w ani ▁was ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁old , ▁she ▁declared ▁her ▁intent ions ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁poet ▁in ▁her ▁first ▁poem , ▁which ▁reads : ▁ ▁Sher w ani ' s ▁father ▁ens ured ▁that ▁she ▁and ▁her ▁sib lings ▁learned ▁Islam ic ▁the ology ▁and ▁ex pository ▁pro se ▁in ▁Ur du . ▁For ▁this ▁purpose , ▁he ▁appointed ▁Muhammad ▁Ya ' qu b ▁Isra ' il it he , ▁who ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁the ▁Im am ▁of ▁the ▁J uma ▁Mos que ▁of ▁Al ig ar h ▁and ▁who ▁had ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁A hl - I - H ad ith ▁movement . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁her ▁father ▁was ▁also ▁active ▁in ▁Al ig ar h ▁in ▁establish ing ▁a ▁girls ' ▁school ▁and ▁women ' s ▁normal ▁school ▁and ▁upgrad ing ▁the ▁Al ig ar h ▁College ▁into ▁a ▁Muslim ▁University . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁Sher w ani ▁wrote ▁poetry ▁and ▁also ▁other ▁articles ▁and ▁published ▁them ▁in ▁mag az ines ▁such ▁as ▁K hat un ▁of ▁Al ig ar h , ▁Is mat ▁of ▁Del hi ▁and ▁Sh ar if ▁Bib i ▁of ▁L ah ore . ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁responsible ▁for ▁establish ing ▁the ▁Young ▁Sher wan is ' ▁League ▁compr ising ▁young ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Sher w ani ▁cl an , ▁which ▁promoted ▁schools ▁for ▁the ▁children ▁of ▁Bh ik amp ur ▁and ▁Data uli ▁and ▁generated ▁funds ▁to ▁run ▁a ▁board ing ▁house ▁for ▁the ▁Al ig ar h ▁Girls ' ▁School .