AKHTAR N JANJUA

Allah created humans from a male and a female and made into tribes and nations for identification. However the most righteous is the most honoured. No Arab has any superiority over a non-Arab nor is a White any way better than a Black. All created beings are the decendants of Adam and existence of Adam sprang from dust. hence all claims to superiority and greatness, all demands for blood or ransom and all false traits or trends of rule are false.

Breaking

Friday, November 30, 2012

1:09 PM

WA LA TAFFARAQU - 15



All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS]. 

Prayers for all.

In the Name of Allah Karim Who provided us guidance through His Prophet SAWS, who delivered the Message:
And be not like those who say "we have heard", the while they do not hearken. Verily the vilest of all creatures in the sight of Allah are those deaf, those dumb ones who do not use their reason. For, if Allah had seen any good in them, He would certainly have made them hear; but [as it is] even if He had made them hear (THE MESSAGE), they would surely have turned away in their obstinacy. AL-ANFAL (8) : 21-23.
I very humbly pray to Allah Karim that May He in His Infinite Mercy Make us amongst those who hear and act on His Message. Aameen. 


AlhamdoLILAH ! ASHRA-E-MOHARRAM and YOM-E-ASHUR have generally been peaceful barring few unfortunate incidents here and there. All involved in maintaining and observing peace during these day ought to be commended. May Allah Karim adequately reward them.

Reverting back to traits of Momineen, few more are:
42.     Their belief and hearts are strengthened when they hear the accounts relating to the earlier apostles. HUD (11) : 120.
43.     They humble themselves in prayers.
44.     They turn away from all that is frivolous.
45.     They are [always] intent on inner purity.
46.     They remain mindful of their chastity.
47.     They do not give way their desires EXCEPT THEIR SPOUSES.
48.     They remain faithful to their Trusts and Pledges.
49.     They guard their prayers from all worldly intent.
They are the inheritors of Paradise.
AL-MUMINOON (23) : 2 - 10. 
MAY WE ALL BE WITH THEM. 

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Friday, November 23, 2012

4:16 PM

PEACE OF MIND AND SOUL IS THE GATEWAY TO HAPPINESS



All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS]. 

Prayers for all.

The very first Mathnvi of Maulana Rome says that Flute does not make music; it is the voice of her yearning to be united with its Root and she clamors for Peace and Happiness. Happiness is not an individual matter, it is the product of true submission to Allah Karim and is compounded by the relief and happiness of others. When we are at Peace with Allah and ourselves, we will be able to bring relief and smile to others and in the process not only they benefit, we do too.

The deepest happiness one can have is to be contended and doing the things as Allah wants us to do. It also comes from the capacity to help relieve the suffering of others. If we have Peace of Mind and Soul, we will have the habit of sharing it with others. Nothing compels us but the joy of being at Peace with one's self and providing relief and happiness to others is special; one has to ask and see those who are Allah Conscious and indulge in sharing the Peace and Happiness with others. Sharing the afflictions, removing the worries, listening to someone's cravings and being there with others at the time when they need us is the biggest source of Peace of Mind and Soul and the foundation of all happiness. 

Once we attain that standard of Submission, Contentment and our Mind and Soul is at Peace, we can be grateful beings whatever the circumstances confronting us. Our Special relation with our Creator, Our whole hearted obedience to His Messenger/s and adherence to His Message is the key to Peace of Mind and Soul and true Happiness is the product thereof.

Allah I beseech You for Peace of Mind and Soul 

and Happiness for each one of us. Aameen. 

Thursday, November 22, 2012

2:10 PM

WA LA TAFFARAQU - 14


All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS]. 

Prayers for all.
In the Name of Allah Karim Who provided us guidance through His Prophet SAWS and forbade not to kill a believer, warning:
And it is not conceivable that a believer should slay another believer, unless it is by mistake---------------------------------But whoever deliberately slays another believer, his requital shall be Hell, therein to abide; and Allah will condemn him, and will reject him, and will prepare for him awesome suffering. AN-NISA (4) : 92-93.
It is extremely painful to note that we are doing exactly the opposite. The carnage at Dhok Sayyidan, Rawalpindi and Aurangi Town, Karachi, yesterday and pools of innocent blood at Quetta and Bannu clearly say that we have no knowledge about the clear Injunctions laid down by Allah. We remain fragmented, shallow sectarian/ethnic/political pettiness regulates our lives. New Muslim year and the ASHRA OF SHUHADA means nothing to us. Leadership, justice and selflessness of Hazrat Omar  Bin Khattab RA and unflinching belief and sacrifice of Imam Hossain AS and AHLE BAIT do not contain lessons for us; rather provide a platform to spit venomous sectarian stuff day in and day out, urging the killers amongst us to keep on spilling the blood.

WHO WAS, IS AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS? YES THE DAY IS NOT FAR - ONE DAY ALL  RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING, NURTURING AND PATRONIZING THE DIVISION AMONGST BELIEVERS WILL BE HAULED UP BEFORE ALLAH ALMIGHTY SUBJECTED TO THE STIPULATIONS OF ABOVE QUOTED QURANIC AYATS    - IN SHAA ALLAH.

Before signing off today's post lets see few more Quranic qualities of Momineen:
35.     They take Quran as an admonition from Allah.
36.     They take Quran as a cure for all that plagues their heart (Spiritual, Religious, Political, Ethnic, Familial, Physical, Worldly and Hereafter).
37.      They take Quran as a guidance and grace from Allah.
YUNUS (10) : 57. 
38.     They have been bidden to be among those who believe in Allah alone.
39.     They turn away from all that is false.
40.     They do not invoke, side by side, with Allah, anything that can neither benefit nor harm them.
41.     They believe that all good is from Allah and that misfortune can only be removed by Allah alone.
YUNUS (10) : 104-105. 

Allah Karim make/raise us not among the evildoers. Aameen 


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Monday, November 19, 2012

4:26 PM

ESSENCE OF BEING

All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all; May we be; as Allah Karim wants us to be; Aameen.
 Came across this 'ESSENCE' and humbly share it with friends :
From the spiritual point of view, the only important thing is to realize Divine Life and to help others realize it by manifesting it in everyday happenings. To penetrate into the essence of all being and significance and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance and benefit of others---by expressing, in the world of forms, truth, love, purity, and beauty---this is the sole game that has intrinsic and absolute worth. All other happenings, incidents, and attainments. in themselves can have no lasting importance.

Lets Reflect: Reflection leads to Evaluation of 'self and surroundings' thus creating need and space for Evolution.

Peace, prosperity and Love for every one out there !                 A N J

   

Friday, November 16, 2012

4:30 PM

MUHARRAM-UL-HARAM 1434 HIJRA

All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all; May the advent of new Islamic year be the harbinger of peace, prosperity, unity and RAJOUH-ILALAH for Muslims world over and May we use our faculties to reflect and correct. Aameen.
First Muharram marks the start of the new Hijra year and begins the ASHRA of  Farooq-O-Hussain RA. Many a people would be writing about the heart rending events of this ASHRA, and will narrate the why, how and what of these events and pay tributes to these all-time great personages of Islam. In my opinion the best way of honoring them is to do what they did and preached. Today being the day of Umer RA lets see what he said after becoming Khalifa; and can Rulers of Muslim world in general and Pakistan in particular learn something out of this?
......after Abu Bakr, the mantle of Khilafat has fallen on my shoulders. I SWEAR IT BEFORE ALLAH, THAT I NEVER COVETED THIS OFFICE. I WISHED THAT IT WOULD HAVE DEVOLVED ON SOME OTHER PERSON MORE WORTHY THAN ME. But now that the responsibility for leading the Muslims has come to vest in me, I assure you that I will make an earnest effort to discharge the onerous duties of the Office to the best of my capacity IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INJUNCTIONS OF ISLAM.
IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MY DUTIES, I WILL SEEK GUIDANCE FROM QURAN, AND WILL FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES SET BY THE HOLY PROPHET SAWS AND ABU BAKR RA. IN THIS TASK I SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE. IF I FOLLOW THE RIGHT PATH, FOLLOW ME. IF I DEVIATE FROM THE RIGHT PATH, CORRECT ME SO THAT WE ARE NOT LED ASTRAY.
and the Caliph prayed to Allah:
O Allah ! I am hard make me soft to promote the Truth to comply with Your injunctions and to aspire to a better life in the world hereafter.
O Allah ! make me hard for the enemies of Islam and for those who create mischief so that their designs come to naught.
O Allah ! I am miser; make me generous in the promotion of the good.
O Allah ! save me from hypocrisy. Strengthen my resolves so that whatever I do, I do for the sake of winning Your approbation.
O Allah ! SOFTEN MY HEART FOR THE FAITHFUL SO THAT I ATTEND TO THEIR NEEDS WITH A SENSE OF DEDICATION.
O Allah ! I am careless, make me responsible so that I do not lose sight of You.
O Allah ! I am weak in offering my obedience to You; make me active and fortify my faith.
O Allah ! bestow on me faith and the power to do good.
O Allah ! GIVE THE POWER OF SELF-CRITICISM AND SELF ASSESSMENT.
O Allah ! bestow on me the insight into the meaning of the Quran and the strength to act in accordance with what is therein.
O Allah ! You are capable of doing anything: Bless us with Your favor. Aameen.
WE TOO SAY. AAMEEN.

 
     

 
  
 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

1:19 PM

WA LA TAFFARAQU - 13

All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all.
In the Name of Allah Karim Who provided us guidance through His Prophet SAWS and warned not to turn away from the right path:
But if you choose to turn away, then [know that]  I have delivered to you the message with which I was sent unto you, and [that] my Sustainer may cause another people to take your place, whereas you will in no way harm Him. Verily my Sustainer watches over all all things. HUD (11) : 57.
Continuing with the traits of Momineen as given in Quran:
29.     They fight in the cause of Allah. and slay, and are slain.  AT-TAWBAH (9) : 111.
30.     After sinning they turn unto Allah in repentance.
31.     They go on and on in worshiping and praising Allah; seeking His goodly acceptance.
32.     They bow down and prostrate in adoration.
33.     They enjoin right and forbid wrong.
34.     They keep the bounds set by Allah.
 AT-TAWBAH (9) :112.

May we all be amongst those who keep the bounds set by Allah Karim. Aameen.

                                                                      ........TO BE CONTINUED 
 
 

   

Thursday, November 8, 2012

3:52 PM

COMMITMENT


All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all.

I came across this and felt that I must share it with friends:
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative [and creation], there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: 
That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. 
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred  The whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material his way. 
I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: 'Whatever you can do or dream, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.'    
WITH BEST WISHES FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

2:05 PM

STATUS QUO IN USA


All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all.

The costliest and dirtiest election campaign in US history has thrown up the status quo. Barak Hossain Obama, who created history in 2008 by becoming (African American) US President, has recreated it. Scenes at his campaign headquarters Chicago are marked by jubilation, relief  and optimism. Mitt Romany was gracious in conceding and offering an olive branch to the winning candidate. 
(pray our leaders too learn to be graceful in both victory and defeat and as the speeches by both winner and loser centered on America and nothing else, for us also our country should be first and supreme in whatever we do or stand for).
President Obama was also affable in his victory speech. Focus of his speech was internal rather than external. By the time He leaves the White House in early 2017; he will have to work on both internal and external scenarios with novelty and purpose if he wants to leave behind a legacy worth remembering. His stint as President will be remembered how he deals with the multifarious problems (internal and international) confronting him, few of which could be:
War on Terror and its fallout. 
Deeply wounded and humiliated Muslim World.
Unwarranted US interference in world affairs. 
Overwhelming China.
Reasserting Russia.
Reuniting Europe. 
Resurgent Japan and Pacific.
Steep fiscal cliff (as they call it) within US. 
Partial and one sided policies on Palestine, Kashmir, Nuclear Arms and capability.
Alienation of allies like Pakistan through overbearing attitude.
Choice is always available, sit, sleep and slip through the time or getup, get going, do your thing honestly and let time judge you impartially and objectively. What would Mr. Obama and his Administration do in impending term would decide his legacy. Let us wish him well. 

Congratulation to Mr. Obama, his team and America. 
  
     
11:14 AM

READ TO REFLECT

Very interesting analysis. Truth will be exposed sooner than later. Anti-Israeli sentiments are gradually on the rise in the US.


Kissinger, US intelligence community endorse "World Without Israel"


Kissinger, US intelligence community endorse “World Without Israel”

Angry Palestinians in Hebron (File Photo)

Angry Palestinians in Hebron (File Photo)
By Kevin Barrett
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been vilified in the Western media for daring to imagine “a world without Israel.”



But according to news reports, Henry Kissinger and sixteen American intelligence agencies agree that in the near future, Israel will no longer exist. 



The New York Post quotes Kissinger “word for word”: In 10 years, there will be no more Israel



Kissinger's statement is flat and unqualified. He is not saying that Israel is in danger, but could be saved if we just gave it additional trillions of dollars and smashed enough of its enemies with our military. He is not saying that if we elect Netanyahu's old friend Mitt Romney, Israel could somehow be salvaged. He is not saying that if we bomb Iran, Israel might survive. He is not offering a way out. He is simply stating a fact: In 2022, Israel will no longer exist. 



The US Intelligence Community agrees, though perhaps not on the precise 2022 expiration date. Sixteen US intelligence agencies with a combined budget over USD70 billion have issued an 82-page analysis titled “Preparing for a Post-Israel Middle East.” 



The US intelligence report observes that the 700,000 Israeli settlers illegally squatting on land stolen in 1967 - land that the entire world agrees belongs to Palestine, not Israel - are not going to pack up and leave peacefully. Since the world will never accept their ongoing presence on stolen land, Israel is like South Africa in the late 1980s. 



The extremist Likud coalition governing Israel, according to the US intelligence report, is increasingly condoning and supporting rampant violence and lawlessness by illegal settlers. The report states that the brutality and criminality of the settlers, and the growing apartheid-style infrastructure including the apartheid wall and the ever-more-draconian system of checkpoints, are indefensible, unsustainable, and out of synch with American values. 



The sixteen US intelligence agencies agree that Israel cannot withstand the coming pro-Palestinian juggernaut consisting of the Arab Spring, the Islamic Awakening, and the rise of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 



In the past, dictatorships in the region kept a lid on the pro-Palestinian aspirations of their people. But those dictatorships began to topple with the fall of the pro-Israel Shah of Iran in 1979 and the establishment of a democratic Islamic Republic, whose government had little choice but to reflect its people's opposition to Israel. The same process - the overthrow of dictators who worked with, or at least tolerated, Israel - is now accelerating throughout the region. The result will be governments that are more democratic, more Islamic, and far less friendly to Israel.


The US intelligence community report says that in light of these realities, the US government simply no longer has the military and financial resources to continue propping up Israel against the wishes of more than a billion of its neighbors. In order to normalize relations with 57 Islamic countries, the report suggests, the US will have to follow its own national interests and pull the plug on Israel. 



Interestingly, neither Henry Kissinger nor the authors of the US Intelligence Report give any sign that they are going to mourn the demise of Israel. This is remarkable, given that Kissinger is Jewish and has always been viewed as a friend (if occasionally a tough friend) of Israel, and that all Americans, including those who work for intelligence agencies, have been influenced by the strongly pro-Israel media. 



What explains such complacency? 



Americans who pay attention to international affairs - a category that surely includes Kissinger and the authors of the Intelligence Report - are growing fed up with Israeli intransigence and fanaticism. Netanyahu's bizarre, widely-ridiculed performance at the United Nations, where he brandished a cartoonish caricature of a bomb in such a way that he himself came across as a caricature of a “mad Zionist,” was the latest in a series of gaffes by Israeli leaders who seem prone to overplaying their hand. 



A second factor is the festering resentment many Americans feel over the Israel Lobby's imperious domination of public discourse. Every time a well-known American journalist is fired for going “off-script” about Israel, as happened to Helen Thomas and Rick Sanchez, a mostly-invisible backlash, like a tidal wave rippling beneath the surface of the ocean, grows in power. And every time the Israel lobby slaps down someone like Maureen Dowd, who recently observed that the same Israel-fanatics who dragged the US into the Iraq war are now trying to do the same thing with Iran, the more people begin to wake up and realize that people like Dowd, Thomas, and Sanchez are speaking the truth. 



A third reason for complacency in the face of Israel's impending demise: The American Jewish community is no longer united in support of Israel, much less its Likudnik leadership. Sophisticated Jewish journalists and analysts like Philip Weiss are recognizing the insanity of Israel's current leadership and the hopelessness of its predicament. According to recent reports, it is no longer fashionable among young American Jews to care about Israel. And despite Netanyahu's frantic attempts to sway Jewish voters toward the Mormon Likudnik Mitt Romney, polls show that Obama, who is on record saying he “hates” the “liar” Netanyahu, will easily win the majority of Jewish votes. 



Finally, we come to the least obvious - but most powerful - reason for Kissinger's and the CIA's complacency in the face of Israel's implosion: The inexorable trickle-down of knowledge that Israel and its supporters, not radical Muslims, carried out the 9/11 false-flag attacks. 



Increasingly, it is not fringe anti-Semitic groups, but high-level responsible observers, who are saying this. Alan Sabrosky, the half-Jewish former Director of Strategic Studies at the US Army War College, has come on my radio show to say that he has discussed with his colleagues the “100% certainty” that Israel and its supporters did 9/11. And Alan Hart, the former lead BBC correspondent for the Middle East (and personal friend of Golda Meir and Yasser Arafat) has also come on my radio show to break the story that he, too, knows that Israel and company orchestrated 9/11.


Today, we even have a presidential candidate, Merlin Miller, who is on the record stating that Israel, not al-Qaeda, carried out the 9/11 attacks. 



The chief purpose of 9/11 was to “seal in blood” an intense, unbreakable emotional bond between the US and Israel, in a desperate bid to assure Israel's survival by launching a long-term US war against Israel's enemies. As the “dancing Israelis” arrested for celebrating the 9/11 operation tried to convince the police: “Our enemies are your enemies. The Palestinians are your enemies.” 



But more and more Americans, including the US intelligence community as a whole, now recognize that the enemies of Israel (the entire Muslim world of over 1.5 billion people, along with most of the non-European world) do not have to be the enemies of the United States. In fact, the US is going broke and sacrificing thousands of lives in wars for Israel - wars that damage, rather than aid, US strategic interests. (One of those interests, of course, is buying oil and gas from stable, cooperative governments.) 



As the recognition grows that 9/11 was not a radical Islamic attack, but an act of dastardly, bloody treason by supporters of Israel, it will become ever-easier for American policy makers, following in the footsteps of Kissinger and the sixteen intelligence agencies, to recognize the obvious: Israel has reached the end of its shelf-life. 




KB/HGH

Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America's best-known critics of the War on Terror. Dr. Barrett has appeared many times on Fox, CNN, PBS and other broadcast outlets, and has inspired feature stories and op-eds in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago Tribune, and other leading publications. Dr. Barrett has taught at colleges and universities in San Francisco, Paris, and Wisconsin, where he ran for Congress in 2008. He currently works as a nonprofit organizer, author, and talk radio host. He is the co-founder of the Muslim-Christian-Jewish Alliance, and author of the books Truth Jihad: My Epic Struggle Against the 9/11 Big Lie (2007) and Questioning the War on Terror: A Primer for Obama Voters (2009). His website is www.truthjihad.com.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

11:22 AM

WA LA TAFFARAQU - 12



All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all.

With the Name Of Allah (SWT), starting this post with a Quranic Verse as usual:
You can [truly] warn only him who is willing to take the reminder to heart, and who stands in awe of the Most Gracious Allah although He is beyond the reach of human perception: unto such, then, give the glad tiding of {Allah's} forgiveness and of a most excellent reward ! YASIN (36) : 11.
Beginning from where we had left for celebration of Eid-ul-Adha; few more traits of Believers are:
24.     They do not swear by Allah to please the people, their all efforts are focused towards seeking pleasure of Allah (SWT). AT-TAWBAH (9) : 62.
25.     They [both men and women} are friends and protectors of one another.
26.     They [all] enjoin the doing of what is right and forbid wrong.
27.     They are constant in prayers, and render the purifying dues.
28.     They submit to Allah (SWT) and follow His Prophet [SAWS].

They will be the recipients of  Allah's Grace, Who is Almighty and Wise.  AT-TAWBAH (9) : 71.


MAY WE ALL BE THE RECIPIENTS OF ALLAH KARIM's GRACE. AAMEEN.


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Monday, November 5, 2012

3:07 PM

ZINDAGI KA SAFAR

All praises for Allah Karim; Immeasurable Darood-o-Salam on Rasool-Ullah Salalaho Allaihe Wasalam [SAWS].

Prayers for all.
Brother Asif Alvi appended the famous song 'Zindagi Ka Safar; hai yeh kaisa safar?' in his FB status. Yes this beautiful journey requires to be comprehended, interpreted and "LIVED  - ALL RULES APPLIED AND ADHERED".
Focusing on 'Zindagi ka Safar', I witnessed a beautiful demonstration by a Kite: We were on the Golf Course last Saturday - entire flight not having a particularly good round, fighting with our clubs, concocting reasons for not hitting straight and getting crossed with ourselves for missing the one footers. On the 15th Green as we were busy putting, I spotted a pair of Kites building their Nest on the Pine Tree. One Kite flew in with a big branch of a plant in her beak. As she was placing the straw in the Nest it fell down into the water below. I wanted to see some anxiety, some remorse or a dive behind the falling straw but there was none of the three. In fact both flew away, I am certain, to bring in more building material. A little "TATAFAKARUN" told me:
Life is a continuous and sustained struggle. It disregards those who get tired early and has no respect for the 'quitters'.
Depression, negative over drive and anxiety takes nowhere.
No failure means end of life, it must go on with persistent zeal.
Keeping our wits about under adverse circumstances leads to recovery and ultimately to success.
We have to build the Nest (Pakistan) for posterity. We must, therefore, forget the fallen straw and get going to collect material afresh.
Do We agree?

And many thanks Alvi Bhai; I dedicate this post to you.