مولانا یعقوب مجددی بھوپالی
افسوس ہے کہ گذشتہ مہینے حضرت مولانا محمد یعقوب صاحب مجدوی بھوپالی نے انتقال فرمایا، موصوف کو حضرت مجدد الف ثانی ؒ سے نسبی اور خاندانی تعلق بھی تھا، وہ اس دور کے عارف کامل اور نامور شیخ تھے، ان کی خانقاہ ارشاد و ہدایت کا مرکز تھی اور اس سے بڑا فیض پہنچا، راقم کو بھی ان کی خدمت میں حاضری اور کئی مجلسوں میں شرکت کی سعادت حاصل ہوئی معلوم ہوتا تھا علم و عرفان کا چشمہ ابل رہا ہے اور دلوں کی کھیتیاں سیراب ہورہی ہیں، میری حاضری کے وقت حضرت کی عمر اسّی (۸۰) سال کے قریب رہی ہوگی، خلقتہً بھی نحیف تھے، لیکن روحانی قوت کا یہ حال تھا کہ گھنٹوں پورے جوش کے ساتھ تقریر و ملفوظات کا سلسلہ جاری رہتا تھا اور یہ روزانہ کامعمول تھا، آپ کے ملفوظات و مواعظ علم و عرفان کا گنجینہ ہیں، جہاں تک معلوم ہے ان کو قلم بند کرنے کا اہتمام نہیں کیا گیا، مولانا علی میاں نے کچھ مجلسوں کے ملفوظات قلم بند کئے تھے، جو الفرقان میں شائع ہوچکے ہیں، اگر تمام ملفوظات و مواعظ قلم بند ہوکر شائع ہوگئے ہوتے تو علم و عرفان کا یہ گنجینہ ہمیشہ کے لیے محفوظ ہو جاتا، ان کی وفات سے ارشاد و ہدایت کی ایک نورانی شمع گل ہوگئی، اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کے مدارج بلند فرمائے۔ (شاہ معین الدین ندوی، جون ۱۹۷۰ء)
This research article gives a brief introduction and analysis of five Urdu translations of the Holy Qur’ān. Qur’ānic translations are an important source of learning and understanding of Qur’ān. In Urdu the translations of the Holy Book started in late 16th Century A.D. The number of these translations is in hundreds till now, which include translations in Urdu prose and verse. The first rhymed Urdu translation of the Holy Quran was written in the last quarter of 18th Century A.D. At present these translations are in hundreds, including complete as well as partial translations. Most of the translations are in rhymed form, while some are in free verse also. In this article five complete Holy Qur’ān translations have been discussed. Main aim of the article is to introduce the poets and their translations, as well as brief analysis of the translations. The translations are; Asar Zubairi Lakhnavi's "Sehr ul Bayan", Syed Shamim Rajz's "Aab e Rawaan", Seemab Akbar Abadi's "Wahi e Manzum", Abdul Aziz Khalid's "Furqan e Javed" and Qazi Ata ullah's "Mafhoom ul Quran". This article also explains how much the poets succeeded in presenting the message of Qur’ān. The merits and demerits of the translations have been highlighted. The article concludes that poetry, specially rhymed form, is not suitable for the translations of the Holy Book.
In higher education, the students face a range of differences in teaching learning environment and academic standards than their prior educational background. This study investigated the relationship of ‘program demand’ with ‘academic self-regulation* and ‘performance’ of university students. The objectives of the study were to determine the relationship of program demand with academic self¬ regulation and to explore the relationship of program demand with academic performance, An intensive review of related literature paved the way towards further exploration of concerned variables. Students of Master’s level in University of the Punjab studying in semester system formed the population of the study. All students (132) enrolled in two Master’s level program (MBA and MERA) were selected as sample for this longitudinal study spread on three academic semesters. Research data were collected using three instruments. They were the questionnaire for teachers regarding Program Demand to assess the demands of the programs, Academic Self- Regulation Scale to measure the degree of self-regulation of the students, and Achievement scores of students to determine correlation between programs, The collected data was imported on SPSS 15.0 and different statistical techniques, i.e., descriptive statistics, l-test, Mann- Whitney Test, Point-biscrial coefficient of correlation, and Pearson product- moment correlation coefficient measures were applied according to the nature of the research questions addressed. Major findings and results of the research explored that MBA program of study was high demanding than MERA program of study on program demand scale but it was intcrestinglyfound that students of low demanding (MERA) program gained more in their self-regulation as academic session progressed, although still remained less sclf-rcgulated as compared to students of MBA in aggregate score, The relationship of program xiiidemand with various faciorsof academic self-regulation was negligible on overall behaviors of male, female, regular and private students. The relationship of academic performance with factors of academic self-regulation varied in strength, direction and significance. The academic performance of students of high demanding program (MBA) was significantly higher than low demanding (MERA) program of study. This correlation was significant, strong and positive from beginning to the end of the study.