Faiz was communist and pro Sufism

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Re: Faiz was communist and pro Sufism

@ajazali

right

But there are three stages Iqbal gone through in his life. He was pro-sufism first, then became"moderate" (confused with sufism), and then almost left sufism.
re last sentence, so what did faiz do? did he praised communism without being an atheist or praised sufism without declaring himself a firm believer of faith?

Don’t know much about how Faiz taken communism versus faith. His poetry got references to God, Life hereafter, etc besides favoring the labor force.

In a group discussion, where Ashfaq Ahmed was part of the penal, he asked a question from Faiz : As a reader I want to ask your poetry is full of love, kindness, colors, sounds and different seasons. How come you could deliver such things inspite of being a friend to Russia? We as a readers are surprised due to this contrast.

Faiz replied: Whatever we have read, learned and seen is not just related to friendship with Russia. As there are stages in life, there is a stage that belongs friendship with Russia. They befriended us and we befriended them. At times, we befriend people in CID.

I’m translating this from a Sindhi book related to interviews of Faiz. There are certain question related to the topic of thread Sufi Vs Revolutionary.. will come up with translated passages shortly