{"id":9629,"date":"2026-02-11T11:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/?p=9629"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:51:38","slug":"author-aqleem-fatimah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daastan.com\/blog\/author-aqleem-fatimah\/","title":{"rendered":"Aqleem Fatimah: “Ishq Ilham Hai” Spiritual Poetry with Daastan."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Love as Spiritual Revelation.<\/h2>

Ishq Ilhaam hai<\/a>\u00a0is a reflective spiritual poetry book. It shows love as something quite inside you. Written by poet & columnist\u00a0Aqleem Fatimah<\/a>, the book explores love, longing, patience, fear, & self-discovery.\u00a0Daastan<\/a>\u00a0published Ishq Ilhaam hai.<\/p>

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\u00a0Aqleem Fatimah: The Poet.<\/span><\/h2>

\"Aqleem<\/p><\/div>

Aqleem Fatimah<\/span><\/a> is a poet, columnist, academic, and lifelong student of human thought and emotion. Living in Pakistan, she works in the field of Gender & Women\u2019s Studies, where her daily life revolves around teaching, research, and writing.<\/span><\/p>

Her days are usually divided between online classrooms, books, quiet reflection & meaningful moments shared with family.<\/span><\/p>

For Aqleem Fatimah, writing, especially poetry, is a divine whisper. She shared.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWriting, especially poetry, for me is a divine whisper that helps me listen to my heart, see what’s happening around, and question it with why and how. This whole process opens up new ways of exploring the inner self and the outer realities of life.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>

When time allows, she enjoys reading & observing human behaviour. Share with us that.<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0\u201cI find joy in reading, observing human behaviour, and engaging in conversations that deepen my understanding.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>


<\/span>On days when poetry does not appear, she focuses on column writing for daily newspapers such as Dunya & Minute Mirror. <\/span>Aqleem Fatimah<\/span><\/a> believes intellectual exploration should never stop.<\/span><\/p>

She mentioned.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI do believe that the poetry with its beautiful aura would transcend again as \u201crivers may pause, but they never forget their path.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ishq Ilhaam Hai.<\/span><\/h2>

\"Ishq<\/p><\/div>

Ishq Ilham Hai<\/span><\/a> is her second collection of poetry. She shared that she believes love is not just a fleeting emotion but a revelation. She said,<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI believe that ‘love is revelation,’ a purely spiritual inner experience that has different shades, quite a transcending of awakening upon the heart.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>

This <\/span>spiritual love poetry book<\/span><\/a> tells her story, yet it carries multiple stories that hold traces of many emotional states of love, longing, patience, truth, foresight, anger, fear, and awakening that were once unknown to her. She believes this is a book meant to be felt rather than explained.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What Inspired Aqleem Fatimah to Write Poetry?<\/span><\/h2>

When asked what inspired her to write poetry, she said that it was not a planned decision. She explained.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIsn’t the question that should be asked because it can be asked when I would have been planning to write poetry, but here it wasn’t so. Poetry wanted me to write. So, poetry arrived and visited my heart when it was ready, and urged me to write whatever I have written.\u201d<\/span>
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Daastan\u2019s Role In Bringing \u201cIshq Ilhaam Hai\u201d To Readers.<\/span><\/h2>

\u201c<\/span>Ishq Ilhaam Hai<\/span><\/a>\u201d is published by <\/span>Daastan<\/span><\/a>, Pakistan\u2019s leading publishing platform, dedicated to supporting national & international authors.<\/span><\/p>

Daastan<\/span><\/a> guides authors through the challenges of publishing.<\/span><\/p>

Aqleem Fatimah\u2019s Experience With Daastan In Her Own Words.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>

When we asked <\/span>Aqleem<\/span><\/a> about her experience with <\/span>daastan<\/span><\/a>, she said.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cDaastan played the role of a steady bridge between my dream and the realisation of it through its publication.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>

She added.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI am writing this because of managing the practical aspects, from creating an invoice, a customised publication package, to ensuring that the soul of the work remained intact in the book cover, its pages, and everywhere.<\/span><\/p>

So, I can say that <\/span>daastan <\/span><\/a>reduced the distance between vision and reality. Every team member and their support allowed me to be at peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Lessons From \u201cIshq Ilhaam Hai\u201d.<\/span><\/h2>

When we asked<\/span> Aqleem<\/span><\/a> about the lessons readers can take from<\/span> Ishq Ilhaam Hai<\/span><\/a>, she said.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cI believe readers may find it a mirror rather than just a message. Ishq Ilham Hai invites readers to reflect, pause and recognise their own emotional landscape while it also speaks of love in its many contradictions, hope and despair, closeness and distance, silence and expression \u201c<\/span><\/h4>

Aqleem Fatimah\u2019s Message For Readers.<\/span><\/h2>

When we asked Aqleem Fatimah what she would like to say to her readers, she shared.<\/p>

\u201cSome feelings don’t let us cry and don’t let us speak either. That’s why poetry exists. It exists not to show the Poet’s emotions but to hold the reader’s. If you ever felt something you couldn’t explain, this book is already yours.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>

She continued.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cMay Ishq Ilham Hai be a companion to your reflections with its constant reminder that love is a divine whisper, a revelation that communicates to us all those truths that are not learned, they are received.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>

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