'Esbaat' is a book series coming out from Mumbai (India) for the last fifteen years, whose fame is echoing in the literary circles of India and all over Urdu literary world. All-important writers and critics of Indo-Pak have acknowledged the literary analysis and potential of this book series.
In the eyes of popular Urdu writers & critics, 'Esbaat' is a series of the highest literature, no issue of it can be seen by disconnecting it from another issue. It is actually a Grand Narrative of the great scholarly and literary mind of its editor Ashar Najmi. According to renowned critic Shamsur Rehman Farooqi, ‘Esbaat’ is the only surviving Urdu magazine that has its editor's imprint on every page.