مولوی اقبال احمد خان سہیل
ابھی یہ سطریں زیر تحریر تھیں کہ اعظم گڈھ کی نامور اور صاحبِ کمال شخصیت مولوی، اقبال احمد خان صاحب سہیل نے وفات پائی، وہ علامہ شبلی مرحومؒ کے خاص تلامذہ میں تھے، اپنے زمانہ میں نامور علیگ، عربی، فارسی اور اردو تینوں زبانوں کے ماہر تھے، قوتِ حافظہ اور ذہانت و ذکاوت میں بے مثال، اردو کے نکتہ سنج ادیب اور اردو و فارسی کے قادر الکلام شاعر تھے، قصید گوئی اور نعت و منقبت نگاری میں اس زمانہ میں ان کا جواب نہ تھا، ان کا فارسی کلام ایران کے قدیم اساتذہ کے کلام کی ہمسری کرتا تھا، علمی قابلیت کے لحاظ سے غیر معمولی صلاحیتوں کے مالک تھے، مگر وکالت کے پیشہ نے ان کے جوہروں کو چمکنے نہ دیا، اگر وہ کسی علمی شعبہ میں ہوتے تو ہندوستان کے مشاہیر اہل علم میں ان کا شمار ہوتا، دارالمصنفین سے ان کے تعلقات بڑے گوناگوں اور گہرے تھے۔ اﷲ تعالیٰ اس مداح رسول اور منقبت نگار صحابہ کو آخرت کے انعام سے سرفراز فرمائے۔ (شاہ معین الدین ندوی، نومبر ۱۹۵۵ء)
The present paper explores and introduces a manuscript on i‘jaz al-Qur’ān (inimitability of the Qur’ān) named Nūr al- Īqān bi i‘jaz al-Qur’ān written by a profound South Asian Sindhi Scholar, Maulana Muhammad Ismā‘īl al-Ūdvī. The field of i‘jaz al-Qur’ān has been and is the field of interest of many Muslim as well as non-Muslim theologians and scholars. Many Muslim scholars of the Middle East and the West have written books and research papers from third/ninth Century up to present times. The main and significant reason for this is that the doctrine of i‘jaz al- Qur’ān proves the prophecy of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. This paper argues that Shaikh al-Ūdvī is the first South Asian Sindhi Muslim Scholar, who wrote a separate treatise in Arabic on the doctrine of i‘jaz al-Qur’ān, which is not introduced properly in academic circles of the day. In this treatise, al-Ūdvī has advanced some new and original arguments to support the doctrine and the prophecy of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Resettlement is one of the core issues of mega development projects, especially in developing countries. Previous experiences have shown that in Pakistan resettlement has remained one of the highest ranked problems. In this regard, the present study was conducted in the Coal area of district Tharparkar. Using the descriptive survey method, a sample of 290 respondents were personally interviewed. Qualitative as well as quantitative data was analyzed and reported. During the survey of the area and study of secondary sources of information revealed that Thar coal field is spread over 9100 square kilometers. However, the major Thar coal area is limited to 1109 square kilometers, which possesses about 30 billion tons of the coal reserves. Efforts have been made to depict the qualitative and quantitative information of this area with especial reference to human, social, physical, natural and financial capital. The Major conclusion of this study revealed that like other parts of Tharparkar district, Thar coal field area is less densely populated. Rain fed agriculture with livestock is a major source of income, contributing 64% of the total household income. The overwhelming majority (89%) of the households reported goats while 55% possessed the cattle. For transportation and digging water, the donkey was major source, as reported by 93% of the household. Poverty, illiteracy, unemployment is basic issues of the dwellers. Hence, it is one of the assumption that due consideration is invited for developing a resettlement plan of the Thor Coal field area. Despite less income opportunities, local dwellers prefer to stay in their ancestral lands due to natural sceneries of Tharparkar and more peaceful area. Relatively higher growth rate of population (3.13 %) in Tharparkar as compared to growth rate (2.8%) of whole Sindh. Population of Non-Muslims, especially Hindus are relatively higher in Thar coal field areas like Tharparkar district in comparison to other parts of the country where the proportion of Non-Muslims is around 3%. After partition (1947) majority of the Non-Muslims population migrated to other countries especially to India.