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.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

10:04 AM

نہ جانے کہاں گئے وہ دن؟

سلام اور ڈھیروں دعائیں

راضی رہویے (راضی رہنا)۔ ۔ ۔ 

یہ دو الفاظ مظہر ہیں ، سچای،خلوص، خوفِ خدا، باہمی تعلقات کی اہمیت اور بے ساختہ پن کے۔ 

دنوں پہلے شبِ برآت (مساہریاں آلی عید) کی تیاری شروع ہوتی تھی گاوں میں ۔

ادھر پندھرویں کا چاند نکلا ادھر ‘راضی رہویے’ کا سفر شروع ہوا ۔ 

ہر گھر سے ہر گھر میں یہ محبت بھرا پیغام پہنچتا تھا۔

‘مساہرے’ روشن ہوتے تھے شاید یہ اعلان کرنے کے لئے کہ رمضان المبارک آیا ہی چاہتا ہے، 

تیاری کر لو رحمتیں سمیٹنے کی

اوقات بدلو 

عادات بدلو

مسجد میں ‘ستھر’ڈال لو  ۔ ۔ ۔

ڈھڈومنا’ ٹھیک کرا لو، ۔ ۔ ۔

حافظ صاحب کا بندوبست کر لو ۔ ۔ ۔ 

شیرینی ہر گھر میں پکتی بھی تھی، بٹتی بھی تھی، محلے میں، عزیز و اقربا میں اور دوستوں میں بیٹھ کر کھای بھی جاتی تھی ۔ ۔ ۔ 

  پکی روٹی’ کا ورد ہوتا تھا ۔ ۔ ۔ 

عشا کے بعد مسجد میں نوافل اور دعائیں اہتمام سے ہوتی تھیں ۔ ۔ ۔ 

خوشی، سکون اور رحمتیں برستی بھی تھیں اور محسوس بھی ہوتی تھیں ۔ ۔ ۔ 





اب اہتمام بہت ہوتا ہے ۔ ۔ ۔

سوشل میڈیا پر معافیاں مانگی جاتی ہیں اجنبیوں سے ، لیکن اپنوں سے قطع رحمی بہت ہے۔ ۔ ۔

کسی ایک کا لکھا ہو پیغام لاکھوں بار چھپتا ہے، بے جان لگتا ہے ۔ ۔ ۔

 اہتمام ہے احترام نہیں ۔ ۔ ۔ 

نہ بچوں سے شفقت ہے نہ بوڑھوں سے محبت، نہ مرد کا اکرام ہے نہ عورت کا احترام ہے ۔ ۔ ۔



خلوص و محبت کی ضرورت ہے ۔ ۔ ۔

باہمی احترام  ہونا چاہییئے ۔ ۔ ۔

عبادتوں میں خشوع اور ریاضتوں سے رجوع  ضروری ہے ۔ ۔ ۔



اللہ کریم توفیق دے ۔ ۔ ۔ 






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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

1:41 PM

THE EVER-SWIRLING POLITICAL POND OF PAKISTAN ...

Salam and Duaien

What a Sunday it was ... Shows ... The Show Stoppers ... The Talks ... The Walks ... After decades SOMEONE ELSE walked into the Arena at Liaquatabad Karachi ... Mardan moved with the MMA ... Quetta rightly gloomed with a different reason .... But ... IT WAS LAHORE, which stole the Show ... If it was not THE BIGGEST EVER, it was ONE OF THE BIGGEST definitely ... The Jalsas do show THE TRENDS but can hardly be taken as a Barometer ... Sustained hard work, Sincerity of Purpose, Strict Maintenance of Aim and DOOR TO DOOR KNOCK DOES THE THING ... also ... To reach the Summit is one-thing and to DIG IN there another ... 

Super Sunday has unleashed a barrage of ...

Claims ...

Counters ...

Shifts ...

Stands ...

Abuses ... Insults ... Invectives ... Introductions (Self) ...

Shelters  ... Mentors ... Directors ... Moulders ...

Boulders ... Sanctuaries ... Lies ... Intransigence ... 

All in the game ... 

In the years gone by ... rural kids used to play ‘HAIDI HAIDI’ in the mud ponds ... That is exactly what one sees in the political pond ... HEADY HEADY ... MAY THE SENSE PREVAIL ...

Few words for those who want to DO A THING OR TWO FOR POOR MAN’S PAKISTAN ...

“It is not about how hard you CAN HIT. 

It's about HOW HARD you can get it ON THE CHIN and STILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 

That's how WINNING IS DONE. 

if you know WHAT YOU ARE WORTH then GO OUT AND GET what you're WORTH.”

..............

No loss of concentration ... 

No siesta ... No relenting ...

Manifest your MANIFESTO ... 

Black Holes Abound ... You ... Be the Beacon of Light ... 

STEP UP ... YOU CAN




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Saturday, April 28, 2018

2:25 PM

Burglaries - Chicanery - Onions . . .

Salam and Duaien ... 

Budget has arrived ... (Presented by a 'Non-Representative' ... Merits of presentation or pre-poll rigging rigmarole aside, its pity that out of the 'chosen ones' no-one was capable enough to do the job) ... 

Spirit has departed ...

We love, Dramas, Tragedies,  Wheeling Dealing, Spiritual Healing (via short cuts), Fakes, Drakes (which are actually Crows) ... And ... The Worst thing is that we conveniently forget the past ... Persistently mourn and murder the present, always blaming others for the kill ... and have at our disposal 'The Sugar Coated Pills' for the future, (In our next run K2 will all be Gold ... Indus shall be Honey ... Vote us in Bunnies) ...  

Strange that people who Rule 'Here' ... are ... Servants 'There' ...

Our 'Destiny Shapers' indulge in all acts for which they abhor others ... Bending the Rules ... Denting the Statutes ... Desecrating the Institutions ... Donkey (Horse is too respectable) Trading ... Laundering ... Squandering, Squeaking and Screaming etc etc ...


WE ARE NEVER DONE ... NEVER SATISFIED ... Looking for escapes ... landing in ditches ... getting up and DOING THE THINGS ALL OVER AGAIN ... And DO ultimately  for what our initial response always is 'NO WAY' .

Let us enjoy the following folklore:-
There is a legend in Punjab, about a thief who broke into a farm and stole two hundred onions. Before he could make his escape, he was caught by the farmer and led before the judge.
The thief was sentenced to pay ten gold pieces. 
He prayed that the fine was too high, so the judge offered him two alternatives ... To be whipped twenty times, or eat the two hundred onions. 
The thief chose to eat the two hundred onions. 
When he had eaten twenty-five, his eyes were already filled with tears, and his stomach was burning up like the fires of hell. 
Since there were still 175 to go, and he knew he would never bear this punishment, he begged to be whipped. 
The judge agreed. But when the whip tore into his back for the tenth time, he implored for the punishment to be stopped, for he could not stand the pain. 
His wish was granted, but the thief still had to pay the ten pieces of gold.
Moral

Had the thief accepted the fine, he would have avoided eating the onions and wouldn’t have suffered whipping ...
But he preferred the more difficult path, not understanding that, when one has done wrong, it is better to pay up quickly and forget the matter.







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Thursday, April 26, 2018

1:43 PM

STRANGE ... BUT ... سچ

Salam and Duaien ...


paradoxically (Paradox is a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true), a friend; very sincere, is in a deep emotional and spiritual devotion to two different personalities ... poles apart in the literal sense of the word ... in everything they do, look and stand for ...

He loves everything about his two heroes (hates everything around them) ... Despite innumerable warnings and counselling that the 'Sale in Two Boats' will one day drown him .... HIS VOYAGE CONTINUES ... He can do anything, literally anything including putting his neck in the noose, to bring them together and to see them victorious in whatever pursuits they march for ...

It is second time that he has become THE SUBJECT of my Blog because I want him to pursue the exclusive noble cause he works for leaving the TWO KNIGHTS alone ... BUT HE DOESN'T BUDGE ... Keeps thinking, conniving, concocting, directing, acting and implementing ...

I (probably) now understand his position ... IT IS THE LOVE (of Self implemented through others) :-
 Love is a state of being. It is not an emotion or response. 
You cannot create Love, but you can experience it, and when you do, it envelopes you. 
You cannot love one person or one thing more than another. 
Love makes all things precious, including you. 
It eliminates all constraints. 
Love is without limits, conditions, judgments, and hidden agendas.


Dedicated to ....... you can do that on my behalf, son .... 






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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

1:13 PM

بتوں سے تجھ کو اُمیدیں ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔

سلام اور ڈھیروں دعائیں

دوستو کل ایک کالم نظر سے گذرا تو  یاد آیا ’وہ گذرا زمانہ بچپن کا‘۔ بڑے بزرگ رات ہوتے ہی کہانیاں سناتے تھے اور اُن میں اکثر شاہزادے کا مقابلہ خوفناک دیو سے ہوتا تھا۔ عامل شہزادے کو بتلاتے تھے کہ  دیو کو مارنا ’مشکل ہی نہیں، ناممکن ہے‘ بجز ایک داو کے کہ اُس دیو کی جان ایک طوطے میں ہے اور وہ طوطا کسی ٹاہلی کی کھوہ میں رہتا ہے ۔ ۔ ۔ بس  ’یادوں کی بارات‘ اتنی ہی ، اب آپ کالم پڑھیئے:۔

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اس کالم سے ہٹ کر اپنے ایک بڑے (جنرل غلام مصطفے) سے ایک خوب صورت شاعرانہ انتخاب موصول ہوا، ایسے لگا جیسے اوپر والے کالم کی روئداد ہو لیکن آخری دو رباعیاں دو دفعہ ضرور پڑھیے گا ۔ ۔ ۔اِن میں جواب ہے اور لاجواب ہے:۔

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ﺟﻮ ﻣﺎﻟﮏ ﮐﻞ ﺟﮩﺎﻥ ﮐﺎ ﮨﮯ








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Monday, April 23, 2018

10:34 PM

PRETENCE - THRIFT and THEFT ... ریا کاری ۔ سوداگری اور چوری ۔ ۔ ۔

Salam and Duaien . . .


Friends, the story being shared looks out of place, odd and unreal, because as Allama had exclaimed:

 سلطانی بھی عیاری ہے، درویشی بھی عیاری

بازار لگا ہے:۔

کرامات بکتی ہیں

خرافات بکتی ہیں

جھوٹ ڈنکے کی چوٹ پر بولا جاتا ہے

چوروں کو، عیاروں کو، غد اروں کو سونے میں تولا جاتا ہے

میرا جسم میری مرضی ہے

میرا ایمان خود غرضی ہے

ذہنی اور روحانی بیمار دوسروں کو ’شفا‘ دیتے ہیں

قابلِ دوا اور دعا دکان سجا کے تعویذ و دعا دیتے ہیں

حرام و حلال کی تمیز دفن ہوئ

غریب کی آخرت بے گور و کفن ہوئ

چار سُو ’سب کچھ فروشی‘  و ریاکاری ہے

زندگی انسانیت پہ بہت بھاری ہے


Yet share I must ... Maybe people like THE MAN of the story existed ... Maybe its the figment of the imagination ... Maybe it is TRUE ... Leaving aside all the maybes, the story has definite moral ... KEEP DOING GOOD ... ABHOR PRETENCES ... REWARD or AWARD IS ALWAYS INBUILT ... AND ’غیرت اللہ کریم کو پسند ہے‘.

The Story goes:-

Many years ago, there lived A MAN who was capable of LOVING and FORGIVING everyone he came across. Because of this, God sent an angel to talk to him; 
‘God asked me to come and visit you and tell you that HE wishes to reward you for your goodness,’ said the angel. ‘YOU MAY HAVE ANY GIFT YOU WISH FOR. Would you like the gift of healing?’ 
‘CERTAINLY NOT,’ said the man. ‘I would prefer God to choose those who should be healed.’  
‘And what about leading sinners back to the path of Truth?’ 
‘That’s a job for angels like you. I DON'T WANT TO BE VENERATED BY ANYONE OR TO SERVE AS A PERMANENT EXAMPLE.’ 
‘Look, I can’t go back to Heaven without having given you a miracle. If you don’t choose, I’ll have to choose one for you.’ Said the Angel ...
The man thought for a moment and then said:
‘All right, I WOULD LIKE GOOD TO BE DONE THROUGH ME, BUT WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING, NOT EVEN ME, IN CASE I SHOULD COMMIT THE SIN OF VANITY.’ 
So the angel arranged for the man’s shadow to have the power of healing, but only when the sun was shining on the man’s face. In this way, wherever he went, the sick were healed, the earth grew fertile again, and sad people rediscovered happiness.
The man traveled the Earth for many years, oblivious of the miracles he was working because when he was facing the sun, his shadow was always behind him. In this way, he was able to live and die unaware of his own holiness.

Maybe THERE ARE ... SOMEWHERE ... Love to meet one if ...




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Friday, April 20, 2018

11:37 PM

LIFE ... A UNIQUE PHENOMENON !

Salam and Duaien ...

Friends; Life is a one way journey with an exclusive 'Mile Stone' for each of us, on the path somewhere we don't know ... where this journey comes to a HALT ... Irreversible ... 

Today I travelled out of the town to offer my condolences to a family, which suffered a ... PERMANENT LOSS OF A 17 YEARS OLD ... A young man who had gone out for his Morning Prayers, from there to Gym, from there to Football Field ... Onwards to a Hospital in a state of deep coma as just after the game he had collapsed, never to recover again.

Few days back I saw him in the ICU of the Hospital, motionless, unconscious and wired. People there told me 'His Vitals' were good ... He shall wake up ... and ... Then I got the tragic news few days after ... HE HAD GONE ...

As I sat with his mother ... ALL PAIN ... Piercing the Present ... Reminiscing about the days gone back ... Breaking down ... Tears rolling down her cheeks ... Asking WHY ... WHY ... There were no answers except انا للہ و انا الیہ راجعون and واستعینو بالصبر والاصلاة ... and repeated emphasis on Patience and Gratitude to THE ONE (SWT) who is the sole OWNER of Life and Death. 

There were many hypothesis like ... Drugs (ruled out unanimously), Trainer devoid Gym, Lack of proper Warm-Up and Cool-Down before and after the Exercise and Game ... Unhygienic and Unhealthy Food ... So many; but nothing definite ...

It was extremely painful ... May Allah Karim's Mercy be on the bereaved family ... and May nothing unforeseen and tragic ever happen to anyone ...

There are take-aways ... 
CIVIC VIGILANCE ...
We all must Live and Love the Unique Phenomenon ... 'Life' ...
We must love children ... ALL ... keeping an eye on them/guiding them ...
Games, Exercise and other activities ... NO ACCESSES ... 
Gyms and Games under supervision ... 
NO DRUGS ...

MAY WE ALL LIVE THE LITTLE MOMENTS WITH LOVE AND LIGHT ... CAUSE ... ALL THESE LITTLE MOMENTS BECOME VERY BIG ULTIMATELY ... 

May we all be Patient and Grateful to ALLAH KARIM in Good Times and Adversity alike ... HE (SWT) LOVES US ALL ... (Don't know whether these words from Khalil Gibran are relevant or not) ... 

You are the bows from which your children 
as living arrows are sent forth. 
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, 
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far. 
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; 
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, 
so He loves also the bow that is stable.



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