Six Lectures, on the Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
یہ اقبال کے سات خطبات کا مجموعہ ہے۔ تین خطبے اقبال نے مدراس میں دیے، تین علی
گڑھ میں دیے اور ایک لندن میں دیا۔ سید نذیر نیازی نے اس کا اردو ترجمہ کیا جو ء 1958 ء میں بزم اقبال لاہور سے شائع ہوا۔ اس سے پہلے لاہور اور لندن سے انگریزی میں یہ خطبات شائع ہو چکے تھے۔ پاکستان اور ہندوستان میں اردو زبان میں ان خطبات کے کئی تراجم ہو چکے ہیں۔ ان خطبات پر ہر دور میں تحقیقی وتخلیقی کام ہوتا رہا ہے۔ اب بھی ان پر بحث جاری ہے۔ خطبات کے دیباچے کو بہت اہمیت حاصل ہے جس میں اقبال نے کہا ہے کہ:
”فلسفیانہ غور وفکر میں قطعیت کوئی چیز نہیں۔ جیسے جیسے جہاں علم میں ہمارا قدم
آگے بڑھتا ہے اور فکر کے لیے نئے نئے راستے کھل جاتے ہیں، کتنے ہی اور ،
اور شاید ان نظریوں سے جو ان خطبات میں پیش کیے گئے ہیں، زیادہ بہتر
نظریے ہمارے سامنے آتے جائیں گے۔ ہمارا فرض بہر حال یہ ہے کہ فکر انسانی
کے نشود نما پر بہ ا حتیاط نظر رکھیں اور اس باب میں آزادی کے ساتھ نقد و تنقید
سے کام لیتے رہیں “ (16)
اس طرح خطبات پر تحقیق و تنقید بھی ہوئی مگر اس سے نئے موضوعات بھی سامنے آئے۔ پروفیسر عبد الحق نے اقبال کے علمی افکار اور فکری مباحث کی تفہیم کے لیے اس کتاب کے مطالعہ کو اہم قرار دیا ہے۔
To juxtapose various components in one issue or various issues, and to adopt various jurists’ points of views is called “Talfiq.” In the present radical age of science and technology, each and every social faculty is being radicalized particularly in finance; there are certain complications in the monetary systems of various countries. In this scenario, to concentrate on one school of thought and deduce the solution of these financial issues has now become impossible. That is why, Majlis-e-Shar’ii concentrate on “Talfiq between different school of thoughts”, where various parallel issues are solved. The Majlis has prepared a sharia standard where practicable and beneficial financial issues are elaborated. The jurists have elaborated various principles of “Bae-e-Salam”, and presented various relevant issues taking the insight from various scholars of Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi and Hambli schools of thoughts and focused on “Talfiq”. The present research paper the decrees related to Talfiq will be explored, where the jurists have adopted it. Whether it is allowed or prohibited. If it is allowed, to what extent?
Pakistan is a country blessed with a long coastline, a potentially resource rich EEZ and continental shelf. The country is strategically located at the cross-roads of Central Asia, South Asia, Middle East and China, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. However, despite all the ingredients of a maritime power, Pakistan’s maritime sector has remained neglected. The mercantile sector has declined since the 70s; ship building and ship breaking industries are in poor state. Fishing, that provides sustenance to a large coastal population, has failed to keep pace with modernization. There has been no progress in the offshore exploration, and the country lacks capability to explore and exploit seabed resources. Throughout its existence, Pakistan has depended entirely on a single port complex for economic and security purposes. Realizing the importance of additional/ alternative ports the country decided to build two ports on the thus far neglected Makran coast- a naval port at Ormara and a commercial port at Gwadar. Gwadar, a natural deep water port, is conceived as a regional hub port, providing transit access to Central Asia, Russia and China, and lending trans-shipment facilities to regional ports. However, due to its strategic location astride the energy jugular of the world, it has raised many an eyebrows. In Pakistan’s perspective Gwadar is extremely important from security as well as economic point of view. For a country like Pakistan with such a vast coast and geo-strategic location, it is imperative to have a vibrant and effective maritime strategy, to benefit from its maritime potential. Pakistan needs to revamp its maritime sector and Gwadar is just the right catalyst to provide the foundation, as well as the stimulus. With right planning and execution, the port should help strengthen all the elements of maritime power and contribute significantly in national security and prosperity.