حرص و ہوس کا زہر نکل جائے دل سے کاش !
ہو جائے ختم چٹکی میں فکر ۔ غم۔ معاش
کندھوں سے اپنے بوجھ اتار اس کی یاد کا
کب تک اٹھا کے پھرتے رہو گے یہ مردہ لاش
اے عشق ! تیرے حوصلے کی داد شرط ہے
پہلو میں حسن تھا مگر آئے نہ دی خراش
تنہائی کا شکار تھا وہ شخص اس قدر
میلے کی بھیڑ میں جسے اپنی رہی تلاش
پھر یوں ہوا کہ نیند ہی آنکھوں سے اڑ گئی
یہ کس نے کر دیے ہیں مرے خواب پاش پاش
زیر ۔ زمین کوئی رگڑتا ہے ایڑیاں
پیدا بلا جواز نہیں ہوتا ارتعاش
کانوں میں تیل ڈال کے سویا نظام عدل
پیدا ہوئے ہیں چوک چوراہے میں بد معاش
شاہد ! پرائے بت پہ نہیں لازم انحصار
بہتر ہے اپنے ہاتھ سے تو اپنا بت تراش
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Dr. Najeeb Al-Kailani is considered one of the most famous writers who enrithed the library of Islamic Literature. He has written around forty novels, seven collections of short stories, three dramas, and fives Diwans, apart from the many critical studies in the field of Islamic Literature. It is not possible to ignore the status of AI-Kailani and his eminence in the field which he has tackled. The novels which he has produced revolve round several points: >_ In his early novels he presented different aspects of the real life in Egypt. His work also include the novels which picturize the problems of the Muslims outside the Arab World, like Central Asian States, China, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Nigeria. They also deal with the contemporary issues related to Muslims like the reformation of the society, bringing out the disturbances with all its shapes and its remedy by inviting the people with good means and Islamic values. X. r. i. They deal with Islamic History and Seerah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his guided Caliphs
Women empowerment is a key issue for the development process of countries around the globe for which policy makers strive to attain sustainable position In this context, Microcredit has proved as an effective strategy for women to gain empowerment. This study has explored women’s experiences with microcredit facility for this very purpose. While there is a mutual understanding and general consensus on closer nexus between women empowerment and microcredit, women feel disempowered due to a variety of reasons such as lack of financial resources, being a member of patriarchal society, misinterpreted religious concepts about their role and position in the society, and cultural restraints. However, microcredit is globally promoted as a “miracle cure” for the financially weak segment of the society, especially women who experience difficulties in credit access. This research delineated the experience of women about their economic, social, political, and familial empowerment; familial empowerment representing the overall household well-being of the participant. The study is qualitative in nature and conducted by using abductive approach under the philosophy of hermeneutics with feminism. This approach allows the existence of multiple subjective perceptions, interpretation and construction of knowledge from the perspective of women. This methodology along with the hermeneutic phenomenological philosophy is not only based on the analysis of composite description of the experiences lived by the participant but it also concerns the construction of meaning and accomplishing the sense of understanding of participant experiences with the empowerment phenomenon. The participants are women, who have availed microcredit from microfinance institutions (MFIs) and microfinance banks (MFBs) and have a year of experience of utilizing it. The data was collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews, reflective notes by observation and interviews that had been stopped at saturation level. Eighty two women were interviewed for this purpose, selected through purposive multivariate-sampling. Through interpretive phenomenological analysis, that are idiographic and nomothetic analysis, the experiences of women were analysed.Twenty gleaned themes emerged through the process of idiographic and nomothetic analysis. The transcripts were analysed by keeping in view the hermeneutic circle along with the reflexivity. The interpretations of women experiences indicate that microcredit strengthens women in all dimensions except in the political and legal sphere, and they play a more influential role when they are provided with autonomous access to microcredit, support from male family members and facilities from MFIs. Familial empowerment is realized and shared by most women as they had shared their children’s education, nutrition and health facilities. In short, their household’s well-being has increased and economic empowerment is also felt by them however, empowerment in social and cultural context is negligible. The multidimensional women’s stability contributes in recognizing their self-efficacy and alleviating feminization of poverty. Women associate financial stability, self-earnings and happiness within the household with the word empowerment. This research is significant for the microfinance practitioners to design policies for promoting women empowerment according to the sub-cultural and social needs. MFIs must facilitate their women clients with trainings and efficient supervision.