سیالکوٹ ایک تاریخی اور ادبی خطہ رہا ہے۔ اس کی تاریخ پانچ ہزار سال پر محیط ہے۔ سیالکوٹ تاریخی ، جغرافیائی ، ثقافتی،سماجی،تہذیبی،علمی اور ادبی لہاظ سے دوسرے عالمی ادبی شہروں سے کم نہیں۔سیالکوٹ کو اقبال و فیض کے مولد ہونے کا بھی لازوال فخر حاصل ہے۔ بقول گوپی چند نارنگ :
’’ بیسویں صدی کے اردو ادب کو سیالکوٹ کھا گیا نصف اوّل اقبال اور نصف دوم فیض‘‘۔
سیالکوٹ کی مٹی بڑی زرخیز اور مردم خیز ہے ۔ سر زمینِ سیالکوٹ نے علم و ادب اور فنونِ لطیفہ کے میدانوں میں گراں قدر خدمات سر انجام دی ہیں۔ داغ دہلوی اور اقبال کے کئی شاگرد سیالکوٹ کے رہنے والے تھے۔ اقبال و فیض کے علاوہ ارض اقبال میں متعدد مشاہیر پیدا ہوئے جن کے شعری و نثری سرمائے میں آ فاقی موضوعات ، اصناف اور اسالیب موجود ہیں۔ اس طرح خطہء سیالکوٹ کا تخلیقی ادب عالمی ادب کے ہم پلہ ہے۔ راقم الحروف نے اپنی تخلیق بعنوان’’ ارضِ اقبال ۔ آ فاقیت کے آ ئینے میں‘‘ سیالکوٹ سے منسلک مختلف شعرا و ادبا کی ادبی خدمات کا تحقیقی و تنقیدی جائزہ لیا ہے۔ یہ تحقیقی وتنقیدی جائزہ ادبی خدمات کے علاوہ ادبی رجحانات، ادبی اصناف، اسالیب اور اقبال شناسی کے حوالے سے بھی ہے۔
یہ تصنیف پندرہ مقالات پر مشتمل ہے ۔ جس میں حوالہ جات ، حواشی اور تعلیقات کا خاص خیال رکھا گیا ہے۔ یہ مقالات ہائر ایجوکیشن کمیشن اسلام آباد ،پاکستان کے منظور شدہ ریسرچ جرنلز میں شائع ہو چکے ہیں۔
ڈاکٹر نصیر احمد اسد
سیالکوٹ، پنجاب، پاکستان
Knowledge without its moral disposition is of no benefit. The virtues of knowledge without hidāyat are useless and vice versa. Man is advised to control his behavior as he will be questioned for his deeds. Faith is not a matter of words but of accepting Allah’s will and striving in his cause. Every soul shall have a taste of death and on the Day of Judgment will be paid full recompense for his deeds. The one who is admitted to heaven would attain the object of life. This object is achieved by moral character. It shapes an individual in a way conducive to the unfettered growth of good, virtue and truth in every sphere of life. It gives full play to the forces of going in all directions. Also it removes all impediments in the path of virtue. It eradicates evils from social plan by prohibiting the causes of its appearance and growth, by closing the inlets through which it creeps into a society. It saves from all sorts of human weaknesses and counsels of pseudo-wisdom, self respect that keeps breaking-in and resists all evils. This is attained by exercising highest patience and self restraint. It signifies the entire scheme of life and not any isolated part or parts thereof. Akhlāq develops an attitude in a person by which every moral valuation, every decision as to the practical course for whatever the individual would prefer in his life to take for ultimate success.
Coordination polymers (CPs) have gained a great deal of attention because of their intriguing structures, beneficial uses in catalysis, drug-delivery, gas storage and separation etc. Four new CPs; CP-1 = [{CuII(4,4ʹ-dipy)2}{Ni(CN)4}]n·0.7(C2H6O2).1.6(H2O), CP-2 = [{NiII(4,4ʹdipy)4}{Ni(CN)4}]n·(4,4ʹ-dipy)·3H2O·C2H6O2, CP-3 = [Co3(pyz)(fa)3(dmso)2]n.2H2O and CP-4 = [{ZnII(4,4ʹ-dipy)2{Ni(CN)4}]n have been synthesized and fully characterized via range of analytical techniques. Two compounds, CP-1 and CP-2 were used as co-catalyst in combination with titania (TiO2) as efficient UV active photocatalysts for hydrogen generation from water-alcohol mixtures. Amongst different wt. % (2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%) loading of CP-1 and CP-2 on TiO2, the 5 wt. % CP-1/TiO2 and CP-2 /TiO2 composites displayed the hydrogen production rate of 9.2 mmol h-1 g-1 and 11.2 mmol h-1 g-1, respectively in 5 vol. % glycerol/water mixture. Other two compounds, i.e. CP-3 and CP-4 were implied as electrocatalysts for water oxidation reaction (WOR). CP-3 executed excellent oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance at neutral pH by producing a current density of 10 mA cm−2 at a relatively low over-potential value (η = 337 mV) with a Tafel slope value of 80.5 mV dec-1. These results are superior than previously reported cobalt based CPs. Whilst, CP-4 offered a turn over frequency (TOF) value of 0.25 s-1 at an over-potential of 324 mV (vs. RHE) which is far superior than those reported for similar cyanide bridged CPs. In addition, CP-1 was used as a single source precursor of Cu-Ni nanoparticles dispersed over TiO2 for photocatalytic hydrogen production. Amongst various synthesized photocatalysts, 1 wt. % Cu-Ni/TiO2-470 showed the maximum H2 production activity of 8.5 mmol h-1 g-1 in 20 vol. % glycerol-water mixtures. Development of some cost-effective catalysts is the key finding of this study.