S M Sadiq

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S M Sadiq in Chandigarh
S M Sadiq in Chandigarh, Punjab, India in 2002

Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq (Urdu: شیخ محمد صادق) or S M Sadiq is a Pakistani lyricist and a poet whose written poetry has frequently been sung by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and other singers like Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, Aziz Mian, Shabnam Majeed, Shahid Ali Khan and Arif Lohar.[1]

He has written thousands of songs in the Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi languages, and is known not only in Pakistan but also in India.[1]

Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq (S. M. Sadiq) was born in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He studied only up to the 4th grade in a primary school.[2] In an interview with Dr. Farah in a PTV morning show, he described his first meeting with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He narrates that he was only 14 years old when he went to Jhang main bazar with a piece of poetry narrating a 'dastan' (story). When he reached the place where Nusrat used to practice his music, his secretary introduced him to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He read Sadiq's poetry and said, "you have a rare talent but I do not sing stories; write for me something in Punjabi, preferably a spiritual qawwali." Sadiq narrates that he wrote Othe amlaan dey honay ney nabede and Ainwen Bol Na Banere Utte Kanwan, two of Nusrat's most famous qawwalis.

Credited for these hit songs

Publications

  • Sadiq, S.M. (2009). Apnā k̲h̲ayāl rakhnā. Lāhaur: al-Ḥamd Pablīkeshanz. OCLC 473670024. OCLC number: 473670024[1]

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