مولانا سید محمد ادریس سکروڈوی
افسوس ہے پچھلے دنوں مولانا سید محمد ادریس صاحب سکروڈوی کامظفر نگر میں انتقال ہوگیا۔مرحوم دارالعلوم دیوبند کے قدیم اساتذہ میں سے تھے یوں پڑھانے کو توسب ہی کچھ پڑھا سکتے تھے لیکن ہئیت اُن کاخاص فن تھا۔ہنسی ہنسی میں اس فن کے اہم نکات بیان کرجاتے تھے۔ بظاہر بڑے بھولے بھالے اور سیدھے لیکن درحقیقت نہایت ذی فہم اوربڑی سوجھ بوجھ کے انسان تھے۔درس کے شغل کے ساتھ تھوڑا بہت کوئی نہ کوئی تجارتی کاروبار بھی کرتے رہتے تھے۔ ہم لوگوں کے ساتھ خصوصیت کی سب سے بڑی وجہ یہ تھی کہ حضرت الاستاذ مولانا سید محمد انورشاہ ؒ کے خاص خادم تھے۔دیرینہ تعلق وصحبت نے خادم ومخدوم میں بے تکلفی کی شان پیداکردی تھی اورمرحوم حضرت الاستاذ کے تمام اعزا و اقربا اور تلامذۂ خاص،یہ سب لوگ مرحوم کو اپنا عزیز سمجھتے اوراُن کے ساتھ ایساہی معاملہ رکھتے تھے۔انھیں دیکھ کر بے ساختہ حضرت الاستاذ یادآجاتے تھے اورکوئی موضوع گفتگو ہوہرپھر کے حضرت الاستاذ کاذکر آہی جاتا تھا۔حق تعالیٰ رحمت ومغفرت کی نعمتوں سے سرفرازفرمائے۔آمین [نومبر۱۹۵۷ء]
All mighty Allah (SWT) has created man and made him crown of the nature. For the physical needs of human being, Allah provided him all the needful things. In the same way, Allah (SWT) sent his prophets for the spiritual guidance of mankind. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was the last messenger of this chain of the prophets. The Prophet hood of Muhammad (SAW) was for the whole of the mankind, for all the people till the day of judgment. Because Allah (SWT) called him the “Seal of the prophets”. And it the gift of Allah to whom he wants to give, he gives. Nobody can achieve this (prophet hood) by its struggle. All the prophets of Allah (SWT) were given instructions through revelation. Some people, who were unable to accept Islam, would make jokes of the teachings of the Prophet (SAW), but he continued his mission and the world witnessed a day when Islam spread all over the world. Some non-Muslims, specially the orientalists, tried to pin point some aspects of the life of the Holy Prophets (in their thinking) but as Allah (SWT) said: And we raised high your name. (Al-Quran: 94: 4) Lesley Hazelton is one of those orientalists. She wrote many books about Islam. Her famous book is “The First Muslim-The Story of Muhammad” in which she has targeted many aspects of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). This article discusses her views about the Prophet hood, Revelation and the Miracles of the Holy Prophet (SAW). It is out of the human mind to understand the reality of the Prophet hood and revelation. It is the gift of Allah to whom he wants, He gives prophet hood. The family, fame, wealth and physical strength cannot be the reasons for the achievement of Prophet hood. The human mind cannot grab the reality of the revelation.
This project report presents the processes and the outcomes of the development project which was conducted at A.C. School, Karachi, as a requirement of my Master of Education (M.Ed.) program. The selection and planning of the project was done in three phases. In the first phase, a situation analysis was conducted at the school. As a result, of gaps in the teaching of English and Social Studies emerged. For the teaching of English, a need assessment survey was further conducted. In the second phase, interviews of the teachers and students, both verbally and through questionnaires, were carried out, and observational studies were made in the classroom. In the third phase, based upon observations of the English classes and analysis of information collected, it was discovered that in the teaching and learning of listening and speaking skills, proper methods were not being utilized. Bridging of this gap was selected as the project and Grade 6 selected for its implementation. The project goal that emerged was ‘Development of listening and speaking skills in English for Grade 6 teachers'. The project was planned, and two workshops were conducted on two alternate days. The first workshop was aimed at orientation of the teachers towards the importance and the conceptual understanding of the development of listening and speaking skills. The second workshop was activity-based and designed to educate the teachers on how to plan and implement lesson plans to improve the listening and speaking ability of students. Feedback on what they had learnt in the workshops was obtained through discussions, evaluation forms and questionnaires. On the third day, observation of the teaching by one of the teacher in the classroom was carried out, and some gaps were discovered in her understanding of what had been discussed in the workshops. To fill the gap, the following week; a class was conducted by me to demonstrate how the lessons should be conducted. The day after, the other teacher was observed conducting a class. After the class, both the teachers were provided critical feedback on their teaching style and methods. Finally, based on what they had understood, discussions were held with them on how to conduct lessons through poem and role-play. The teachers were asked to reflect upon and discuss what they had learnt during the project. The outcomes revealed that the teachers' conceptual understanding of the effective use of strategies of story telling, poetry, and role-play increased,