Sands of time

The sun of 2011 was set by vanquishing the stagnant, miserable and dim lights of indolence. The new sun of 2012 rose with the rejuvenation of passion and struggle. What lead the initiation of events in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, marked a point in the sands off history, that whenever there is not enough light for people to see vividly they hope and struggle for the new sun to rise. Sand which trickles down from the narrow tight passages of trial and frustration lays down in the hourglass of nature, that is ready to repeat its course with the same outcome of serenity, attained after a lot of loss and repentance after its struggle.
It is wondrous that with the discreetness of outcomes of our actions which repeat themselves, we are unable to comprehend that what is necessary and what needs to be done. Many notable historians like Toynbee and Ibn e Khaldun have pointed out in history that when the characters of Nations and civilizations rot in the attic of vulgarism and disintegration of moralities takes place, there is a test for people and for civilizations. This predicament leads to a mass movement of people which decides their fate. This increases the pace of history itself and exaggerates its evolution. This movement of people is to undo the past condition and to rebuild the future on the sentiments of esteemed values which were buried beneath the sands of unconscious mind.
These actions, if, are unable to repair the damage of the past endeavors of people, are like sandstorms which disperse the civilizations to anonymity and annihilation. This is also incipient for new civilizations and they breathe fresh air for some time to again fall prey to the holocaust for inception of new life. This has happened with many of the civilizations of the past like Babylonian, Syrian, Hellenic civilizations.
With loss there is repentance, with repentance there comes faith, with faith there is taqwa, with taqwa there is responsibility, with responsibility there is opportunity, with opportunity there is struggle, with struggle there is satisfaction, and satisfaction leads to self righteousness and nafs e mutmainna. This is the way civilizations are built again on the sentiments of vigor and dignity. It’s when people decide to stand firm on ground, to do what is right and to demolish the whims and falsehoods of turmoil. It exalts hope in people and a spark to reignite the yoke of life.
It is uprightness and steadfastness that keeps the balance of universe. Without motion there could be no universe, no life and nothing like struggle would have existed in our lives. In reality, all these truths exist in our lives and these are integrated part of human mind and intellect which certainly cannot be overlooked or be forgotten. It just needs to be revived.

“Relieve yourself of the fear of others,
You are a power asleep; shake yourself awake”
(Allama Muhammad Iqbal)

In the Islamic world as well as other centers of the world social structure of our communities is at a decline, injustice is a norm, discrimination flourishes under capitalism, monarchy with a new hood of democracy is dominant, and people live astray lives in trying to find peace in the delusion of modern notions of society. The zeitgeist has stripped humans off of their religion and faith and has made the material world their supreme commander. Particularly in Pakistan people have become static in their lives, they have befallen in the hands of sloth and luxury. Action which was to endorse their existence, aims which were to keep them alive, and dignity which had to earn their rightful place in society is on the verge of extinction.
Although, we have managed to hold on to the mimesis of our civilization but procrastination, and inability to act, and a dignified character is missing from the souls of our people. Universe is a single truth, so as Allah and so as humans. It’s is the unity and constant change which ensures the existence of our life on the small grain of sand. We have today infinite number of reasons to make a divide among ourselves. It is the oneness of our religion which can unite the pearls in a single necklace of love.
But we are faced with venomous melancholia which forbids us to stand up for right and turn down evil by all our force, to adopt the path of righteousness and to put a halt on the wrong turns. We need to act, we need to volunteer, we need to work, and we need to actualize our selves. We need to revive our Islam, we need to wear our morals and ethics, we need to ponder over our own actions and we need to alter them for good, we need to inspire the lost dignity, we need to care for our brothers and sisters, we have to say no to our selfish desires, we have to work for others, we have to rejuvenate the spirit of selfless service for others, we have to adopt the character of our leader Muhammad (S.A.W), we have to do something or else the sands of time will wipe us out from the face of this world as they did to sixteen of the major civilizations of the past.

خدا تجھے کسی طوفا ن سے آشنا کر دے
کے تیر ے بحرکی موجوں میں اضطراب نھیں

On the question of aims by one of our teacher, blank faces of students were observed and they didn’t surely knew what their aim was and what is it that they are here for. The replies came out like this; I want to be an accomplished engineer; I want to be self dependant and would share the burden of my parents; I would go abroad for study and would come back to Pakistan to serve it; etc. There is a reason that we are Muslims and we need to work for that reason. Unfortunately we have taken our deen for granted and we are not willing to learn what it teaches us and what injunctions imply on us as the responsible young Muslims. A study has revealed that majority of the Muslims are 25 or under, a resource that is passing its lives with no aim what so ever. We were sent down to form the caliphate under Allah’s subjected rule. We were to be His representatives. But we are living our lives in a delusion with no meaning and purpose.
The reason of all this delusion and procrastination is that we are reluctant in acquiring knowledge and are hesitant about our fundamental beliefs and faiths. This ideological weakness and lack of true understanding of Islam has lead to this situation. It is observed that those people who are staunch believers of any idea transpire movement and revolt in people against the stagnated sands. We should relive our past and be confident about our future, we should always remember that we have a resource of true wisdom and knowledge with us and it can contribute to eradicate all the grave misconceptions faced by humanity today. We have to understand that our salvation lies in helping others not by ridiculing them, it lies in understanding others not by leaving them alone in the delusions of the society, our success lies in unity and not in discord. We have to revive the brotherhood, a fraternity which no religion on this earth provides with.
We should act, persevere and incept new horizons for our future while learning from the mistakes of our past. We should unleash the passion which is concealed in our hearts and tame this spirit for the fulfillment of Allah’s commandments only then we will be able to succeed in this world and in the world hereafter. Otherwise there will be chaos and discontent in our lives. Otherwise, hourglass of time will break free our sands and will disperse us in the preposterous winds of delusion.

خدا ےَلم یزل کا دست قدرت تو ، زباں تو ہے
یقیں پیدا کر اے غا فل کہ مغلوب گماں تو ہے

Duplicity

People tell me that I do not judge others well; I am certainly amused by this sarcasm. I mean, why is there a need to judge people? Only reason that comes into mind is the duality of personality, which is woven in the fabric of humans today, that is, they are not what they seem to be, they do not act on purposes apparent to the public, it is call wisdom and intelligence today to judge people of what they are and what do they really mean. Surely stint is this condition of mankind. Fairness, truth, and sincerity is molded according to one’s will. We neither care for the moral sentiments of character and dignity and nor we care for others feelings and desires. This situation leads to the lack of trust and affects the natural harmony among people. And when this necessary harmony is missing from the individuals and the society as a whole there is stagnancy in the evolution of moral character and ethics. What is extensively required today by us is to understand the feelings of others rather evaluating the behaviors of others by mere guesses. And instead of imposing our own set of beliefs on others we should try and seek to comfort others by trying to know their abilities and lend a hand in extending them rather diminishing them by unnecessary judgments and predictions. While it is a very well known fact that nothing can be judged or guessed with hundred percent sureties. As well it is not the right vested to us by Allah and we have no authority over it. May Allah bless us with a true understanding of this ayah: ولقد كرمنا بني آدم We have honored the sons of Adam

Cleanliness!

When we are child and in the primary level of education we do learn and read that “Cleanliness is half the faith”. It is a hadith by our beloved prophet (S.A.W). He (S.A.W) said it 1400 years ago. And today we live in filth and dung all along the 24/7 life we are spending on this planet earth. We donot care about wastes lying all around us and we happily live amongst it. And adding to that when we have to study the subjects like "operations management" and " Lean manufacturing", We learn about 5-S(Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain). The same thing and in short "Cleanliness" which our religion has already taught us. How unworthy and disgraceful Muslims we are.
Allah says in the holy Quran:

O thou wrapped up (in the mantle)!. Arise and deliver thy warning!. And thy Lord do thou magnify!. And thy garments keep free from stain!. And all abomination shun!
Surah Muddaththir (1-5)

Yet I came across this article in “The Guardian” and I hope that you read it because it is the action of people there that they gathered there to clean all the mess of the riots themselves. And I see every day that on the wall opposite to my house someone from somewhere throws off garbage there. Given that the garbage guy comes daily to pick dung from every house. I don’t know why those people could not give the dung to the man instead of throwing it out daily.
It’s not about garbage or anything, because the garbage is picked up daily from that wall. But what matters is the ‘attitude’. The attitude and character that was the part of our heritage is being adopted by people of the West. And I really admire them for this. InshaAllah! one day they will accept Islam whole heartedly and would a lot better than us. I hope that the day be near for this to happen.
Allah clearly says in Quran that He replaces transgressor Nations with those who are obedient to Him.
You can read the complete article here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/12/after-riots-public-move-rebuild

Hamid Gul Speaks about Afghan War!

Hamid gul states the aims of afghan war:
1. To reverse the momentum of Taliban. (Taliban who are the resistance fighters. Fighting for the same reason as they were fighting with the Soviet Union. The reason being to protect their way of life. As America is jealous of protecting their way of life the Taliban are jealous of protecting their way of life.)
2. Liberation from the occupation forces. It is not possible and is not achievable. It’s not moral and correct. As you cannot cast the nation in a certain mold you have visualized for them. They cannot settle on less than that.
3. The other purpose is for corporate America to install in the oil rich area of Afghanistan and Caspian sea basin area.
4. To check china from moving into this region.
5. To see that no new system emerge. They have seen that their system is a failure and they are afraid that if any new system based on the Islamic principles of equality, fraternity and freedom emerges then imperial powers will have no place to hide.
6. Another goal is to provide a security shield to Israel.

Unending Peace

Crops expanding as far as you can se, silently fulfilling the commands of Allah. Not denying what is expected of them, not transgressing with the purpose of their creation and truly depicting the nature on which ourselves are born and bred. The nature, giving purpose to our creation, like those standing green crops, like those tiny little beads from where they incept their life; growing and taking care of themselves to accomplish their destiny.
It is like a lesson for the more intelligent creations, to learn reasons and will from those little plants about their existence in this unending universe of ours. though stranded in the perseverance of our struggle of living we forget what we are here for, then how come we can create a world which is as comforting and peaceful as those meadows and valleys, those mountains and oceans, those wonders of bounteous nature, spread from the skies to the earth and from all over norths to souths. Confusions, turmoil, miseries, lusts and vanities built in the very fabric of our nature was to be be brought under more civilized and moral part of our conscious instead it has eventually become a beast breathing evil in every soul of today’s beefed up humans.

Perceptions, Presumptions and Expectations

Once I read somewhere that perception is the ability of humans to predict or anticipate something whole while experiencing its small part that is to say, based on your previous experiences you can tell what the situation is that you are in at the moment.
It is like I live my life in a perception of how it is actually. And based on my perceptions I make presumptions and these presumptions lead me to expectations that I associate myself with. In everyday life it seems to me that we people are always presuming the behavior and attitude of others that are actually based on our own perceptions and then we expect many things from the people who are very close to us. In my opinion I believe no one on this earth is like me and understands me truly because everyone is unique if no two people can have same finger prints how they can know each other perfectly. Everyone has his own world inside him and no other can know for sure what this world actually is for that particular person. But the arrogance take holds of people and they come to believe that they know everything about the people they are close together with.
When this stage is reached in relationships people make presumptions of other’s behavior and attitude and come to believe about everything they have perceived. This makes them to predict actually what the other person’s action mean and what he aims to do. This is a dreadful thing I believe because no one can know what is inside of the other no matter how long you have spent with him and no matter how strong your relationship is.
When this stage is also over there comes the third level, in which people associate expectations with which they have spent time. But when the part of other comes into play which the other haven’t known and expectations are crushed down, then relationships are broken and there is chaos and discontent among people.
I believe that we should respect others’ inner world and must not presume that our perceptions can be right for sure and start associating our expectations with them. In this way we can be at peace with everyone at every time.

Unity Continued!

I stare at this empty canvas that is ready to take the outpour of my words. I write and the words appear black on the shiny white screen of my digital canvas that is what I should call it. My attempt to write down my thoughts for the unity of mankind whirl stranded in my brain as I try to extract my thoughts from the abyss of my conscience, in realm of reality, in the world of material. My opinions though crafted by society still give the glimpse of what 1 in 6,775,235,700 people think.
Unity and unison the key to an effective movement, the key to success, the key to unfold the bounties of nature, the key to render all the human potential and force to make this world a better place not for an individual, not for a particular commune, not for a single nation, not for a tribe, not for a particular sect of belief, but for all without discrimination and without any difference. This unity when practiced by different ideological tribes yield different outcomes which totally rely on the ideas and philosophies that particular clan believes in and have faith in. With unity there comes power which can be exploited to achieve any goal. Whether, it is the gang robberies or building up of empires, winning of the wars or statute for peace. Unity always yields something like it did for Pakistan, like it did for china, like it did for Hindus, like it did for America and like it is doing for Jews. The mass murders by Hitler and the dropping of ‘fat man’ and ‘little boy’ was also backed by unity. There is unity in cultures and unity in faiths, unity in persecution and unity in the persecuted, unity in profits and unity in losses.
So this unity yielded progress for China while the same unity destroyed Pakistan. The unity in Pakistan was to corrupt, it was to build up the personal empires instead of the country, while it was the country ahead of their actions and thoughts for Chinese, we looted and they gave to the country. They continue to give and we continue to corrupt.
The imperial genocides by America in different regions of the world are a strong consortium of people who do not want the world to progress rather they want de-development in the world. Has the world gained or lost due to this unity it’s certainly you to decide.
Unities erupt into chaos and contentions which give rise to other unions and strengthen them, fall and decline of unities go on and on and on. But this decline and rise of unions depends on the ideologies of people who are bonded in that particular consortium, in that particular tribe. If the ideology is strong enough it yields greatness, if it’s feeble it brings chaos for the world whose scars remain on the face of this planet forever. It is conclusive that the mechanics of unity and contention lies in the ideologies which govern movements.
At our front of Muslims we are divided and yes we are divided for more reasons than any other nation is. We are divided on the basis of religion, race, culture, language and of course the most grave of all these is the racial system whose boundaries lay on the sentiments of money and power. Allama Iqbal has put all of my words in few lines:

Manf-E-At Ek Hai Is Qaum Ki Nuqsaan Bhi Ek
Ek Hi Sab Ka Nabi Deen Bhi Iman Bhi Ek
Harame Paak Bhi Allah Bhi Quran Bhi Ek
Kuchh Bari Baat Thi Hote Jo Musalman Bhi Ek

Yes our Quran is one and our God is one and certainly our last Messenger is one, but we are divided and we will be divided until or unless we don’t want to be divided. There is no deception in religion; it is in the minds of mullahs who are now made the authority by ignorant ‘us’. It’s we who want to stick with our sect which has in fact become our ‘deen’ instead of Islam. I believe it is no place to prove that there is a power which has created this universe Holy Quran is His last message to humanity, as it is well explained by orators and researchers like Dr. Zakir Naik and Harun Yahya. So, here Allah says in surah rom:

So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know. (30:30)

We have forgotten our ideology and that is the basic fact of our division. No matter what basics we consider for our unity only Islam is there that can unite us again. And I have a very strong faith that it will, eventually, InshaAllah!