"THE LOST DREAM" - 25th December, 1876
A great man was born on 25th
December, 1876 who steered the fate of the Muslims of sub-continent that were
under colonial rule to a new destination. His selfless dedication and
brilliance gave us an independent homeland, Pakistan. But 67 years later are we
really independent? Do we really know the meaning of freedom? Did we do any
justice to the dream of Mohammad Ali Jinnah (ra) and Allama Muhammad Iqbal
(ra)?
We fear USA more than we
fear ALLAH. The Only Superpower and Sustainer is ALLAH Almighty and we need to
submit to Him alone. Leaders like Musharraff, Zardari and Nawaz Sharif could
have ended Pakistan's alliance with USA for a new beginning in Pakistan after the
latter's continuing invading spree against Muslim lands following 9/11. Remember
Imam Hussain (ra)? - he preferred to die with his family rather than submitting
to the evil ruler. Musharraff preferred to let USA use Pakistan's air-bases to
bomb Afghanistan to kill our own Muslims from the Ummah and also manipulated
our forces to create havoc in the North of Pakistan in 2003. PAKISTAN FIRST it was but we sold our
souls to the devils. The story begins much earlier than LAAL MASJID. Those who
don't learn from history are apt to repeat it!
There is a difference
between "Nationalism" and "Patriotism". The former has no
place in Islam. Careless words and attitudes accompanied with narcissism &
self-glorification in these times by "some activists" who could be
more rightly categorized as demagogues might lead us further to bloodshed,
sectarian-hate, civil-war and division (ALLAH forbid) of the land of the pure,
Madinah-e-Saani, the last fort of Islam. There is a way to say things without
causing undue damage and hatred.
Some quotations of the
Quaid are given for some soul-searching on his birth anniversary. His name had
both “Muhammad” and “Ali”. According to a Sufi Saint of Pakistan, Pakistan has
been created by Muhammad (SallAllahu Alaihi Wa-Alaihi Wassallam) and Ali (ra)
(in a spiritual context). SubhanALLAH !!
!
- S Roman Ahsan.
MOHAMMAD ALI JINNAH -
SOME QUOTATIONS
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Expect the best, prepare for the worst.
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Failure is a word unknown to me.
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Come forward as servants of Islam, organise
the people economically, socially, educationally and politically and I am sure
that you will be a power that will be accepted by everybody.
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Islam expects every Muslim to do his duty,
and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify
ourselves worthy of a glorious past.
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My message to you all is of hope, courage
and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized
way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and
discipline worthy of a great nation.
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Our object should be peace within, and peace
without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations
with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large.
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Pakistan not only means freedom and
independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come
to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope others will share with
us.
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That freedom can never be attained by a
nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent
tragic happenings in this subcontinent.
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Think 100 times before you take a decision,
But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.
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We should have a State in which we could
live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own
lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find
free play.
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With faith, discipline and selfless devotion
to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
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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.
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