Ark-e-Gulab
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Culture, Religion and the Modern Muslim Man
The rising influence of the Western ways, visible through minuscule injections in our society of foreign conceptions like materialism, skepticism, modernism, feminism, agnosticism, invariably ending in atheism, hedonism and nihilism, has to be seen as a common Muslim’s revenge on the conception of religion and culture amongst us which has, in many ways, moved away from the realities of life. When hurdles are placed in the path of the natural conception of life, a conception of the life in line with fitrah, life rebels, seeks revenge. When the natural desires and legitimate endeavors of man are suppressed, his nature puts up a resistance that invariably ends up in defiance. This…
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Be chamha aabi zam zam
Be chamha aabi zam zam,Khudayo kar milem sarr. Satisar gomut chu khaeli,Khabar kott gayi sa Jehlam,Chu na kahn, cze nish mye niyham,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Phyeran chus bathen te baalan,Kaeczan chus Majnu ti basan,Czei zaanekh, chumm mye kya ghamm,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Wadan chus subhas te shaamas,Gomut kya chum yi paanas,Chus pyaran, kar mye milhyem,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Gamecz zann ghar-vujhedi,Katyo chukh, cham bekareri,Yitam, chukh czei mye malham,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Romut chus, chamm ne kahn wath,Pakaan chus chaani baapath,Wath haawtamm, kya gasi kamm,Be chamha aabi zam zam. Khudayo kar milem sarr,Be chamha aabi zam zam. بہٕ چَمہا آبِ زَمزَمخۄدایو کَر مِلؠم سَر سٔتی سَر گوٚمُت…
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Prophet Muhammad (saw) in the Qur’an
“Proclaim! In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, who created – created man, out of a leech-like clot. Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful, – He who taught (the use of) Pen, – Taught man that which he knew not.” – Qur’an, Iqraa (Alaq) 1-5 With these words started what would become a source of guidance for millions of people around the world. The declaration or proclamation of which was to be done ”in the name of God” – the Creator. It wasn’t for any personal benefits to the Prophet (saw) who would soon suffer persecution, sorrow, and suffering. No, he was not seized with madness (7:184) nor…
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Proclaim! All of you who care, Proclaim!
Proclaim! You the reader, Proclaim! “In what capacity do I proclaim? In whose name do I proclaim?” “Proclaim, in the name of your Lord who created man from (what you could never imagine it could be made from. A thing nothing in its essence, then what is it that fills you with arrogance.)” “Proclaim, the fact that your Lord is the most Bounteous (for it is he who has given all that he has given to anyone who has anything. There is nothing to be proud about).” Proclaim! You who has lost courage, Proclaim! “What do I tell them who it is that taught me what to proclaim?” “(Proclaim that…
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Kaashif and Baatin on Love
What does it mean to say that if there is a tinge of attachment it is not real Love? Kaashif Real Love is selfless. There is no attachment, you don’t need the person anymore. Baatin How can “no attachment” be possible? Kaashif At the “real” level of Love, you are not attached to the person but the person’s “being”. And that is how “no attachment” is possible. Baatin Separation from the beloved shouldn’t hurt then. Kaashif The “being” of the person never goes. The beloved always “is” once she “has been”, she cannot “not be”, for a person who has “been” will always “be”, he can never “not be”. Baatin…
