Aab-e-Hayat

Aab-e-Hayat (Elixir of Life) by Muhammad Hussain Azad, published in 1880, is the foundational masterpiece of Urdu literary history. It chronologically documents the evolution of Urdu poetry and prose while establishing the literary canon, making it the most influential text in modern Urdu literary criticism. [1, 2, 3, 4]