عقیدہ آخرت یا ایمان بالآخرة ارکانِ ایمان کا سے ایک رکن ہے اور اس سے انکار کفر ہےموت ایک اٹل حقیقت ہے جسے زندگی ملی اسے موت سے بھی دوچار ہونا پڑے گا۔
ارشاد ربانی ہے:
"كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَاىِٕقَۃُ الْمَوْتِ۰ۭ وَاِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ اُجُوْرَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَۃِ"۔[[1]]
"ہر جان موت کو چکھنے والی ہےاور قیامت کے دن تم اپنے پورے پورے بدلے دیئے جاؤ گے"۔
اس آیت میں اللہ تعالٰی نے فرما دیا ہے کہ جو زندگی تم اس فانی دنیا میں گزارو گے اپنے اعمال کے مطابق سزا یا جزا پاؤ گے اور کسی پر ذرہ برابر بھی ظلم نہ کیا جائے گا۔
حافظ مبشر حسین تحریر فرماتے ہیں:
"جو لوگ یہ سمجھتے ہیں کہ انسان اور یہ کائنات حادثاتی طور پر خودبخود پیدا ہوگئ تھی موت کے بارے میں بھی ان کی یہی سوچ ہے کہ یہ سب خودبخود فنا ہو جائے گا۔لیکن اسلام ہمیں بتاتا ہے کہ اس کائنات کا ایک خالق و مالک ہے جس نے خاص مقصد کے تحت اس کائنات اور اس میں بسنے والوں کو وجود بخشا ہے اسی کے حکم سے انسان پیدا ہوتا ہے اور اسی کے حکم سے مرتا ہے انسان کو پیدا کرنے کا مقصد یہ ہے کہ انسان اپنے پیدا کرنے والے کی عبادت کرے اور اسی کے حکم کے مطابق زندگی بسر کرے گویا زندگی انسان کے لیے مہلت ہےاس مہلت سے فائدہ اٹھاتے ہوئے اگلی زندگی کی بہتری کی کوشش کی تو وہ کامیاب اور اگر اس مہلت سے فائدہ نہ اٹھا سکا تو اگلی زندگی میں بھی نقصان اٹھانے والوں کی صف میں ہوگا"۔[[2]]
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It is an admitted fact that Islam is “Universal Din” and a complete code of life. Its universality and conciseness is proved from Quran itself. Quran identifies the universality and surmounts it upon all over other Ady┐n and says, “And He sends his messenger along with righteousness and fait Din-e- ╓aq, so that surpass it upon other Dins, though it will be unpleasant for the polytheists”. The Holy verses shows and argues that Dine- Islam is a superior to all other Dins, it may be through love, arguments, conclusiveness or through state and governed on its completion Quran says, “Today I completed your “Din” for you along with all the blessings and liked Islam as a Din for you”. In a nutshell, the above two mentioned the Holy verses indicate clearly the universality and comprehensiveness, because the “Din” which will be superior and must be universal and precise. Islam is the only religion which is beneficial for all mankind in each and every aspect. Its universality is declared that it is a surety for mankind prosperity. Allah says in His Holy Book, “The Holy Quran” that do justice as it is more nearer to piousness. Allah has described “Justice twenty six times His Holy Book and it is also among one of His qualities. All these show the importance of justice.
Phytoremediation is a cost-effective and environment-friendly technology that uses plants to clean up environment from different types of pollutants including heavy metals. The technology is now established in the temperate regions and industrialized countries, however its use in the tropics and developing countries is very limited. The aim of the present study was to evaluate growth and phytoremediation potential of some crop plants for Cadmium (Cd), Copper (Cu) and Nickel (Ni). The crop cultivars of three major crops Zea mays L. (H-919, Rifhan-2995, Vaxy), Helianthus annuus L. (Hysun-33, Hysun-38, NK-278) and Triticum aestivum L. (Bhakar-02, Fareed-06, Inqlab-91, Sahar-06 and Shafaq-06) were exposed to varying concentrations of metals i.e., 0, 25, 50 and 100mg kg-1 of soil. The experiments were conducted in pots placed in a wire netting green house at the Botanic Gardens, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan in a Complete Randomized manner. The growth potential was evaluated using morphological and biochemical attributes as predictors while phytoremediation potential was appraised through metal accumulation and uptake by below and above ground plant tissues. The results for morphological attributes clearly depicted reduction in biomass of root and shoot, plant height and leaf area. The crop cultivars also exhibited a decline in photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, b and total). However, leaf carotenoids showed a marked increase in response to Nickel levels in Z. mays and H. annuus cultivars. The metal contents increased in a dose dependent manner consistently in both roots and shoots but metal accumulation was more profound in roots than shoots of the plants. The results suggested that presence of cadmium, copper and nickel in the growth medium had caused a major reduction in all parameters studied for three crops and their cultivars responded differentially to heavy metals. Moreover, accumulation of metals in roots and its subsequent translocation to shoots also indicated potential of crops to extract metal contents from the soil without influencing their early establishment. A cultivar of Carthamus tinctorius L. (US- 10) was used as model cultivar to reveal antioxidant potential of crops to heavy metal stress that depicted a drastic increase in catalase (CAT), super oxidase dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) levels. As far as activity of antioxidant enzymes (catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase) is concerned it became evident that oxidative defense strategy to mitigate toxic effects of metals is present in the species. The performance of the species appeared in an order maize>sunflower>wheat. However among the cultivars of three crops Vaxy for maize, Hysun-33 for sunflower and Shafaq-06 for wheat showed a better threshold for metal toxicity. Nevertheless, intraspecific response also varied widely and no consistency can be ascertained for attributes, metals, levels, crops and cultivars except for maize which can be a crop of choice for metal contaminated soil. The study further necessitated to address insights of the molecular mechanisms that exist in juvenile plants because only tolerant juveniles are able to produce tolerant adults and vegetative success always leads to reproductive success. Moreover, the inter and intraspecific responses of crop plants thus can provide useful information for the economic utilization of metal contaminated sites as well as their exploitation for phytoremediation technologies without affecting their growth potential and early establishment.