‘Urdu Adab’ is a literary Urdu quarterly published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind).

The Journal was first published as ‘Urdu’ in 1921 in Hyderabad, India by the General Secretary of the time, Abdul Haq who migrated to Pakistan and began publishing ‘Urdu’ there. Meanwhile, Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind) shifted its office to Aligarh and in 1951, it started publishing the journal ‘Urdu Adab’, adding ‘Adab’ to the name to differentiate it from the journal published by Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu in Pakistan. Its first editor was Mr. Aal-i Ahmad Suroor who later became the General Secretary and served in both capacities until 1973.

After becoming its editor, Dr Ather Farouqui, the current General Secretary of Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind), has converted it into peer-reviewed journal. It is now considered the most prestigious scholarly journal of Urdu in the academic world across the globe.