سعیدہ صبا سیالکوٹی(۱۹۱۹ء۔۲۰۰۲) کا اصل نام احمد بی بی ہے۔ آپ پسرور میں پیدا ہوئیں ۔آپ کے بڑے بھائی عبرتؔپسروری معروف شاعر تھے۔(۷۰۴)
’’گلدستہ صبا‘‘ سعیدہ صبا کا واحد شعری مجموعہ ۱۹۹۶ء میں شائع ہوا۔ حمد و نعت،اتحاد اُمت ،قومیت ،دینِ اسلام ،اور حالات حاضرہ ان کی شاعری کے اہم موضوعات ہیں۔ آپ کے دل میں امت مسلمہ کا بہت درد تھا۔ جس کا اظہار ان کے مجموعہ ہائے کلام کے صفحات میں جگہ جگہ ملتا ہے۔
ان کی نظم میں لطافت و سلاست پائی جاتی ہے۔ وہ کسی بھی تاثر کی منظر نگاری نہایت جاذب پیرائے میں کرنے پر بڑی قدرت رکھتی ہیں۔حضورؐ سے سچی محبت کی وجہ سے آپ نے متعدد مقدار میں نعتیں لکھیں۔ ایک وقت ایسا تھا جب ان کا مقصود شاعر ی سے کہیں زیادہ مدحتِ رسول عربیؐ تھا۔ آپ کی شاعری کے بارے میں احسان اﷲ ثاقب رقم طراز ہیں:
آپ اپنے منفرد اسلوب میں الفاظ کا جادو جگاتی ہیں اور مشکل سے مشکل مضامین کو بھی آسانی سے ادا کرنے کی مہارت رکھتی ہیں۔ حمد،مناجات،نعت،سلام ،قومی واقعات اور گھریلوتقریبات آپ کے دل پسند موضوعات سخن ہیں۔ آپؐ کی شاعری رضائے الٰہی کے حصول ،رسولؐ خدا کی خوشنودی ،ملی احساس اور معاشرتی فلاح و بہبود کے جذبات سے لبریز ہے۔(۷۰۵)
صبا کا نعتیہ کلام ان کے دل سے نکلی ہوئی آواز ہے۔ انھوں نے آیات قرآنی کاسلیس اور سادہ زبان میں منظوم ترجمہ بھی کیا ہے۔وہ قرآن اور خالق قرآن سے محبت کرتی ہیں۔ وہ عشقِ رسولؐ کا مجسمہ ہیں۔ وہ اس بات کا شعور رکھتی ہیں کہ روح کے سکون کے لیے عشقِ حقیقی اور عشقِ رسولؐ کا ہونا ضروری ہے کچھ نعتیہ اشعار اور منظوم قرآنی آیات ملاحظہ ہوں:
وہ دل جو دور ہیں...
ALLAH has created the mankind as a rational being. He created mankind and Jinns for His worship and He sent mankind upon Earth so that they inhabit it with the complicated tangle of faithfulness in God and yet do the worldly deeds. He will hold accountable each individual for what he did. This test would not remain valid if not accompanied with necessary freedom of action and belief. Freedom is actually bestowed upon mankind by God Himself and it will be totally wrong to maintain it as a modern achievement that came after western, or any other enlightenment. It is not that a human or a group of them or any constitution or charter can truly give or grant freedom. Most important of all this is freedom of Religion. There is no compulsion in Religion, 2: 256. The early Muslims remained steadfast to this principle in all of their Ghazvat and they granted freedom of religious belief to their subjects. Religious sites and houses of worship were safeguarded against any harm. Islam and religious freedom are not put together. The following article will examine the Issue of Freedom of Religion in Islam and will try to remove misunderstandings regarding the issue.
Water shortage on our globe has very deleterious effects on food security. Judicious use of water for crops seems very wise in the current scenario of water scarcity. Huge research work is required to investigate how can we grow crops with less amount of water? To determine the solution for such kinds of problems this research project was designed. The research project entitled, “Improving the performance of maize (Zea mays L.) by silicon application under drought condition” was carried out at Postgraduate Agricultural Research Station (PARS), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. In the first pot experiment screening of maize hybrids (P-33H25, S-8441, FH-985, ICI-8288, YH-1921, R-3333, FH-963, FH-810) against drought was carried out. Moisture levels of 100%, 80% and 60% field capacity were maintained. From this experiment the most tolerant (P-33H25) and most sensitive (FH-810) maize hybrids against drought were screened out. In the second pot experiment four silicon levels (0, 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg) were optimized under moisture levels of 100% and 60% field capacity maintained. The optimized silicon level (100 mg/kg) was selected for further study. The third pot experiment was conducted to investigate the improvement in drought stressed maize hybrids by exogenous application of silicon. The two selected hybrids from the first experiment were sown under two moisture regimes (100% and 60% field capacity). In this experiment silicon level i.e. 100 mg/kg (optimized in experiment II) was used. Drought was imposed two weeks after emergence and maintained. The fourth experiment was conducted under field condition with two selected maize hybrids (P-33H25 and FH- 810) and two irrigation regimes (100% and 60% FC) from the 1 st experiment and two silicon levels (0 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg) from 2 nd experiment. In this experiment moisture application was maintained at 100 or 60% field capacity. In this experiment the maize crop was sown for two years 2010 and 2011 in both seasons i.e. spring and autumn. The data regarding morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters were recorded by following standard procedures. The analysis of data from the first experiment showed that mild and severe drought had deleterious effects on various morphological and physiological parameters. However, root fresh and dry weight enhanced under mild drought while decreased under severe water limited condition. On the basis of dry matter production the most drought tolerant (P-33H25) and drought sensitive (FH-810) maize hybrids were screened out. In the second experiment best suited silicon level (100 mg/kg) was optimized on the basis of dry matter production. In the third experiment drought severely affected the morphological, physiological and biochemical attributes of maize hybrids. However, silicon application improved the various agronomic attributes, yield and yield components. The same study was conducted in field as that of third experiment to investigate the effect of silicon on maize hybrids grown under water limited condition. Significant effects of silicon application were observed on various agronomic, physiological, yield and yield related parameters. However, further research is required to investigate the silicon mediated drought tolerance in maize hybrids.