A sharp and biting satire on dictatorship regimes around the world. Ahmad Faraz was arrested right after the mushaira for reciting this nazm.

"Shikwa" (Complaint") and "Jawab-e-Shikwa" ( "Response to the Complaint") are poems written by Muhammad Iqbal, in the Urdu language, which were later published in his book Kulliat-e-Iqbal. The poems are often noted for their musicality, poetical beauty and depth of thought. The central idea of the poem Shikwa is that God is not fulfilling his promise to protect followers of the Prophet from loss and a decline in fortune. In Jawab-e Shikwa God answers directly that he has not broken his...

Shikwa is the most famous poem of Dr. Iqbal. There are two parts of this poem named "Shikwa" and "Jawab-e-Shikwa". In Shikwa, he expressed an oppressed and frustrated Muslim's feelings, who is  complaining to Allah Almighty. In its second part, he assumed if Almighty Lord Himself is addressing to this complaining Muslim and answering to his protest.

This Nazm is written by the great urdu poet and song writer Sahir Ludhiyanvi.