براؤن، ایڈورڈ
علمی دنیا میں نئے سال کا سب سے افسوس ناک سانحہ مشہور انگریز مستشرق پروفیسر ایڈورڈ جی براؤن کی وفات ہے، موصوف نے اس مہینہ کے آغاز میں غالباً ساٹھ پینسٹھ سال کی تخمینی عمر میں انتقال کیا، وہ پہلے کیمبرج میں فارسی کے لکچرر تھے، پھر ۱۹۰۲ء میں وہ عربی کے پروفیسر مقرر ہوئے، انھوں نے طب کی تعلیم بھی حاصل کی تھی، عربی میں وہ پروفیسر پامر کے شاگرد تھے، ان کی سب سے جامع، مسبوط اور مشہور تصنیف لٹریری ہسٹری آف پرشیا کی ضخیم جلدیں ہیں، موصوف نہ صرف علمی حیثیت سے بلکہ ایک بے تعصب عالم، ایک ہمدرد مشرق اور ایک شریف انسان ہونے کے لحاظ سے بھی نہایت بلند درجہ تھے، قومی تنگ ظرفی اور مذہبی عصبیت سے وہ قطعاً مبرا تھے، ان آنکھوں کو یہ عزت حاصل ہے کہ انھوں نے مرنے والے کی زیارت کی تھی، آئندہ معارف میں ان کے کچھ حالات سپرد قلم ہوں گے، ہندوستان میں ان کو ہم سے بہتر جاننے والے اشخاص بلکہ ان کے شاگرد موجود ہیں، کیا بہتر ہو اگر ان میں سے کوئی صاحب ہماری مدد فرمائیں اور براؤن پر ایک عمدہ مضمون لکھ کر عنایت فرمائیں اور اگر احباب پسند کریں تو معارف کا ایک نمبر صرف براؤن پر شائع کیا جائے کہ ان کے احسانات کا یہ ادنیٰ ترین معاوضہ ہے۔ (سید سليمان ندوی، جنوری ۱۹۲۶ء)
Islam is the religion of peace and love for the humanity. It always ordered to his followers to treat other with kind and tolerance. The Holy prophet always proved himself the prophet of mercy as the Holy Quran Said, but we sent you as a mercy to the worlds. Islam spread through politeness. In Subcontinent the advent of Islam is a great achievement of the noble saints and sufis. D۔G Khan which was a purely Hindu area in the past and the several sufis came to this part of Punjab in the initial stage of Islam. They played glorious role in the advent of Islam in the region. Sufism is a deter-mine effort towards unity. His main purpose is to bring humanity close with one another, separated as it is into so many different units, closer together in the deeper understanding of life. The main task is to bring about brotherhood among races, nations and faiths and to respect one another's faith, scripture and teacher. Sufi is to confer Sympathy on these lives, to impart Love, Compassion and Kindhearted-ness on all creations. The Sufi message is the resonance of the same Divine message which has always come and will always come to inform humanity. This research paper highlights the services of sufis who influenced on socio religious life of the people of D۔G Khan.
This study investigates the process of community engagement in the school development. The study has been conducted in one of the private school in the rural area of Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The purpose was to explore the views, motivating factors, strategies, contributions and challenges of community engagement in the school development (CESD). Two community members, three members of school management committee (SMC), Head teacher and two class teachers and two group of students’ in which five female students in each group were the research participants. With qualitative lens the data were collected by interviewing, document analysis, and observation followed by focus group discussions with the students of class ninth and tenth. The data were analyzed though framework analysis to explore the similarities and differences of the views, level of contribution and strategies of the participants about the CESD. The findings of the study indicate that the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are the reasons of community engagement in the school academic, financial activities, infrastructure, policy implementation, and inside school decision making. The findings also indicates that community is contributing in school development as a donor, motivator, SMC, VEC, as a parent, impartial invigilator and guest speakers. This study also, discusses the gaps and challenges in the CESD activities in the Shaheen School. The study concludes that motivation and inspirations are rooted in religious affiliation of the community with school, welcoming environment due to quality teachers and contribution on self-help basis. The level of contribution and engagement of the community have also been discussed with reference the literature. The challenges of CESD in Shaheen School are rooted in economic conditions of the people, misunderstanding of socio-cultural and religious aspects of school development activities. Finally, the study presents the recommendations to the school administration to arrange the systematic awareness programs to effectively engage the community in decision making, policy formulation, co-curricular activities, financial co-operation and other school development activities.