har ek shaKHs ko dushman agar banaoge 
mizaj puchhne wala kahan se laoge 
jo sab ko apne hi mear par parakhte rahe 
to zindagi mein kise ham-safar banaoge 
yahan to har koi chehre pe chehre rakhta hai 
uTha ke pahlu se kis ko kise biThaoge 
tumhein usul tumhaare hi mar Dalenge 
na aapne-ap ko in se agar bachaoge 
charagh jalne lagenge tumhaari rahon mein 
jo dusron ke gharon mein diye jalaoge 
ye ahd tum se agar ho sake to kar lena 
hamare baad kisi ka na dil dikhaoge 
nahin jhukoge agar ek KHuda ke aage tum 
na jaane kitne daron par ye sar jhukaoge 
wo tum se ruTh gai jo makan ki raunaq thi 
gharib-KHane ko ab kis liye sajaoge 
supurd-e-KHak to kar aae man ko tum 'athar' 
ghamon ki dhup mein saya kahan se paoge 
ye be-hison ki hai basti to phir 'shakil' yahan 
sadaqaton ka kise aaina dikhaoge
        Ghazal
Har ek shaKHs ko dushman agar banaoge
athar shakeel

