کوئی طبیب ہی ایسا نہ چارہ گر کوئی
کرے ہمارا مداوائے چشمِ تر کوئی
مرے وجود سے اُٹھنے لگی ہیں خوشبوئیں
کہ ایسے مجھ میں سمایا ہے عشوہ گر کوئی
میں اُس کو حالِ دلِ زار کیسے بتلاتا
مجھے ہوا نہ میسر پیام بر کوئی
مرے حضور یہ زندہ دلوں کی بستی ہے
نہ بے ضمیر یہاں پر نہ کم نظر کوئی
امیر شہر! یہ حالت تری رعایا کی
ہے پا برہنہ کوئی اور برہنہ سر کوئی
خدا کے واسطے ناصح ہمیں اجازت دے
کہ انتظار میں اپنے ہے بام پر کوئی
ہے میرے حال سے دنیا تو باخبر تائبؔ
ہے میرے حال سے کیوں اتنا بے خبر کوئی
Of the several factors that justify the greatness of Islamic Culture and survived the test of time, one is the pride of place ascribed to woman in human society. Since the dawn of Islamic civilization, woman has been respected and cored and her rights have been protected and, thus, womanfolk has been made a purposeful existence. However, Islam, being a religion of nature, does not bring woman on the line of equality with man as the Islam is the religion of justice; not that of equality. The Holy Quran has very apparently determined the rights and duties of man and woman and these all are based on natural facts and laws as well. In the contemporary times, progressive as well as west-inspired circles of our society have put numerous objections on the issue of divorce. They opine that by giving man right to divorce, woman has been deprived of equal status; hence this one-sided right has not only disturbed the family life, but put woman at an interior place. This point of view does not testify to the very facts of Islamic practices in connection with the institution of divorce. In order to understand the historical background of the institution of divorce, laws and practices in vogue in two major religions of the world-Judaism and Christianity, are discussed in a brief manner. Besides, various reforms, from time and again, introduced in divorce in west are also touched upon in nutshell. However, major portion of this article focuses on Islamic teachings regarding divorce and its implications. Therefore, this research article attempts to highlight the various aspects of divorce in the light of Islamicteachings in a comprehensive manner so as to remove the doubts of so-called west-oriented circles of our society.
My Ph.D dissertation is a "Comparative Analysis of Sheikh Ahmed Sarhandi and Shah Waliullah as revivalists". Though much has been written on this topic yet the comparative analysis of both these personalities has never been done before inclusive way with special order. The objective of writing this thesis was to expose the services of the families of Sheikh Ahmed Sarhandi and Shah Waliullah for the
cause of Islam.
I have categorized my thesis into six chapters. The first chapter includes revivalism and its history. The
second chapter is entitled as The Torch-Bearers of the movement of the revival of the Region. This chapter
covers the life span of Sheik Ahmed Sarhandi and biography of Shah Waliullah.
The third chapter presents the back-ground of the reformative achievements. The forth chapter covers
the reformative and the revivalistic achievements. This chapter has further been distributed in three
sections. This chapter vividly describes those revivalistic endeavors which made them Revivalists.
The fifth chapter is about the spread and perfection of the revivalistic task. The first section comprises
the revivalistic endeavors of the successors of Sheikh Ahmed Sarhandi whereas, the achievements of the
successors of Shah Waliullah have been discussed in the second section.
The sixth chapter presents in the comparative analysis of Sheikh Ahmed Sarhandi and Shah Waliullah as
revivalists. In the beginning of the chapter, the meaning of comparative analysis, its beginning,
significance and the rules and the regulations have been discussed. After that, the comparative analysis
has been presented under different headings. In the last portion of the chapter, the allegations put against
these personalities and their impacts have been described and it has been demonstrated who actually
are revivalists and how their thought - provoking teachings can be helpful in today's age of turmoil.
At the end of thesis, the out come of the research, suggestions, punctuation and references have been
mentioned.