Defending Prophet’s Integrity in the Light of Shariah & Contemporary Work

Defending Prophet’s honor is religious and social duty of every Muslim, The Holy Prophet (r) being more valuable than our own lives and souls. The theme of love rests in its high correlation with obedience. That the one whom someone loves, his obedience and submission to him becomes easier, even to the extent of contentment and pleasure. Love of Allah and Holy Prophet (r) has been stressed upon in the article so that obedience of Allah and his Prophet and submission to them is expressed as easy and doable, and an instigation to avoid disobedience is generated. Success of a man lies in obedience of Allah and that of Holy Prophet (r). In this article, the facet of “Love” with Holy Prophet (r) has been comprehensively narrated. The prophet was deputed to be obeyed and followed to the dooms day unchecked of followers’ class, color or ethnicity. Such unconditioned following required his person to be of an extensively inclusive character, which it did, and that every single instant of his esteemed life is preserved. The most divinely of the services is moral building of nations on practical patterns. One way is of preaching, while even cultured is to assemble written material to be followed for long or elsewise forcefully bind people to follow ethical doctrines and avoid vice.

Unearthing Literacy Conceptions of Middle School Students: A Qualitative Exploration

Contemporary views of literacy treat it as a set of technical skills. Once mastered, the economic rewards can be gained. However, the socio-cultural model of literacy believes that contextual and cultural dynamics have a considerable effect on literacy acquisition. Using principles of grounded theory, this research study sought to explore how middle-school students in an adopted government school in Karachi, perceived and conceptualized literacy. Preliminary interviews and sessions were conducted with participants to explore their conceptions and beliefs about literacy. The sessions were loosely structured sought to explore what participants had deemed important as per the ethos of grounded theory. The interviews and sessions were coded in ATLAS.ti, a software for coding qualitative data. Axial coding was employed to ascertain micro and macro themes. Findings indicate that participants' definition of literacy is fluency of verbal English. Participants were cognizant of Urdu's status as a national language but believed that English superseded Urdu in importance. They associated social and economic gains with being literate and idealized complete fluency in English communication (their conception of literacy). Their emphasis on literacy's potential of communication indicates a need to reorient literacy instruction accordingly. Overall, the participants' view of literacy as English fluency was fluid, integrating tenets from both socio-cultural and autonomous theories of literacy.