مشہود اویس
افسوس ہے کہ ۱۸؍ رمضان المبارک کو دارالمصنفین کے پرانے اور مخلص خدمت گذار مشہود اویس صاحب نے داعئی اجل کو لبیک کہا، ان کے والد مولوی محمد اویس صاحب دارالمصنفین کے ابتدائی معماروں میں تھے، جو عرصہ تک اس کے دفتر اور پریس کے انچارج بھی رہے، مشہور اویس بھی آخر دم تک دفتری کاموں کو انجام دیتے رہے، انتقال کے روز بھی دفتر آئے تھے، وہ بڑے خوش مزاج تھے، دوسروں کا کام کر کے خوش ہوتے، ان کی صحت برسوں سے خراب تھی، دمہ کا عارضہ تھا، اﷲ تعالیٰ مغفرت فرمائے، اور متعلقین کو صبر جمیل عطا کرے، آمین۔ (ضیاء الدین اصلاحی، مئی ۱۹۸۹ء)
The world has been changing ever since its creation, yet the pace of change in the last one hundred years or so has been the most rapid ever. The effects of these changes were beyond the limitations of time and region and therefore they directly affected the Muslim world as well. Muslim scholars did not ignore these changes and realized their responsibilities and wrote books of Sīrah which provided guidance in connection with these rapid changes and conditions. This research has highlight an important issue of the conflict between religions, its inception, history and primarily focused on the opinions of the authors of selected books of Sῑrah written in recent past. This research has also elaborated the modern approaches in Sῑrah writing. The study has mainly focused on significant Sῑrah books of three languages i.e. Arabic, English and Urdu. These books include Fiqh Al Sῑrah by Muḥammad Sa’īd Ramaḍān Al Būtī, Fiqh Al Sῑrah by Muḥammad Al Ghazālī, Madnī Mu‘āshrah by Akram Ḍīā Al ‘Umrī, The Life and the Work of the Prophet by Dr. Muḥammad Ḥamīdullāh, The Spirit of Islam by Sayīd Amīr ‘Alī, Muhammad A Biography of Prophet by Karen Armstrong, Sīrah Al Nabī by ‘Allāmah Shiblī Nu’mānī, Aṣaḥ Al Sῑyar by ‘Abdul Raūf Dānāpūrī, Ḍīā Al Nabī by Pīr Muḥammad Karam Shāh, Sīrati Sarwari ‘Alam by Abūl A‘lā Mūdūdī, Raḥmatullil'ālamīn by Qāḍī Muhammad Sulymān Manṣūrpūrī and Muḥammad Rasūlallāh by Sayīd Muḥammad Mīyān.
This research thesis is about Urdu column writing --- An analysis of its literary and linguistic importance. The purpose of selecting this topic for research is to analyse the place of Urdu column in Urdu literature and its services for Urdu language. The main research questions of this thesis are, 1-. Does column belong to literature or it is a part of Journalism? 2-. Has column rendered any service to Urdu literature and language? 3-. What will be the future of Urdu column in the modern age of information technology and electronic media? To answer the above questions, the research thesis is divided into six chapters. First chapter defines the column, gives its kinds, states its tradition in Urdu and analyse the literary importance of early Urdu column writers. The second chapter explores the whole history of Urdu column in Pakistan during the last six decades (1947-2010). About forty Urdu column writers of the front rank, belonging to different decades, have been included in this chapter, discussing their writing styles and literary importance. The third and fourth chapters are about the subjective study of the Urdu column and its comparison with other non-fictional types of Urdu prose. In fifth chapter literary and linguistic importance of Urdu column has been discussed. The last chapter concludes the whole discussion and gives a few suggestions for future research. The thesis has sufficient proofs that Urdu column is an integral part of non-fictional Urdu prose. Its contribution to Urdu language and literature is no less than any other type of Urdu prose. Urdu column became a source of great popularity for Urdu newspapers in the beginning. Even now, when newspapers have lost their attraction due to electronic media because the news printed in them are already in the knowledge of the readers, people buy newspapers to read columns of their favourite column writers. Thus information technology and electronic media do not seem to effect the Urdu column. On the other hand its future is expected to be bright.