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Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (r.a)

One day I was sitting with my siblings and as usual having an ignited discussion about Pakistan,  the love and passion for Pakistan, the heroic soldiers of Pakistan, their sacrifices, Adab-e-Rasool s.a.w and Ishq-e-Rasool s.a.w. We took a pause for a while when suddenly one of my sibs asked me a strange question which made me smile, as the question sounded pretty childish but a sweet and deep one. She asked me, "Who will you wish to meet first of all (personality) when we go to paradise?" I stopped for a moment, looked at her with a smile and the next moment, I could hear myself saying, "Undoubtedly the first person I crave to meet in the paradise would be beloved Rasool Allah s.a.ww for he is the greatest of the greats and the role model for every believer." She naturally got amused on hearing this since she had similar wishes.

She continued questioning, "then?" I could clearly feel she is in a mood to have a list from me. I thought for a while and answered, "I would then love to meet my mentors". A vague question mark appeared on her face; she wanted me to tell in detail. I then kept on saying with a smile, "Yes I would ask Allah swt to make me meet my mentors; Allama Iqbal, Quaid-e-Azam and one more great personality for they gave me a direction, a sense of purpose in my life and proved to be my guiding starts and guided me to the only light when I could have been lost in sheer darkness".

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (r.a)

Although today's youth crazily admires celebrities from Hollywood and bollywood and make them their ideal. It's no strange thing to hear now, "I am in love with the Twilight hero -- Harry makes me go crazy -- Shahrukh Khan looks awesome in the new movie etc etc etc" One simple thing I can never understand, why do we mix the dancers and the TV artists with the "HEROES". Acting as a hero in a 3rd class movie doesn't make one hero in the real sense. Dancing and doing other vulgar scenes is by NO means heroic!


Hero in the true sense means someone who has noble qualities and is able to benefit the rest of mankind. As a Pakistani Muslim, Iqbal and Quaid were supposed to be my heroes as taught in our superficial course books  occasionally when taught about national Heroes. Other than that, I had no awareness of what Iqbal and Quaid actually were as I had no means to understand their greatness.
 

Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid

In darkness all around me, the person who shined as a bright star and enlightened my world, guiding me to  eternal light is my third mentor. He is the person who made me love Rasool Allah s.a.w, otherwise we had only superficially studied him (s.a.w) as the last and final Prophet of Allah and not as the person to be loved beyond ourselves. My third mentor is the one who guided me to Iqbal and Quaid who are to be the mentors of every ignited, alive and passionate soul!

I did not know what magic Iqbal had. I was completely oblivious of the greatest visionary, an ideologue, a revolutionary philosopher - Iqbal. What I had been only taught was, "Iqbal is the national poet of Pakistan" and that's it. When it came to paraphrasing Iqbal's couplet, the teachers seemed to have a straight face not knowing the meaning of the complex Kalaam-e-Iqbal to its actual depth. I never knew Iqbal's work is the direct tafseer of Qur'an and Ahadith; a complete guide for the Muslims of modern era. Iqbal had given a fascinating, complete embodiment of a Momin in his kalaam and how a Muslim is supposed to live his life, Iqbal explained well - I never knew. Iqbal had given the key to success as a whole in just one stanza; Ki Muhammed se wafa tu ne to hum teray hain. Ye jahan cheez hai kya loh-o-Qalam teray hain. He gave the direction to the path that leads to Ishq-e-Rasool (sm) but I -- never knew. Sigh.

ترا اندیشہ افلاکی نہیں ہے
تری پرواز لولاکی نہیں  ہے
یہ مانا اصل شاہینی ہے تری
تری آنکھوں میں بےباکی نہیں ہے

Neither did I ever know about the greatness of the man called "Quaid-e-Azam". He won Pakistan for the Muslims of the subcontinent and this is all what I had been taught in the mainstream schools. He was the founding father of Pakistan - A man of great honour and dignity. His extremely wise  advices to the Pakistani nations were only taught us speeches in quotations which I had never seen being practiced in our daily lives, although they were to be adhered to completely as they were from the father of the nation, and no one can think better for a child than a father does. I could never know the "Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, Jaan pursoz" leader before. Besides this, the father of the nation whom even the worst rivals labelled as "Un-corruptible, un-purchasable", the one who was the perfect embodiment of a great leader after the Khulfa-e-Rashidoon, was talked about being a "Paarsi", a "drunkard" and other BS which has no reality. In a nutshell once again I remained in darkness.

Then at a point in my life, Allah decided to bestow his blessings on me and He made me meet a person who later proved to be my third mentor who introduced me to my first two mentors - The Soviet era Afghan Mujahid, a hardcore patriotic defense expert and a Shaheen of Iqbal! Yes that was the time when for the first time I understood what a Shaheen of Iqbal is; what a Mard-e-Momin and mard-e-Mujahid actually are. He in person was not what appealed me. But what appealed and ignited me was the thing that I had always been missing all my life  - The sense of direction. 

قوتِ عشق سے ہر پست کو بالا کردے
دہر میں اسمِ محمّد سے اُجالا کردے

For the first time, listening to someone's words ignited my soul and heart and I felt my duties to the core as a Pakistani and a Muslim, which I could never feel before. For the first time in my life, I felt extremely sad  about my past useless activities and decided to utilize each and every moment of my future life. For the first time, I felt myself defining my goals and aims and decided to serve my homeland with all my capabilities, all my life.

My third mentor is the one who made me meet my first two mentors. He helped me cleaning the vague layer of smoke formed on the sky in darkness and made me able to look at the bright, gloomy, vast sky. He revealed all what was deliberately been kept concealed from us due to his passion and love. He made us know the true essence of Iqbal and made us know the real Quaid from Jinnah. I could never know before what momin's "Khudi" was, what the world is for a Muslim and what a Muslim is for world. He ignited and fascinated my soul, made me optimistic as a whole! Actually he taught me to think, see and feel through the vision of a momin.

نہ تو زمیں کے لئے ہے نہ آسماں کے لیے
جہاں ہے ترے لیے تو نہیں جہاں کے لیے

He made me know about my glorious ancestors, my Khulfa-e-Rashidoon and eventually I began loving them. He drove me back to Iqbal and Quaid and this time the journey was fascinating and benevolent. I met them as fascinating personalites and learned so much about these great men and gradually began admiring them as my heroes as they made me love Allah's beloved and my Aaqa s.a.w.

If I go on writing, it would take all my life and I would still not be able to sum up as the favours done by my third mentor not only on me but thousands alike, are extremely high. What could be more great than being a guiding star for the ones in darkness? Ishq-e-Rasool and Adab-e-Rasool is the ultimate key to success in the world and hereafter. And I am no exaggerating when I say, "My third mentor made me an Aashiq-e-Rasool (sm)"

کی محمّد سے وفا تونے تو ہم ترے ہیں
یہ جہاں چیز ہے کیا لوح و قلم ترے ہیں

Heartiest love and regards for all my three mentors; Baba Iqbal (r.a), Baba Quaid (r.a) and my Baba Jee [Zaid Hamid Sahab]


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The basis of nationhood in Pakistan is Islam. Islam acted as a nation-building force long before the establishment of Pakistan. Muslims eventually developed a national consciousness in the indo-Pakistan Sub continent, they collectively struggled for the right of self determination and the establishement of an independent homeland to be carved out from those territories where they formed majorities. They eventually  secured what they wanted. Hence the historical fact which could not be denied is that the formation of the muslim nation preceded the demand for muslim homeland. Pakistan by herself didn’t give birth to any nation; on the contrary, the Muslim nation struggled for and brought Pakistan into being. Therefore pakistan is not the cause of any kind of nationhood. She’s only an affect, a result or a fruit of the struggle of the Muslim nation for territorial specification.

Our identity as a Pakistani:

We claim to be Pakistanis, only for the purpose of distinction or identification among other nations of the world. Pakistan nationhood is not the real basis for the unity of the State in Pakistan; it is merely an apparent basis. Our primary consideration is Islam which cements us as a nation and also provides the basis for the unity of the State.

The same can be said regarding Patriotism, i.e., laying down one’s life for the country. Muslims DO NOT have a notion of Pakistan as a ‘Motherland’ or a ‘fatherland’. They do not believe in worshipping the geographical features of the country. They are not supposed to lay down their lives merely for the dust, trees, deserts, mountains or rivers. This form of patriotism according to them, is idolatrous. But in their native soil, Muslims are ups in arms to lay down their lives for the religio-cultural principles on which the state of Pakistan is founded i.e, Islam. Quaid-e-Azam clearly illustrated these principles in his following address:

“Now you have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social Justice and the equality of man in your own native soil. You will have to be alert, very alert, for the time of relaxation is not yet there.”

Our ideology - Islam:

Pakistan is an ideological state for it claims to be Islamic. It is not a ‘theocratic’ State because Islam is essentially a polity and aspires to create a civil society. Quaid-e-Azam clarified this point in his broadcast as:

“Make no mistake: Pakistan isn’t a theocracy or anything like it. Islam demands from us the tolerance of other creeds and we welcome in closest association with us all those who, of whatever creed, are themselves willing and ready to play their part as true and loyal citizens of Pakistan.”

Islam doesn’t recognize the distinction between the ‘spiritual’ and the ‘profane’. According to Islam the spiritual and the temporal obligations are not only connected with each other but it is necessary for every Muslim to constantly endeavour to realise the spiritual values while performing his temporal ones. Hence “Secularism” is an integral part of Islam and it is for the very reason that the Islamic State assimilates the qualities of an IDEAL ‘Secular State’.

‘Secular’ in a sense, where the state guarantees religious freedom to every citizen with out distinction of religion or race, aims at promoting the material advancement and welfare of all its citizens. The Islamic State as envisaged by Quaid-e-Azam, embraces the qualities of the very same ideal ‘Secular State’.

In this state, every citizen is granted the right of their religious freedom. Sunnis, Shias, Wahabis etc., Hindus, Christians, Parsis, Buddhists and all other religions are free to profess their respective personal faiths. Islamic theology recognizes a distinction of meanings of the words ‘Mazhab’ and ‘Deen’. ‘Mazhab’ means personal faith, viewpoint or path; whereas ‘Deen’ means a body of universal principles of Islam which are applicable to the entire humanity. Therefore Islam being our ‘Deen’ is the fundamental pillar of the State of Pakistan unlike ‘Mazhab’ since it is neither founded on any personal viewpoint nor on any particular sect. Thus in the political sense, irrespective of their religion or race, all Pakistanis are citizens of the Islamic State of Pakistan on equal terms. This vital aspect of the Islamic State of Pakistan was illustrated by Quaid-e-Azam in his famous presidential address to the Constituent Assembly on 11th August, 1947, when he proclaimed:

“You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the State.  We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State.”

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بسم اللہ الرحمان الرحیم

THE LAW OF GOD that nurtures in the mother’s womb,  promises to provide His blessings to every living being.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

PRAISEWORTHY is The Government that functions under the Law of God to fulfill the obligations of The Lord to provide food and comforts of life to every living being.

الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The law of God that nurtures in the mother’s womb guarantees to provide His Blessings to every living being.

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

God is The Sovereign in The Era of Deen, The rule of His Law

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

WE ,THE PEOPLE OF THE ISLAMIC STATE, proclaim that You, God are the Sole Authority to whom we pledge our  unconditional obedience and loyalty; and You, God are the Sole Authority from whom we attain everything for our strength and solidarity.

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

We humbly pray that You grant us guidance to the path of living under a rule of law

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

The path adopted by those nations upon whom You have blessed success, happiness and prosperity; not the path of those nations who have brought suffering, misery, and insecurity on themselves, nor the path of those  nations that are cramped in delusions of magical beliefs, superstitious religious rituals and anarchy.

From Asarulislam’s QURAN: A Proclamation of Liberty, as perceived by the Pioneers of The first Islamic State.

After the heroic Tipu Sultan Shaheed, a character full of valour, bravery, vision, intellect, justice was the charcter of our great founding father, Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammed Ali Jinnah. Indeed Our Quaid was a perfect embodiment of a Mard-e-Momin. How silently and perfectly he followed the footsteps of the khulfa-e-Rashideen through out his life, though it be his moral values or political affairs, is depicted by every aspect of his life. He was a kind, just, truthful, honourable and dignified soul more than expressing in words. Solely for this reason he was entitled  “unpurschable” and “incorruptible”. Allah had gifted him with a benovelent convincing power; the best of the orators, the most brilliant of the debaters. He was a man of magnificent vision. Quaid-i-Azam’s vision of Pakistan was crystal clear; he wanted Pakistan to be  a modern, progressive, dynamic, forward looking and a Islamic democratic country with equal rights for all its citizens irrespective of their casts, creed or religion. However here Quaid did NOT mean the western democracy. Western Democracy; which Iqbal r.a. defines as:

اس راز کو ایک مرد۔ فرنگانہ نے کیا فاش

ہر چند کہ دانا اسے کھولا نہیں کرتے

جمہوریت ایک طرزِ حکومت ھے کہ جس میں

!بندوں کو گنا کرتے ہیں تولا نہیں کرتے

The democracy proposed by Quaid was the SPIRITUAL DEMOCRACY,

“You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.”  February 21, 1948 

Had it been the western democracy, he would have never emphasized  on the term “ISLAM” in his speeches. Besides if Quaid-e-Azam aimed at adopting the Western Model of Democracy, he would have declared it in unambiguous terms  for excellence in speech was an instinct of Quaid.

Was Quaid-e-Azam a secular figure?

Who is a secular? Oxford Dictionary defines secular as one who is “not connected with religious or spiritual matters” Let us analyse Quaid-e-Azam’s character in the light of this definition. In this context, nothing could be more authentic than Jinnah’s own confession about his faith. On August 6, 1939, he said: “I was born Muslim; I am a Muslim and shall die a Muslim.” On another occasion he said: “I am no Maulana or a Maulvi but I also know a little of my faith”  This clearly tells he was NOT a secular character by any definition of 'secularism'.

Quaid-e-Azam (R.A)

Pakistan’s emergence was not just the emergence of a new state, but it was created on the basis of Islamic ideology. He  did not plead tirelessly for the Muslim cause merely as an honest lawyer or merely for the sake of sympathy with the fellow Muslims. But he was truly close to the essence of Islam in all moral, spiritual and political values. Had he not been so, why did his words depict a true picture of Islam? Why does his character deeply associate to great charcters as represented by Islam? Quaid’s support for Muslims of the subcontinent, and  the demand for Pakistan was an expression of his deepest emotions for the political and cultural identity, whose roots were embedded in the State of Madina founded by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Khulafa-e-Rashideen. 

Yet after 65 years, unfortunately people of Pakistan are heavily confused about the character of their founding father.  Even today they have no clear idea about the nature of Pakistan. Is it meant to be a religious state? An Islamic democratic welfare state? An Islamic social welfare state? Was it supposed to be a socialist republic? A liberal secular parliamentary democracy patterned after the Westminster model? Or is it supposed to be a straightforward dictatorship? While addressing the Karachi Bar Association in January 25, 1948, the Quaid-i-Azam said:

“I cannot understand the logic of those who have been deliberately and mischievously propagating that the Constitution of Pakistan will not be based on Islamic Shariat. Islamic principles today are as much applicable to life as they were 1300 years ago." 

Where does the term "Islamic Shariat" exist in secularism? Here, Quaid-e-Azam crystal clearly declared, how his personality was, his deep affection to Islam and his desire to see Pakistan as an Islamic State.  

Further, In 1946, Quaid-e-Azam declared

‘We do not demand Pakistan simply to have a piece of land but we want a laboratory where we could experiment on Islamic principles. 

In his message to the frontier Muslim Students Federation, he said:

Pakistan only means freedom and independence but Muslims ideology which has to be preserved which has come to us a precious gift and treasure and which we hope, others will share with us.  (Address on 18th June 1945)

He had complete knowledge of the convents of Islam and was well acquainted with the prayer rituals. To dub Quaid-i-Azam as secular or that he wanted Pakistan to be a secular state is only an attempt to further confuse the quagmire of political thinking already prevalent in the country. On learning the life of Quaid-e-Azam, one comes to learn about the spirit of Islam that was prevelant in all aspects of his life. After learning this, how can one tag him as a secular character? Either the person is mentally dumb or either the person keeps some serious grudge against Islam. 

Quaid-e-Azam r.a and Madr-e-Millat Muhtarma Fatimah Jinnah r.a

It must be understood that Pakistan was established on the basis of ‘Muslim nationhood’ and to safeguard the social, economic and political existence of the Muslims of the subcontinent which can only be satisfied under the flag of Islamic State. 

Quaid and Millat-e-Islamia:

The word Islam is derived from the word "Salama", which means Peace, Safety, Security and Submission. When we look at some of the fundamental aspects of the Islamic culture, we can easily understand that the nature of Islam is peace. These are exactly the fundamentals on which Quaid-e-Azam desired to build up the building of Islamic Pakistan. On 5th March, 1948 he quoted:

“No doubt, there are many people who do not quite appreciate when we talk of Islam. Islam is NOT only a set of rituals, traditions and spiritual doctrines. Islam is also a code for every Muslim, which regulates his life and his conduct in even politics and economics and the like. It is based upon highest principles of honour, integrity, fair play and justice for all.” 

“Come forward as servants of Islam, organize the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.”

Quaid-e-Azam emphasized on the Islamic ideology as being the basis of the struggle for Pakistan because he believed that only Islam was the unifying force of the Muslim Millat. He said:

What relationships knits the Muslims into one whole, which is the formidable rock on which the Muslim edifice has been erected, which is the sheet anchor providing base to the Muslim Millat, the relationship, the sheet anchor and the rock is Holy Quran.

We should now, get rid of this illusionary concept that Quaid-e-Azam wanted Pakistan as a secular state. Pakistan was meant to be a state based on complete Islamic principles. By denying this fact, you simply wrong the purpose of creating Pakistan. For some reason this sacred land was named “PAKistan”. For some reason it was carved out on the world map on (Laylatul-Qadr) 27th Ramadan. For some reason it’s capital is “ISLAMabad”. These all are not just co-incidences. For some reason we were blessed with the fascinating personality of Allama Iqbal which stood by Quaid, made him gain optimism, made him Quaid-e-Azam from Muhammed Ali Jinnah. For some reason this sacred land gave rise to excellent character like Qudrat-ullah Shahab. For some reason unique personalties like Dr. Iffat Shahab, Mumtaz Mufti, Ashfaq Ahmed, Naseem Hijazi, Bano Qudsiya and many more were blessed to this land. These are secrets of Allah. Not everyone can see with the divine light.

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