ورفعنا کی صدا
محمد اویس ازہر مدنی
عشقِ احمدؐ کی ضیا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
دلِ عرفاں کی صدا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
قدسیوں کی بھی ندا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
سرورِ دیںؐ کی ثنا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
کس کو معلوم ہوئی رفعتِ سرکارِ جناںؐ
کون جانے گا کہ کیا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
پڑھ کے ملتا ہے سکونِ دل و جاں قاری کو
قلبِ عاشق کی نوا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
مدحتِ سرورِ عالمؐ ہے ہر اک پر لازم
اک فریضے کی ادا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
جاں گزیں کرتی ہے دل میں شہِ دیںؐ کی الفت
مرے آقاؐ کی ولا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
خود سے اک لفظ بھی لکھا نہیں جا سکتا تھا
مرے مولیٰ کی عطا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
بخش دیتی ہے تر و تازگی ایمان کو بھی
خلد کی آب و ہوا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
ہے یہ گنجینئہ عشقِ شہِ والاؐ ازہر
بالیقیں دولتِ ما ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
In the Qur'an, Allah mentioned His Beloved ﷺ in addition to his personal names, but also with different attribute names which, apart from his greatness and dignity, highlight different aspects of the life of the Prophet ﷺ. Along with increasing the love of the Prophetﷺ, these names cover various aspects of the Prophet's life, from which many jurisprudential issues can be derived in addition to his dawah life, private and political affairs. Therefore, your names are scattered in the Holy Quran like pearls, which the people of love wrap around their necks and live in the love of the Prophet ﷺ. In the article under review titled "Understanding the Names of the Prophet ﷺ in the Holy Quran and their Importance in Studying the Sirah" the personal and attribute names of the Holy Prophet ﷺ will be explained in the light of different interpretations and hadiths which will not only make it possible to understand the blessed name but will also shed light on various aspects of Seerat Tayyaba.
Key words: Names of the Prophet ﷺ, Prophet's biography, personal names, attribute names, study of the Qur'an.
The study explores the evaluation criteria of individual and groups of raters as well as computes their inter rater and intra rater reliability on a national level high stakes examination in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The study thus looks at the process (the evaluation criteria) and the product (actual scores).Out of a total of nine examination Boards in the Punjab, three are in the South Punjab (SP). 34 raters from Multan, and 30 from DG Khan and Bahawalpur Board each totaling 94 markers, evaluated 20 essays twice after a gap of at least six weeks. The raters were not provided any rating scale to evaluate the essay since none is provided by the Boards they work with. They were asked to evaluate the essays as they did in the real in the examination centers and give an overall score to each essay. Only the seasoned raters with a minimum of ten years experience were recruited for this study to control for the ‘experience’ variable. There were 5 essays on each of the four topics (A Picnic Party, Patriotism, Co-education and Science). The essay topics were selected from the previous examination questions. After all the markers (n=94) had examined the same essay set (n=20) the second time (Time 2) they were asked to write a short written commentary to explain their evaluation criteria .The quantity of the response varied among individual and groups. Out of 473 paragraphs, 265 were written by males and 208 by female respondents. Following this task, 20 raters were interviewed using semi-structured format to crosscheck and better understand the findings from the qualitative as well as quantitative data.