{Nastaliq|نئی صلیبی جنگ اور اسامہ}})<ref name="worldcat.org-salibi">{{cite book| title=Naʼī Ṣalībī jang aur Usāmāh| publisher=K̲h̲azīnah-yi Ilm o Adāb, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)| oclc=48517588}}</ref><ref name="catalogue.loc.gov-salibi">{{cite book | title=Naʼī Ṣalībī jang aur Usāmāh / Idrīs Āzād | publisher=Lāhaur : K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab : Milne ke pate, Maktabah-yi Raḥmāniyah | year=2001 | author=Āzād, Idrīs | pages=240 p.; 22 cm|lccn = 2001287314}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Naʼī Ṣalībī jang aur Usāmāh / Idrīs Āzād|url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/4695770|website=The University of Chicago Library|publisher=Lāhaur : K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʿIlm o Adāb : Milne ke pate, Maktabah Raḥmāniyah, [2001]|oclc=48517588 |access-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170730205505/https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/4695770|archive-date=30 July 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Baazgusht''({{Nastaliq|باز گشت}})<ref>{{cite book|last1=Azad|first1=Idris|title=Mashāhīr-i ʻālam kī taqrīrain̲ : bāzgasht|date=2002|publisher=K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab : Milne ke pate, Maktabah-yi Raḥmāniyah|location=Lahore|pages=360|df=dmy-all|lccn=2002340016}}</ref><ref name="catalogue.loc.gov-bazgusht">{{cite book | title=Mashāhīr-i ʻālam kī taqrīrain̲ : bāzgasht / Idrīs Āzād | publisher=Lāhaur : K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab : Milne ke pate, Maktabah-yi Raḥmāniyah | work=Book | year=2002 | author=Āzād, Idrīs | pages=360 p.; 22 cm|lccn = 2002340016}}</ref><ref>http://clio.cul.columbia.edu:7018/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=5648186 clio.cul.columbia.edu
Masha¯hi¯r-i ?a¯lam ki¯ taqri¯rain_ : ba¯zgasht / Idri¯s A¯za¯d</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mashāhīr-i ʻālam kī taqrīrain̲ : bāzgasht / Idrīs Āzād|url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5534718|website=The University of Chicago Library|publisher=Lāhaur : K̲h̲azīnah-yi ʻIlm o Adab : Milne ke pate, Maktabah-yi Raḥmāniyah, 2002.|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170730204541/https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/Record/5534718|archive-date=30 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Manashiyaat aur Tadaaruk'' ({{Nastaliq|منشیات اور تدارک}})<ref name=" prism.talis.com-manshiaat">{{cite web| title=Manashiyat aur Tadaruk| url=http://prism.talis.com/lancashire/items/1008584?query=author%3A%28Azad%2C+Idris%29&resultsUri=items%3Fquery%3Dauthor%253A%2528Azad%252C%2BIdris%2529| publisher=Khazena-e-Ilm-o-Adab, [Urdu Bazar](/source/Urdu_Bazaar_(Lahore)), [Lahore](/source/Lahore)}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />
* ''Nijaat kay Raastay Par'' ({{Nastaliq|نجات کے راستے پر}})
* ''Ibn e Maryam Hua karay Koi''({{Nastaliq|ابن مریم ہوا کرے کوئی}})<ref name="scribd_ibn-e-maryam">{{cite book | title=Ibn-e-Maryam Howa Karay Koi / Idris Azad | publisher=Young Scholars Academy, Khushab | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/98162975/Ibn-e-Maryam-How-Karay-Koi-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-%DB%81%D9%88%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%92-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C-Biography-of-Hafiz-Aslam-Shehzad-by-Idris-Azad| author=Idris Azad | date=December 1998 | location=Khushab | pages=165}}</ref><ref name="OpenLibrary_ibn-e-maryad">{{Citation
    |publisher = Young Scholars Academy, Khushab
    |location = Khushab, Punjab, Pakistan
    |author = Idris Azad
    |title = Ibn-e-Maryam Howa Karay Koi
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 }}</ref><ref name="FariyaThesis" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

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* [http://www.idrisazad.com/ Official Website]

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