PAKISTAN SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS

FORTWO DAYS, I  KEPT WALKING GROUND MY HOUSE LIKE A MADMAN. WHEN THE STORM  MANGED TO  SUBSIDE FOR A  WHILE , I WENT INTO WONDERING AGAIN .I DECIDED TO GO TO SAHIB .(QUDRAT ULLAH SHAHAB  REHMATULLAH ALAYH ) AND TELL HIM .
"SIR ,THESE LETTERS ARE BEYOND  MY UNDERSTANDING .PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SERIOUS WORK THAT HAS GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH SANITY:
THE THIR DAY , I WAS READY THAT AS SOON AS SAHIB (Q .U .SHAHAB )WOULD BE LETFT ALONE ,I WOULD GO INSIDE AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT THIS .AT THAT VERY INSTANT ,SAHIB " PEON ARRIVED .I THOUGHT IT BEST TO TELL HIM TO  INFORM ME AS SOON AS SAHIB GETS FREE .THE PEON CAME BACK AND SAID "SAHIB IS CALLING "AS I ENTERED THE ROOM , I WAITED FOR SAHIB TO SAY SOMETHING AND ONLY THEN WILL I SHARE WHAT I WANTED TO .
 HE WAS BUSY IN WRITING SOMETHING AT THE TIME .HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID :"PLEASE GO TO THE SECURITY ROOM AT THE GATE .SOMEONE IS INSISTING TO MEET ME THERE .PLEASE TALK TO HIM ,TELL HIM I HAVE SENT YOU. IF HE AGREES TO TALK WITH YOU ,ASK HIM WHAT THE MATER IS .BUT IF HE INSISTS TO MEET ME ,THEN DO NOT LET HIM GO DO INFORM ME .. I WILL MEET HIM ."
"YES SIR ... "I SAID , AS I TURNED TOWARDSTHE DOOR .
"AND LISTEN ,"HE SAID DO NOT TALK INSIDE THE SECURITY ROOM . TAKE HIM OUTSIDE . IN SEPARATION , UNDERSTOOD ?"
"YES SIR "..... IT WAS NOT THE TIME TO TALK WITH SAHIB ABOUT MY ISSUE .I THOUGHT OF TALKING ON   IT DURING MY RETURN.
A MISERABLE - LOOKING MAN WAS STANDING INSIDE THE SECURITY ROOM .I TOOK HIM  OUTSIDE IN THE LAWN.
"SAHIB IS BUSY IN WORK ,HE HAS SENT ME. IF YOU CAN TELL ME IN WHAT REGARD YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET HIM ,THEN......."
I HAD BARELY FINISHED MY SENTENCE THAT HE SPOKE UP :
"MISTER ,WHAT DO I TO DO BY MEETING SAHIB ? I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM NEITHER DO I KNOW HIM .I WAS COMING FROM MY VILLAGE . I CAME ACROSS AN OX -CART RIDER NEAR THIS STREET .HE POINTED AT ME . I WENT TO HIM AND HE SAID "MIAN ,GO INSIDE THIS  HOUSE . MEET THE SAHIB AND GIVE HIM A MESSAGE OF OUR "S" THE OX -CART RIDER WAS AN OLD MAN .I DID AS HE TOLD AND CAME HERE . BUT THESE POLICEMEN DO NOTEVEN LISTEN TO WHAT THE OTHER IS SAYING ,THEY KEEP ON BLABBERING THEMSELVES.." TO -BE - CONTINUE.

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I WAS WORRIED AFTER I READ ALL THESE LETTER . I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE WRITERS OF THESE LETTERS EVEN WROTE THEM . WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE ? ANYHOW , ONE THING WAS OBVIOUS . THE WRITERS  HAD NO INTENT TO ABUSE THE ROLERS , NEITHER DID THEY ASK FOR PERSONAL CALAMS OR DEMANDS . MOST OF THE LETTERS DID NOT EVEN HAVE THE WRITER "S NAME ON IT . THESE LETTERS ENDED WITH "YOURS RESPECTFULLY "OR "YOURS FAITHFULLY ! . MOST OF THE LETTERS  WERE WRITTEN ON CHUNKS OF PAPERS . THE WRITING AND ITS  EXPRESSION BOTH  WERE CRUDE . THEY WEREN T REALLY  EFFEECTIVE . WHY HAD THE WRITER "S EVEN BOTHERED TO WRITE SUCH THINGS ?WHY DID THEY WASTE TIME AND MONEY ON IT?
THEN  I GRABBED HOLD OF A LONG LETTER . THIS LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM MALAYAM ,A CITY IN SOUTH INDIA . THE WRITER WAS A SUB -JUDGE , WHO HAD BEEN DISABLED DUE TO AN ACCIDENT 20 YEARS AGO . HIS ONLY WORK DURING THESE 20 YEARS WAS WORSHIPPING . DESPITE THE LENGTH , THE GIST OF THE LETTER WAS "I AM NOT WRITING THIS LETTER FOR YOU , BUT FOR PAKISTAN . SOON ,PAKISTAN WILL BECOME A GREAT STATE . A GREAT VICTORY WILL  BE ACHIEVED AND THEN PAKISTAN WILL BECOME A GREAT CENTRE OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD"

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FOUR YEARS PASSED ON.
I GOT TRANSFERRD TO A HIGH  - RANKING  OFFICIAL (QUDRAT ULLAH  SHAHAB REHMATULLAH ALAYH ). A FEW CHARACTERISTICS WERE PROMINENT IN MY NEW OFFICER . HE WAS VERY INTELLIGENT . SPOKE  LESS . HE WAS FULL OF PATIENCE .
SAHIB(SHAHAB SAAB ) CALLED ME  IN "YOU MAY START YOUR WORK ."
"YES  SIR ,"I REPLIED .
"THERE ARE  LETTERS FROM THE WEEK PAST IN THIS BOX "HE SAID ."READ ALL OF THEM CAREFUILLY , CLASSIFY THEM  ACCORDING  TO THEIR  SUBJECT AND MAKE A SUMMARY . THOSE  LETTERS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION , PLACE THEM SEPARATELY .""YES SIR , I REPLIED .
"THE PEON WILL BRING THE BOX ,"HE SAID ."ALRIGHT SIR ", I SAID , AS I  LEFT THE ROOM..
I OPENED THE FIRT LETTER , IT WAS WRITTEN : "OH SHAH !HOW FORTUNATE YOU ARE THAT YOU GOT THE HONOUR OF RULING PAKISTAN!"
"WHAT  A WEIRD LETTER !" I THOUGHT AFTER I READ THE WHOLE LETTER .
I WAS SURPRISED  FURTHER WHEN I OPENED THE SECOND LETTER : "BEWARE! DON "T EVER LET FLOUR GET EXPENSIVE IN PAKISTAN"!
IN THE THIRD LETTER , IT WAS WRITTEN :" THE DAY IS NOT FAR WHEN THE RESIDENT OF MADINAH WOULD LOOK AT PAKISTAN AND SAY "SUBHAN ALLAH , SUBHAN ALLAH """
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" THAT OLD MAN  HAD SPENT HIS WHOLE  LIFE FOR THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN .THIS TREE WAS PLANTED  BY HIM "
"MUFTI SAHIB ", HE SAID SMILING " GREAT  PERSONALITIES ARE WORKING FOR  PAKISTAN . WHY DO YOU WORRY ?"
"THEN WHAT DO I DO ?" I INQUIRED JOKINGLY .
"WHAT YOU CAN DO IS , BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING , PONDER OVER WHETHER YOU  ARE WORKING FOR  PAKISTAN "S  BENEFIT ?
IS YOUR  STEP GOING AGAINST PAKISTAN ? YOUR OWN INTEREST  LIES IN  IT . PAKISTAN  WILL LIVE FREE AND PROSPER  NO MATTER WHAT . PEOPLE WILL BE  STUNNED  BY ITS BLOSSOMING .
INSHA"ALLAH !"
I WAS  QUIT  SURPRISED AFTER HEARING  KHAWAJA SAHIB "S  TALK .KHAWAJA  SAHIB NEVER  TALKED LIKE THIS  BEFORE . HE ALWAYS  TALKED  SENSIBLY , RATIONALLY . HE WAS  NOT IN  FAVOUR  OF  SAINT -FOLLOWING , ETC .  THEN WHO WAS THAT OLD  MAN WHO HAD PLANTED THE TREE OF PAKISTAN ?WHO WERE THOSE GREAT PERSONALITIES  WHO WERE BENT ON WORRYING  FOR  PAKISTAN ?........ WHAT  IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT PAKISTAN  THAT  GREAT PERSONALITIES GET CONCERNED  FOR IT ? PAKISTAN  IS A  SMALL COUNTRY , NO  ISLAMIC SPECIALTY  HAS DEVELOPED IN  IT   YET . AND THERE ARE DOZENS OF ISLAMIC COUNTRIES . ALL THEIR  CONDITIONS ARE PITIABLE ......KHAWAJA SAHIB"S TALK SOUNDED STRANGE...............
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ONE  DAY ,I  LEFT  FOR  THE  GRAVEYARD .  THERE ,INSIDE  AN  ORDINARY  SQUARE  -WALLED  BUILDING , I SAW  KHAWAJA  SAHIB  RECITING  FATIHA  OVER  A  GRAVE  . I  STOPPED .AFTER  HE GOT  FREE  , HE  GREETED  ME  WITH  GREAT  JOY  AS  USUAL .
" SO  TELL  ME , HOW  ARE YOU  ? " HE  ASKED .
I  REPLIED " NOT  WELL  REALLY ".......
"AND  WHY  IS  THAT ? " HE ASKED .
" JUST  GOING  THROUGH ANXIETY " ,I  REPLIED .
HE ASKED  AGAIN "WHY ? ANXIETY  FOR  WHAT ? "
I  SAID  " KHAWAJA  SAHIB , WHAT  WILL BECOME OF PAKISTAN ?
THIS BOAT  IS  SHAKING  WILDLY "
 I HAD  SAID  THIS  IN A BIT OF  AMUSEMENT .  IT  IS  TRUE  THAT  I  COULD  FEEL  PAKISTAN "S  BOAT  SHAKING , BUT  I  HAD  NO  REAL  CONCERN  FOR  IT  IN  MY  HEART .
 KHAAWAJA  SAHIB   ACTUALLY  TURNED  SERIOUS  AFTER  LISTENING  TO  WHAT I  SAID :" MUFTI SAHIB " HE  SAID " WHY DO  YOU  WORRY  FOR  PAKISTAN  WHEN  THERE ARE  SO  MANY HUGE  ENTITIES  AND  PERSONALITIES  WORRYING  FOR  IT ? WHY DO YOU OR  I HAVE  TO WORRY  FOR  IT ?
HE PAUSED  FOR  WHILE , THEN  CONTINUED " DO  YOU SEE  THAT OLD  MAN OVER  THERE ?" I LOOKED  TOWARDS  THE  PLACE  KHAWAJA  SAHIB WAS POINTING AT , WHERE HE WAS  OFF.ERING  FATIHA  JUST A  WHILE AGO . KHAWAJA SAHIB SPOKE UP .
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AFTER THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN ,ALL HOPES FOR A SECURE AND PROSPEROUS LIFE AT  BOMBAY  SEEMED  VAGUE  .THE  ITEMS  AND  COLLECTIBLES ,  FOR  WHICH  WE  HAD  GONE  TO  BOMBAY  , LOST  THEIR   SIGNIFANCE .  ANG  SO  , AHMED BASHIR  AND  I ARRIVED  IN PAKISTAN  AS  WE WERE (WITHOUT  BRINGING  ANY OTHER  THING  ALONG )..... THE  ONLY  THING  THAT GOT  US ANXIOUS  AFTER  WE  REACHED  HERE WAS TO  SHIFT   OUR  RELATIVES FROM  GURDASPUR  TO  PAKISTAN . PAKISTAN  HAD  BECOME  AN ABODE  OF  PEACE  FOR US . PAKISTAN HAD  SECURITY  FOR  US MUSLIMS . NOW  ICOULD  RELLY  FEEL  WITH  HIGH  INTENSITY  THAT  I  AM  A   MUSLIM . THOUGH  THE  LIGHT  OF  FAITH  WAS  THERE  IN MY  HEAR  OR  NOT , WHETHER  MY  LIFESTYLE  WAS IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  ISLAM  OR  NOT  . WHETHER  THERE  WERE  PRO - IALAMIC  SENTIMENTS  IN  MY  HEART  OR  NOT  . IN ANY   CASE .  I  WAS  A  MUSLIM..  EIGHT  YEARS  PASSED  BY . DURING  THIS TIME , I GOT  ACQUAINTED  WITH  A LITERARY  FIGURE  WHO  WAS  FULL  OF  ISLAMIC  ZEAL AND FERVOR .  SOMEONE  IN  WHOSE  LIFE  THE ISLAMIC  CODES  WERE  PRACTICALLY  VISIBLE . ONE DAY  , I  WENT TO  MEET  HIM  AND SAW  KHAWAJA  SAHIB  SEATED  THERE . WE  WERE INTROUDCED  TO EACH  OTHER . AFTER THIS , I                              HAD  THE   OPPORTUNITY  TO COME  ACROSS  KHAWAJA  SAHIB  QUITE  MANY  A TIMES ,  NOW AND THEN . KHAWAJA  SAHIB  SPOKE  LESS . HE  WAS  USED  TO  HEARING  WHAT  OTHERS  HAD  TO  SAY  INSTEAD  OF TALKING HIMSELF . HE  WAS  INTELLIGENT  AND HAD  A  KEEN  EYE  ON  VARIOUS  AFFAIRS . HE  ALWAYS  FELT  DELIGHT  IN  HELPING  OTHERS  AND  THE  BEST  THING  IN HIM  WAS HIS  CORRECTNESS...  TO -BE - CONTINUE....

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"PAKISTAN SPIRITUAL  DIMENSIONS "

AFTER THE CREATION OF PAKISTAN , ALL HOPES FOR A SECURE AND PROSPEROUS LIFE AT  BOMBAY SEEMED VAGUE . THE ITEMS AND COLLECTIBLES ,FOR WHICH WE HAD  GONE TO BOMBAY ,LOST THEIR  SIGNIFANCE . AND SO  AHMED BASHIR  AND  I ARRIVED IN PAKISTAN AS WE WERE (WITHOUT BRINGING  ANY OTHER THING ALONG )........ THE ONLY  THING THAT GOT US  ANXIOUS AFTER WE REACHED HERE WAS TO SHIFT OUR RELATIVES  FROM GURDASPUR TO  PAKISTAN . PAKISTAN HAD BECOME AN ABODE OF PEACE FOR US . PAKISTAN HAD SECURITY FOR US ,  MUSLIMS . NOW I COULD REALLY FEEL WITH HIGH INTENSITY THAT I AM A  MUSLIM . THOUGH THE LIGHT OF FAITH WAS THERE  IN MY HEART OR NOT , WHETHET MY LIFESTYLE WAS  IN  ACCORDANCE WHTH ISLAM OR NOT . WHETHER THERE WERE PRO -ISLAMIC SENTIMENTS IN MY HEART OR NOT . IN ANY CASE , I WAS A MUSLIM....

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