Mehwish Hayat, during quarantine, hasn’t been too active on social media, but she did opt for an Instagram/TikTok challenge with her brother Danish Hayat, to kill the boredom. However, Mehwish is trying her best to keep her fans entertained by posting on and off during the pandemic.
Just recently, Pakistani Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient, Mehwish Hayat, shared an inspirational poem in which she credited it to Allama Iqbal. Little did she know, the poetic verses were not by Allama Iqbal but, in fact, by Muhammad Ismail.
However, this isn’t the first time a thing like this took place. Earlier, a couple of other Pakistani celebrities have also made such mistakes. The Lollywood diva sure loves the limelight but has also been part of a few controversies. And this time, she mistakenly attributed the poem, not knowing what’s going to follow it.
Here’s what Mehwish Hayat tweeted:
ہر شیشہ ٹوٹ جاتا ہے پتھر ک چوٹ سے
پتھر ہی ٹوٹ جاۓ ، وہ شیشہ تلاش کر ۔۔ہر شخص جل رہا ہے عداوت کی آگ میں
اُس آگ کو بجھادے، وہ پانی تلاش کر ۔۔سجدوں سے تیرے کیا ہوا صدیاں گذر گئیں
دنیا تری بدل دے ، وہ سجدہ تلاش کر !– علامہ اقبال 🌺 pic.twitter.com/bMN6oratj6
— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) May 4, 2020
Her followers were super quick to spot the error and bombarded her with tweets mentioning the right poet’s name.
This is NOT by Allama Iqbal.
Allama Iqbal’s poetry is of very high literary quality. Unfortunately Pakistanis now a days haven’t read him and can’t recognize that this (what you have shared) is some low-level poetry.— سیدہ قدسیہ مشہدی (@QudsiyaMashhadi) May 4, 2020
and this
Madam, would you like to cite the reference of the verses you have ascribed to Allama Iqbal? Please rest assured that this kalam does not belong to him. Let us do our research first before making anything public..
— Amanat Chaudhry (@Amanat222) May 4, 2020
Madam, would you like to cite the reference of the verses you have ascribed to Allama Iqbal? Please rest assured that this kalam does not belong to him. Let us do our research first before making anything public..
— Amanat Chaudhry (@Amanat222) May 4, 2020
However, as soon as Hayat realized what went wrong, she rectified her mistake and said that she copied the poem from the internet, which sourced Allama Iqbal.
And said,
“Correction, I have been reliably informed that these verses attributed to Allama Iqbal are, in fact, by Muhammed Ismail. Proves Google is not always a reliable source. lol”
Correction, I have been reliably informed that these verses attributed to Allama Iqbal are in fact by Muhammed Ismail . Proves google is not always a reliable source. lol
— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) May 6, 2020
Well, it’s always better to cross-check your sources before posting it online. Isn’t it?
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