Muzaffar Warsi (23 December 1933 – 28 January 2011; ) was a Pakistani poet, essayist, lyricist, and a scholar of Urdu. He began writing more than five decades ago. He wrote a rich collection of na`ats, as well as several anthologies of ghazals and nazms, and his autobiography Gaye Dinon Ka Suraagh. He also wrote quatrains for Pakistan's daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt. Early life and career Muzaffar Warsi was born as Muhammad Muzaffar ud Din Siddiqui into the family of Alhaaj Muhammad Sharf ud Din Ahmad known as Sufi Warsi (). It was a family of landlords of Meerut (now in Uttar Pradesh, India). Sufi Warsi was a scholar of Islam, a doctor and poet. He received two titles: 'Faseeh ul Hind' and 'Sharaf u Shu'ara'. Sufi Warsi was the friend of Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), Akbar Warsi, Azeem Warsi, Hasrat Mohani, Josh Malihabadi, Ahsan Danish, Abul Kalam Azad and Mahindar Singh Bedi. His family raised him with deep religious grounding. He has one brother and two sisters. Muzaffar Warsi has three daughters and one son. One of his nephews is Usman Warsi, a singer, music composer and poet. His grandson Amsal Qureshi is also a singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and a poet. Muzaffar Warsi had worked at State Bank of Pakistan (the Central Bank of Pakistan) as deputy treasurer. He started writing his poetry by writing lyrics for songs for Pakistani movies but gradually changed direction and his style of poetry became more oriented towards praising Allah and Muhammad. He later started writing Hamd and Na`ats. He also wrote, regularly, a stanza or two on current affairs in the newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt until just before he died. His most popular Na`at remains "Mera Payambar azeem tar hai" (My Prophet is the highest). Death Warsi died on 28 January 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan. and was buried at Johar Town Graveyard Lahore. Literary work Alhamd. (Hamdiya Kalaam) Lashareek. (Hamdiya Kalaam) Wohi Khuda Hai. (Hamdiya Kalaam) Tajdar-e-Haram. (Naatia Kalaam) Kaaba-e-ishq. (Naatia Kalaam) Noor-e-azal. (Naatia Kalaam) Baab-e-Haram. (Naatia Kalaam) Meray Achay Rasool. (Naatia Kalaam) Dil Sey Dar-e-Nabí Tak. (Naatia Kalaam) Sahib-ut-Taaj. (Naatia Kalaam) Ummi Laqabi. (Naatia Kalaam) Gaye Dinon Ka Suraagh. (Khud-nawisht)- an autobiography Barf Kí Nao. (Ghazliyaat) Khulay Dareechay Band Hawa. (Ghazliyaat) Lehja. (Ghazliyaat) Raakh Kay Dhair Main Phool. (Ghazliyaat) Tanha tanha guzri hai. (Ghazliyaat) Dekha jo teer kha kay. (Ghazliyaat) Hisaar. (Ghazliyaat) Zulm na sehna. Lahu ki haryali. Sitaroon ki