Allah Karim Says in Qur'an:

إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ

  وَإِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِيدٌ

 Verily! Man is ungrateful to his Lord;

 And to that fact, he bears witness (by his deeds);

And verily, he is violent in the love of wealth.  

{AL-ADIYAAT (100) : 6 - 8}.

When the 'MATERIAL' becomes the rule,

When the 'WEALTH' becomes the system,

When the 'NUMBERS' become the power,

When the 'CRUELTY' becomes business,

When the 'JUSTICE' becomes enterprise,

When the 'CORRUPTION' becomes art,

When the 'ACCESS' becomes merit,

When the 'DISHONESTY' becomes protocol, 

Then,

The RICH and the AFFLUENT,

The POOR and the NEEDY,

The HELPLESS and the VULNERABLE,

The DESTITUTE and the DEPRIVED,

The ORPHAN and the STRANDED,

The WEAK & the VOICELESS,

Everyone wants to partake 'the game'  of 'TAKE and AMASS', none is willing to 'GIVE and RELINQUISH' ....... 

And where THE SOCIETIES are composed only of the TAKERS ... that in itself is the biggest affliction and the greatest TORMENT ..... a vivid indicator of the impending disasters and sweeping revolution ....  وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوْا يَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوا أَمْثَالَكُم .... (And if you turn away (from obedience of Allah), He will exchange you for some other people, and they will not be your likes). {MUHAMMAD (47) : 38}.

Panama Leaks or allocation of funds to a seminary exhibit, how far removed and indifferent to the sensitivities and afflictions of the people is the political elite of the country .... Few visuals of last week, some from the lands far off and at least one from inland, reveal that 'CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP' has been badly shaken and that the impatience is taking over ....

آج کچھ لوگ گھر نہیں آئے
کھو گئے ہیں کہاں، تلاش کرو

دامنِ چاک کے ستاروں کو
کھا گیا آسماں تلاش کرو

ناتواں زیست کے سہاروں کو
یہ جہاں وہ جہاں تلاش کرو

گیس آنسو رلا رہی ہے غضب
چار جانب پولس کا ڈیرا ہے

گولیوں کی زبان چلتی ہے
شہر میں موت کا بسیرا ہے

کون دیکھے تڑپنے والوں میں
کون تیرا ہے کون میرا ہے

آج دیکھو نیاز مندوں کو

خون ناحق کے داد خواہوں میں

سرنگوں اور خموش صف بستہ
کتنے لاشے لیے ہیں باہوں میں

آستینوں کے داغ دھو لو گے
قاتلو آسماں تو دیکھتا ہے

چین کی نیند جا کے سو لو گے
تم کو سارا جہاں تو دیکھتا ہے

قسمت خلق کے خداوند
تم سے خلقت حساب مانگتی ہے

روح فرعونیت کے فرزندو
بولو بولو۔۔۔۔۔۔جواب مانگتی ہے

Salam & Duaien ....

Social Media today carries a satirical message which conveys "If you are done with all the diversionary ruses, answer the questions now"..... Period.

There was a man, Quran calls him 'LUQMAN'. Not a Prophet but exceptionally WISE and endowed with unlimited faculty to THINK and INFER... AbdAllah Ibne Omar RA narrated that Rasulullah SAWS said, 'Luqman was asked that if he wanted, he could be made the Ruler of the people in the land'... Luqman said 'O my Sustainer, if I have the discretion, shall decline because IT IS A GREAT TEST/TRUST I don't want to put myself in, but if it is YOUR WILL then I have no choice and SHALL LEAN ON YOUR MERCY TO GUIDE AND KEEP ME AWAY FROM MISTAKES'.

Was asked as to why he chose to decline? He said, The Ruler has the most onerous task at his hands. He is responsible for all the injustices/wrongs committed in the land; if he makes correct decisions and justice prevails ..... He is freed from the hell-fire but if he cannot deliver then the path to Paradise is lost forever .... AND THOSE WHO PREFER THIS WORLD ON WORLD HEREAFTER SHALL NEITHER GET THIS NOR FIND ANYTHING THERE.  

(Some friends insist that write-up should also have Urdu translation)... 

اگلے زمانوں میں ایک شخص تھے، قران انھیں لقمان کے نام سے یاد کرتا ہے۔ وہ نبی نہیں تھے لیکن اللہ کریم نے انھیں سوچنے، سمجھنے کی لا محدود اسطاعت اور بے حد حکمت سے نوازا تھا۔

حضرت عبداللہ ابنِ عمر رضی تعالی عنہ فرماتے ہیں کہ انھوں نے رسولِ پاک صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کو فرماتے سنا کہ لقمان کو کہا گیا کہ اگر وہ چاہیں تو انھیں حکمران بنا دیا جاے ۔  انھوں نے عرض کی "اے رب العالمین اگر تو مجھے عافیت دیتا ہے تو میں اس آزمائش سے بچوں گا لیکن اگر یہ تیرا حکم ہے تو میں حاضر ہوں اور ٓاس صورت میں تیرے کرم پر بھروسہ کرونگا کہ تو مجھے غلطیوں سے بچالے گا"۔

جب ان سے پوچھا گیا کہ انکار کیوں کیا تو انھوں نے فرمایا "حاکم کا کام سب سے زیادہ مشکل ہوتا ہے، اسے تمام مظلوموں کی داد رسی کرنا ہوتی ہے، انصاف کو یقینی بنانا ہوتا ہے اور ہر ظلم و زیادتی کا وہ ذمہ دار ہوتا ہے"۔ 

نجات کا دارومدار صحیح فیصلوں پر ہو گا اور غلط حکمرانی جنت کا راستہ ہمیشہ کے لیے گم کر دیتی ہے۔ جو حکمران اِس دنیا کو اُس دنیا پر فوقیت دے گا، اُسے نہ یہ دنیا ملے گی نہ آخرت میں کوی حصہ ہو گا۔۔  

 

"Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality…. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years."

The one who used to fly, float, sting and sing "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN", has finally floated to the permanence. انا للہِ و انا الیہِ راجعون - Death is 'THE TRUTH' of this universe .... No one can escape. It comes to all, Good and Bad ... But it cannot kill the GOOD .... The GOOD Keeps 'FLOATING LIKE A BUTTERFLY' forever ... The GOOD has this faculty of 'ETERNITY' ... Good is rare ... It takes centuries for it to come around. ... It fights its way, attracts the respect, commands the emotions, conscience, and illuminates the path for generations to come. 

He the legend (Muhammad Ali) was a rarity, a one of a kind, irresistible, charming, showman and one of the greatest sportsmen ever, a philanthropist, a mediator, an ambassador for the downtrodden of the world ... He transcended all boundaries, Creed, Color and Class ... ALWAYS TRUE TO HIMSELF AND HIS CREATOR. 

Nothing deterred him to stand for what he thought was RIGHT .... "I AIN'T NO PROBLEM WITH VIETCONG" ... Jail and stripping away of Belt didn't mean any thing to him... Americans killed Iraqis; still are, yet Iraqis respected him and released the Americas on his appeal ... such was his aura...