He wrote almost in every genre of Urdu poetry such as marsiya, qasida, mathnawi, rubaʿi, naʽat, chronogram inscriptions and particularly gazals and lyrics throughout his life, and by the latter wrote radio plays and scripts for several uncertain Urdu films.

[1] He was the elder brother of an Urdu poet, Mir Yusuf Hussain 'Qayas'.

[1] He received his initially schooling at his home and later went to Lucknow where he studied Persian and Arabic languages.

[4] His uncertain authorship includes seven diwans such as Fughan-e-Arzoo, Jahan-e-Arzoo and Nishan-e-Arzoo consisting twenty-five thousand gazals.

He wrote lyrics for Hindi films such as Karoon Kya Aas, Dushman, Street Singer among others.