حافظ ضیاء الدین احمد
افسوس ہے پچھلے مہینہ حافظ ضیاء الدین احمد صاحب ایڈیٹر ندائے حرم کرانچی کاانتقال ہوگیا۔ مرحوم مدرسہ صولتیہ مکہ معظمہ کے صدر دفتر کے انچارج تھے۔ قرول باغ دہلی میں ان کا دفتر دفترِبرہان کے پڑوس میں تھا۔۱۹۴۷ء کے ہنگاموں میں ہم سے قرول باغ چھٹا تومرحوم اس ملک کو ہی خیرباد کہہ کر کراچی میں جابیٹھے۔ وہ اگرچہ ضابطہ کے عالم نہیں تھے لیکن بڑی اچھی سمجھ بوجھ اوراعلیٰ درجہ کی انتظامی قابلیت رکھتے تھے۔مہمان نوازی، تواضع اورفراغ حوصلگی و سیرچشمی ان کی طبیعت تھی۔ قرآن مجید کے صرف حافظ ہی نہیں تھے بلکہ اس کے عاشق بھی تھے۔ روزانہ خودپابندی کے ساتھ اس کاورد کرتے تھے اوراپنی اولاد کو بھی تلاوت قرآن کی تاکید کرتے رہتے تھے۔ اﷲ تعالیٰ آں مرحوم کوابراروصلحاء کامقام عطافرمائے اورمدرسہ صولتیہ کی اس شاخ کومرحوم جیسے منتظم کے اٹھ جانے کے باعث کسی قسم کاچشم زخم پہنچنے سے محفوظ رکھے۔آمین [مئی۱۹۵۲ء]
Islam has this faith that everything of the universe, small or big has come into existence with the will, power, method and knowledge of Allah. Fate is the attribution of Allah, which is the truth. It is the condition to have belief of this faith. Since, faith is the attribution of Allah and it’s impossible for anyone to know the extent of godly attributions, so the issue of fate is delicate and precise. One must only have the faith that whatever is happening in the world was already in the knowledge of Allah and god has already saved it on the safe tablet. The dilemma of fate has not been solved by anyone and it will never be solved. There must be a simple faith that whatever is happening in the world has already known by Allah as the Creator of everything is God and everything has come into existence with His creation. All the matters happening in the world are of two kinds. In some of them the will and authority is prevail. In these matters which are to be done which are not to be done orders of their execution or prohibition are given. If they are not performed because of will and authority, there will be accountability for them. Secondly, all those works which have the order of not to be performed, it is necessary not to perform them with one’s will and authority. If those works are not avoided, one must be accountable for them. There are some other works which do not involve our will and authority so, whatever happens is according to our fate. The works having our will and authority for performance will be rewarded and punished accordingly. This study explores the reasons of grief, shock, discernment and difficulties, their reasons and motives in the light of teaching of The Holy Prophet.
A Linguistic Perspective of "Extremism" by Analyzing Discourse of Extreme Rhetoric in Forming Xenophobia and Xenophilia in the 21st Century Of all the variables of extremism, such as religion, economics, stratification or ethnicity; language is one of the most effective means of inculcation of extreme attitudes and behaviors in societies. Since centuries, men have studied how language creates and generates ideas, concepts and thoughts; however, little is done to understand the use of language in promotion of extremism. The manifestation of extreme behaviors is xenophobia and xenophilia which create conflict in a society and produce disharmony leading to extreme social environment. Consequently, strong divides can be seen and felt in a society due to these contrasting behaviors, which powerful social agents like clerics or politicians exploit to further their agendas. Thus, language is a potent tool in the hands of such agents with which they tap the emotions of susceptible audience as a stimulus to elicit an emotional reaction, resulting in an anti-social response. The effect of word – extreme rhetoric and discourse in societies is visible as “extremism” and has become a powerful psychological, social, international as well as linguistic phenomenon at the global level. The explored causes like poverty, religious beliefs and injustices have been explored at length. It is pertinent to delve into the study of cause and effect – emotional responses to extreme rhetoric and discourse. Anger, hatred, revenge are some of the emotions associated with phobias, while extreme rhetoric also feeds on positive ideas related to philias like self-fulfillment, ideology, glory and fame. This also leads to logical questioning of the role, media is playing in projecting and promoting extreme tendencies using rhetoric and discourse both in print and electronic mediums. Media is a powerful instrument which can be used and abused, by various social agents to project their ideas and sentiments, which may be one or the other form of extremism – xenophobia and xenophilia. It is crucial hence, to check the language and its usage in media to curtail the contagious ideas based on extreme behaviors. This mental contamination – extremism; is not territorial, but has gripped the whole world. It is thus, socially, economically and politically prudent to try and curtail the effects of extreme ideas spreading across the globe via language by reviewing the language in vogue.