ڈاکٹرشہزاد احمد کی شاعری کا فنی جائزہ
سہل ممتنع
ڈاکٹرشہزاداحمد نعت خوانی سے نعت گوئی کی طرف مائل ہوئے ہیں۔ انھیں خیال آفرینی و مرصع کاری سے زیادہ ابلاغ کی فکر رہتی ہے۔ اس لیے وہ کلام میں سادگی کو اہمیت دیتے نظر آتے ہیں۔اُن کے کلام میں بھاری بھرکم تراکیب کی جگہ عام بول چال کے سادہ الفاظ ادائے مطلب کے لیے استعمال ہوئے ہیں۔ ان کی نعت کی مرکزی خصوصیت سہل ممتنع ہے جس کے بارے میں مولانا حسرت موہانی لکھتے ہیں :
’’سہل ممتنع سادگی وحسن بیان کی اُس صنف کا نام ہے جس کو دیکھ کر ہر شخص بظاہر یہ سمجھے کہ یہ بات میرے دل میں بھی تھی اور ایسا کہنا ہر شاعر کے لیے آسان ہے مگر جب کوشش کرکے ویسا لکھنا چاہے تو نہ لکھ سکے۔‘‘ (۲۴)
یہی سادہ اسلوب ہمیں ڈاکٹر شہزاد احمد کی نعت میں بڑے سلیقے سے برتا ہوا ملتا ہے۔ مثال میں دو شعر ملاحظہ ہوں:
آپ صرف اپنے محبوب کا
مجھ کو شیدا بنا دیجیے
پھر جہاں میں ہے تیرگی چھائی
اپنا جلوہ دکھائیے آقاؐ
غنائی لہجہ
شاعری میں موسیقیت نہ ہو تو کلام فصاحت سے کوسوں دُور رہتا ہے۔ موسیقیت کے لیے آواز کے زیرو بم کے استعمال سے واقفیت ضروری ہے۔ ڈاکٹر شہزاد احمد چوں کہ نعت خوانی سے بھی وابستہ ہیں۔ اس لیے اُن کے کلام میں غنائیت کا عنصر اوج پر ہے۔ پروفیسرنویدعاجز ؔ اس بارے میں یوں رقم طراز ہیں:
’’انھوں نے نعتیں محافل میں پڑھنے کے لیے لکھی ہیں، اس لیے اُن کی سب سے بڑی خوبی موسیقیت اور روانی ہے۔ ’’حبیبی یارسول اللہ، درودتم پر سلام تم پر اور بسم اللہ ‘‘ کی ردیف میں کہی گئی نعتیں مترنم لہجے کی حامل ہیں۔‘‘(۲۵)
ڈاکٹر شہزاداحمد کے کلام میں روانی اور مترنم لہجے کے اشعار کی کمی نہیں۔ چند مثالیں ملاحظہ ہوں:
In our existing society marital life is going to be distress and unbalanced, the media has affected our family life, very badly. The question is being raised, that there is no importance of a woman in Islam, whereas a man has fully control over a woman. Further, the bill of protection for a woman is being discussed openly on media, which has created many complications and difficulties. In this regard, the help has been taken from the Islamic teachings (Qur┐n and Ah┐dīth), and as well as, the status of a woman has been analyzed in the light of the other religions and cultures, to clear the serious and significant matters of this draft. Islam is a nonviolent and peaceful religion, and no space for any kind of brutality. If any person himself claimed to be a Muslim, and tries to relate his own harmful thoughts with Islamic teachings, it will be his own view, whereas, Islam has no room such type of thing
This study aims to explore the implementation of accelerated learning program (ALP) curriculum in the context of a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan. The ALP has come to be seen as one of the possible solutions to catch-up with the lost time/opportunities for the Afghan youth who missed out on education due to wars and related force migrations. For the purpose of the said inquiry, qualitative research paradigm was selected within which case-study research strategy was the main methodology. In this regard, the data was collected through document analysis, semi-structured interviews and classroom observations. Findings of the study reveal that the ALP curriculum was rationalized and designed to provide appropriate education to the disadvantaged children of the country. Implementation of the ALP curriculum was reported to have contributed towards providing educational opportunities to disadvantaged children. The ALP curriculum basically was found to be extracted from the national curriculum (which was designed for the regular schooling), and hence was made-up of some selected portions of the regular curriculum. These curricular selections were arranged in a manner to complete the primary level in 2 and half years, instead of six years (normal). The pedagogies used in the classrooms were mainly: activity-based teaching, role play, and writing skills development. The ALP implementation also faced certain challenges. One of the main challenges toward implementation of the ALP was the selection of its content from the national curriculum which was originally designed for regular schooling. Given the ALP timelines (shorter relatively), the content selected seemed difficult to 'fit' within the ALP schedule. Similarly, the pedagogies used in classroom settings, had their origins in the national curriculum, and therefore there was some misfit with the overall ALP learning goals. The study recommends that there is a need to design an alternative/separate (tailor-made) curriculum for the ALP classes that could effectively meet the needs of the ALP curriculum. The study further suggests that the Ministry of Education could consider the ALPs as alternative programs to achieve the missed educational opportunities of the nation's youth. The study also encourages the Aga Khan Education Service, Afghanistan, to include awareness of the challenges and possibilities regarding the ALP, as reported in the study, to inform the development of the ALP for their settings.