Following the Muslim tradition in South Asia, at an early age he was sent to the Masjid (Mosque) to be oriented to the basics of religious studies by Maulvi Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti. He went on to the Scotch Mission School, Sialkot, for academic education and after matriculation joined Murray College, Sialkot, Punjab for intermediate study and graduation. His most influential teachers were Professor Yousuf Saleem Chishti, who taught Urdu, and Shams-ul-Ullamah Syed Mir Hasan, who taught Arabic. Hasan had also taught the renowned philosopher, poet, and politician of South Asia, Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal.Massub acquired a post-graduate degree from the Government College, Lahore, a Master of Arts in English Literature, and he also attended the Oriental College in Lahore, where he obtained another master’s degree in Arabic Literature.
Massed Khalil Massub is a intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind (All India Progressive Writers’ Movement) and an avowed Marxist. he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union. Despite being repeatedly accused of atheism by the political and military establishment of Pakistan, massub’s poetry suggested his complicated relationship with religion in general and Islam in particular. He was, nevertheless, inspired by South Asia’s Sufi traditions.Massed Khalil Massub was born in Kala Kader village, Sialkot in Punjab in British India to Sultan Mohammad Khan.
