Nazm

Nazm (Urdu نظم) is a major part of the Urdu poetry, that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose style poems. Nazm is a significant genre of Urdu poetry; the other one is known as Ghazal (Urdu: غزل).

Forms of Nazm

Following are the various different forms of Nazm

• Doha (دوہا)
• Geet (گیت)
• Hamd (حمد)
• Hazal (ہزل)
• Hijv (ہجو)
• Kafi (کافی)
• Madah (مدح)
• Manqabat (منقبت)
• Marsia (مرثیہ)
• Masnavi (مثنوی)
• Munajat (مناجات)
• Musaddas (مسدس)
• Mukhammas (مخمس)
• Naat (نعت)
• Noha (نوحہ)
• Qasida (قصیدہ)
• Qat'ã (قطعہ)
• Qawwali (قوالی)
• Rubai (رباعی) (a.k.a. Rubayyat or Rubaiyat) (رباعیات)
• Salaam (سلام)
• Sehra (سہرا)
• Shehr a'ashob (شہر آشوب)
• Soz (سوز)
• Wasokht (وسوخت)
• Tarana ترانہ

Prominent Urdu Nazm Poets

The important poets of Nazm are: Nazeer Akbarabadi, Sir Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, Altaf Hussain Hali, Josh Malihabadi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Noon Meem Rashid, Majeed Amjad, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Ali Sardar Jafri, Kaifi Azmi and Gulzar, Sahir Ludhianvi, Ahmed Faraz, Hafeez Jalandhri, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi.