برکتوں سے بھرا ہے سفر نعت کا
رُوح پر ہو رہا ہے اثر نعت کا
لفظ آتا ہے تو اِذن ِ سرکارؐ سے
ایک اک لفظ ہے معتبر نعت کا
راہِ مضمون ِ تازہ کہاں بند ہے
تا قیامت کُھلا ہے یہ در نعت کا
دشتِ شعر و سخن کی کڑی دُھوپ میں
سایہ دیتا رہے گا شجر نعت کا
شاخِ معنی ہوئی بارور، آگیا
برگ و بار ثنا اور ثمر نعت کا
اِ س پہ ابلیس کا آنا جانا نہیں
راستہ ہے سدا بے خطر نعت کا
اکتساب اِس میں ذرّہ برابر نہیں
ہے سراسر عطا یہ ہنر نعت کا
حاضری ہو کبھی روضئہ پاک پر
لے کے دیوان یہ مختصر نعت کا
In the modern warfare, intelligence plays a pivotal role, and is, therefore, considered an essential part of defense strategy in all countries. In the Islamic defense system, intelligence has been an important tool right from the days of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ). This paper aims at explaining the importance of intelligence for the defense of an Islamic State according to the teachings of Islam. The word intelligence in this paper has been used in the military sense. The scope of this paper is limited to the Holy Quran, Hadith and prominent events of the Hijrah, battles of Badr, Uhud, Trench and consequent of Makkah. Intelligence is considered the most important tool of war in modern times. No army can fight without it. Getting information about enemy’s plans, assets and movement (ops intelligence) and safeguarding own information; morale and loyalty of the troops (counter intelligence) are its two main aspects. An overview of the Holy Quran, Hadith and life of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) reveals that both there aspects of intelligence have been given due importance in Islam.
During the early years of human development, love, care, attention and education are basic needs (Layzer & Goodson, 2006). This early education of young children also includes the role of play as a vital component of their learning. The curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Development (2007) also stresses upon the importance of play as part of the daily curricula and in co-curricular activities. It is also observed that this process of learning is more effective when children perform associatively. However in the early years play can be used in various forms in order to facilitate the learning of different concepts. Therefore, it is important to recognize the significance of associative play in early years education and development. This study has explored early childhood teachers' perceptions and practices about associative play to support young children's cognitive development. For this purpose the study was carried out with 3-4 years children in a private school of Karachi. Further, the study also looked at the early years teachers role on promoting associative play as a part of teaching learning process. The study also highlights the role and responsibilities of teachers on how to integrate associative play in their daily lessons plans. To carry out the study, qualitative exploratory method was applied which included in-depth observations of teachers practicing associative play in their own classrooms. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted to further explore teachers' perceptions about associative play and its integration in curricular and co-curricular activities. The findings suggest that playing with peers enabled children learn more effectively and contributed to the different domains of cognitive development including enhancing their language skills, their imagination and their problem solving ability. Moreover, both the participants highlighted upon the role of ECD teachers in integrating associative play in their teaching pedagogies that could lead towards the efficacy in student learning outcomes. The study recommended that it is important to plan such activities in which associative play can caters the cognitive needs of early years children (3-4 years). Thus this study suggests that novice teachers should be trained well in order to integrate the process of play and teaching more efficiently.