Salam and Duaion .....
While surfing through today's print media, I got stuck with the column اصل جمہوری فعالیت کی ضرورت by Mr. Rasool Baksh Raees :`
http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2016-02-10&edition=ISL&id=2167021_35472293.
The learned Doctor has appositely described the political misery engulfing the State of Pakistan and its hapless people. The questions, however, arise :-
Is it only Pakistan or the entire Muslim World?
The imposed rulers draw inspiration from whom?
When did the Democracy exist AS IT SHOULD BE?
Do the rulers know what formed the basis of governance in a Muslim State or do they really know what DEMOCRACY IS? .......................... And many more ......
I am reminded of the STATE ADDRESSES by two Muslim Rulers, just a century apart which should suffice to answer all questions; address by first caliph after assumption of POWER and exactly after 123 years, the address by Caliph Mansoor Al-Abbasi...
First tells us what the FEAR OF GOD, GOVERNANCE, JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY, POWER OF PEOPLE, RULES OF ALLEGIANCE and PERSONA OF RULER ought to be ..... Second tells us about the DEGENERATION, ARROGANCE, DISDAIN FOR ANY ACCOUNTABILITY and DESPOTISM ......
Caliph Abu Bakr Siddiq RA Said :-
O men ! here I have been assigned the job of ruling over you, WHILE I AM NOT THE BEST AMONG YOU.
If I do well in my job, HELP ME. If I do wrong, REDRESS ME.
TRUTHFULNESS IS FIDELITY, LYING IS TREASON.
The weak shall be strong in my eyes, UNTIL I RESTORE TO THEM THEIR RIGHT, and the strong shall be weak in my eye UNTIL I HAVE DISPOSSESSED THEM OF THAT RIGHT.
No people give up fighting for the cause of God, but He inflicts upon them the abject subjection, and NO PEOPLE GIVE THEMSELVES TO LEWDNESS, BUT HE ENVELOPS THEM WITH MISERY.
Obey me as long as I OBEY GOD AND HIS PROPHET.
But if I disobey the command of God and His Prophet, THEN NO OBEDIENCE IS INCUMBENT UPON YOU.
Rise to your prayer so God May have mercy on you.
Mansoor Al-Abbasi opened his reign with :-
O men ! I am the Power of God on His earth.
I rule you with His guidance and confirmation.
I am the guardian over His wealth, and I manage it by His will and in accordance with His pattern. I DISBURSE FROM IT WITH HIS PERMISSION, FOR HE HAS MADE ME THE LOCK.
IF HE CHOOSES TO OPEN ME SO THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE THEREFROM AND BE PROVIDED FOR, HE WILL.
AND IF HE CHOOSES TO KEEP ME LOCKED, HE WILL .........
I leave it to the readers to observe the great change which Politics, Family Inc, Wealth and NO-FEAR can bring ......... AND DECIDE THAT RULERS OF TODAY ...... are ............. SIDDIQS or MANSOORS ......... and ...and ..... and .......... their DEMOCRACY ....
And I pack up saying :
سب پھول دروازوں میں تھے، سب رنگ آوازوں میں تھے
ایک شہر دیکھا تھا کبھی، اس شہر کی کیا بات تھی
Duaien
Akhtar N Janjua
https://www.facebook.com/akhtar.janjua
http://anjanjua.blogspot.com/
https://twitter.com/IbneNawaz
No comments:
Post a Comment