آہ! مولانا عبدالماجد دریابادی
معارف کے زیر نظر شمارہ کی کتابت ہوچکی تھی کہ فخر روزگار، یگانہ وقت، مجاہد العلم، رئیس القلم اور دارالمصنفین کی مجلس ارکان کے صدر نشین مولانا عبدالماجد دریاباری کی رحلت کی اچانک خبر ریڈیو سے سنی تو ع عجب اک سانحہ ہوگیا ہے۔
ان کی زندگی کی شاندار کتاب ختم ہوگئی، جس کا ہر ورق اپنی گوناگوں خوبیوں سے مزین رہا، یہ عاجز راقم گزشتہ ۴۲ سال سے ایک ادنی خورد کی حیثیت سے ان کی بزرگانہ شفقت اور علمی جلالت کے سامنے سرتسلیم خم کرتا رہا، اس مدت میں ان کی زندگی کی جو سرگرمیاں رہیں وہ متحرک تصویروں کی طرح نظروں کے سامنے گھومنے لگیں۔
گل و آئینہ کیا ، خورشید و مہ کیا
جدھر دیکھا تدھر تیرا ہی رو تھا
کیننگ کالج لکھنؤ سے بی،اے کرنے کے بعد ان کی زندگی کا آغاز الحاد وبے دینی کی وادی کی سیر سے ہوا، مگر یہیں ان کی نظر شعلۂ طور بن کر چمکی، جس کے بعد وہ توحید اور رسالت کے ایسے داعی اور مبلغ بنے کہ سندیافتہ عالم نہ ہونے کے باوجود باوقار عالم تسلیم کیے گئے، اچھے اچھے علماء ان کے سامنے جھکے، کبھی علماء کی مجلس کے سرخیل بھی منتخب ہوئے اور ان کا خاتمہ بالخیر کلام پاک کے مفسر اور شارح کی حیثیت سے ہوا، انھوں نے اردو اور انگریزی میں جو تفسیر لکھی ہے اس میں اسرائیلیات کی فتنہ سامانیاں اور توریت و انجیل کی تحریفات کی شرانگیزیوں کی راز کشائی میں جو دیدہ وری اور نکتہ وری دکھائی ہے اس سے کلام پاک کے مفسروں میں ان کا مقام ہمیشہ نمایاں رہے گا، ان کی یہ تفسیر گنجینہ معارف و تحقیق بھی سمجھی جاتی رہے گی۔
وہ کچھ دنوں تک فلسفی بھی رہے، ان کی ’’فلسفہ جذبات‘‘ اور ’’فلسفہ اجتماع‘‘ ان کی ابتدائی...
The Sunnah is a revelation from Allaah, and the Holy Prophet ( peace be upon Him ) addressed through it, His companions transferred it to narrators. The Hadith is narrated through many ways, so there is a difference between the words of the HadIth narrated by different narrators. It can not be construed to prove judgment. To understand meanings of different narrations of same Hadith, the correct way is to collect of these narrations, study the words of each narration, contemplation in all ways of speech and the difference of words, weighting among them, and then build a judgment on the most likely narrations through contextual study. This research reveals how Context plays an important role in reaching to correct meaning of the issue, the balance between words, the weightiness of the issue, and the removal of Suspicions.
Syllabus Designing for Teaching of English at Intermediate Level in Pakistani Colleges The present study aimed at identifying weak areas of the syllabus of English for Intermediate level that hamper the teaching and learning process, and to suggest changes to align it with teaching and learning requirements and needs of the students in an age of science, technology and commerce. Giving rationale of the study, the researcher discussed the need of evaluating the syllabus. He established the necessity of the research work in perspective of the phenomenon of change, mass failure of students, lack of skills and intellectual and creative incapacity of the students. He set the research questions and objectives of the study. The researcher discussed various aspects of syllabus design and evaluation of syllabus in literature review. They include: basic concept of syllabus; needs analysis; impact of situational factors; aims and objectives; concept of proficiency; learning styles; various approaches to syllabus design; methodology; role and design of instructional materials; selection and grading; and tools of evaluation of syllabus. The researcher adopted quantitative and qualitative techniques. The population comprised Intermediate students, Graduation students, teachers of English, parents and members of the Curriculum Committee. The choice was made by convenient sampling technique. The size of the population was 1000 Intermediate students, 500 Graduation students, 600 teachers and 1000 parents. The questionnaires were sent to every segment of population in numbers exceeding the actual population size of each segment. The questionnaires returned from Intermediate students, Graduation students, teachers and parents were 1040, 460, 340 and 480 respectively. The research tools used were questionnaires, group discussion, and evaluation tools selected from certain linguists. The data analysis manifested that almost all the respondents from all categories of population criticised the present syllabus in perspective of its aims and objectives, needs, contents, methodology, and styles of learning. The application of evaluation tools also demonstrated gross level flaws in the syllabus contents and textbooks. The researcher gave his finding derived from the data analysis and the evaluation. They included these observations: the evaluation of the syllabus had not been carried out since 1972; needs analysis was never conducted. Listening and speaking skills were never included in the syllabus. The syllabus was failing in producing proficiency of language in the students. On the basis of the analysis and the finding, the researcher gave recommendations for an effective syllabus. They included: periodical evaluation of the syllabus and needs analysis process; shifting of contents from literature based to skills based; making the syllabus dominantly communicative and task based; and inclusion of certain contents in the syllabus. He also suggested syllabus contents for Intermediate level of education. The researcher concluded the research with a note of optimism and best wishes for the future of ELT in Pakistan.