Intazaar

Sunna hai kal wo din phir charay ga
Ummedon say dil phir bharay ga
Mangu ya na mangu, yeh sochta hoon
Na milla jo manga, na mangu yeh sochta hoon
Phir jab daikhta hoon mai tairi rehmat ki aur
Tau sochon jaisay thami ho tu nay mairi daur
Yeh hi soch kar tujh say yeh hoon mangta
Ab tau kar day karam, tujh say shukar hoon mangta
Hanstay hain sab log, jau mujhay daikhtay hain
Daikh mairi baybassi, mairay kissay chairtay hain
Yeh na soch, kay mazaq maira bana rahay hain
Haqeeqat may tujh say taaluq pay ungli utha rahay hain
Tu bata day khuda, nahi tu rutha hua
Tairi rehmat ka daria nahi sukha hua
Mai tau hoon faqt tairy hukam ka muntazir
Na milla shukar, tau kar loon ka sabr
Mana log maira phir bhi mazaq urain gay
Mairay peechay say so bataain banain gay
Laikin tu na samajhna taira banday nay tujh ko bhula dia
Mai tau samjhoon ga tu nay ik karam aur farma dia
See loon ga hont, dil ko samjha doon ga
Yeh hi soch kay, ik din aur bita doon ga
Magar suna hai tu tau bayniaz hai
Sari duniya ka ik tu hi sardar hai
Poochu jau tujh say tau maula na bura manana
Bhar do jholi so kar sakon jag ka samna
Na takhtay shahi na aish o ishrat mangta
Tairay samandar say faqat ik qatra hoon mangta

Faryadi

Na rolna mujh ko, Kay rul gaya hoon
Haqeeqaton, Shubahaton mai ulajh gaya hoon
Jo socha tha, woh ho na saka
Jo chaha tha, woh paa na saka
Janay kyun ik tarap hai dil mai
Jaisay khud mai ulajh sa gaya hoon
Nahi, nahi, koi doosra nahi tha
Taira daman mai nay chora nahi tha
Jo poochay mujh say, maira aik hi uzar hai
Banda hoon faqt, mehdood mairi nazar hai
Mai daikhta hoon woh hi, jau too dikhata hai
Har kashti ko tu hi paar lagata hai 
Janay kis manjhdhar mai kho gaya hoon
Aisa lagta hai mai abdi neend so gaya hoon
Nikla tairi talash mai tha, par kia mai dhoond raha hoon
Jaisay apnay hi kaflay ko, khud loot raha hoon
Suna hai Tairi KUN say faislay jahanon kay hotay hain
Soockhay sehray bhi pal bhar mai sairab hotay hain 
Mai bhi sehra hoon, jisay us KUN ki talaash hai
Faqt ik tairay Isharay ka sawal hai
Tu na daikhay ga tau akhir kahan jaon ga
Issi umeed pay ghammon say ulajh jaon ga
Yeh bhi tairay hain, tu nay hi bhaijhay hain
Ik sabar hai, phir ussi ko azmaon ga
Par phir bhi akhri darkhuast hai mairi
Jo lagi ho koi buri baat mairi
Tau samajh laina kay ik gunahgar tha
Jissay apnay khuda pay bara naaz tha
Laikin usay ab bhi sirf tu hi qabool hai
Jo kia us nay bura, yeh us ki bhool hai
Kia karoon Ik khuda ko man chukka hoon
Ussi kay aagay sab hatyar daal chukka hoon
Jo ho tu khafa, tau kahan jaoon ga
Mai wo musafir hoon, jau palat k tairay hi paas aaon ga
Mana hain hazaron rastay, par manzil tau aik hai
Jau hoon tujh say door, par tu tau kareeb hai
Nahi kehta kay mujhay tu qainaat dai day
Ik mard e momin ki mujh ko safaat dai day

Ihsas e Gunnah

Gunahgar hoon, Khata kar hoon

Mana kay samajh kar bhi anjaan hoon

Tu nay jo hai kaha, mai nay woh na suna

Tu mujhay rokta raha, aur mai karta gaya

Gunnahon ki rahon mai chalta gaya

Na socha kabhi hoon faraib may mai

Hoon ghira hua aik asaib may mai

Roz sochta tha, na karon ga phir woh gunnah

Par daikh gunnah ko, main na kabhi ruk saka

Woh tha shaitan, yah tha maira nakis iman

Mai nay khud  hai boya, jhannum ka saman

Janay kaisay khara ho jata hoon musalay par

Kay hoon gira hua parlay darjay par

Laikin sab hotay huay bhi ik ihsas hai

Maira rab har lamhay mairay paas hai

Ya rab hai sach kay gunnahgar hoon

Mana kay janta hoon, par lachaar hoon

Mat kar door mujhay khud say is tarhan

Kay sawan ko tarsoon mai barsaat may

Tairi KUN say agar hotay hain sab faislay

Kia jata hai jau kar day jau TU maaf mujhay

Zar, zameen, ran naheen mangta

Mai tau tujh say hoon apna rab mangta

Loota day woh banda jo kabhi tairay sath tha

Jis kay paas har lamhay taira ihsas tha

Jau chalta tha tujh ko tha tujhay sochta

Jis ko nazar aata that tu hi har jaga

Banda tau hai woh hi, par gunnah gar hai

Har lamha tairi rehmat ka talabgar hai

Taira gazab hai mujh pay yoon chaya hua

Jaisay mujh mai hai firon samaya hua

Nahin mai nai hoon woh jhoota khuda

Mai nay tau hai bus tairi bandagi ka hai dawa kia

Gar taira banda honay ki hai yeh hi saza

Tau mat cheenana muh say honsala maira

Woh ihsas, wo tarap jau mujh mai hai chuppi

Na laina mairay rab mujh say mairi bandagi

Ankhain hain nam, dil bhi ashkbar hai

Janay kyun tujh say doori ka ihsas hai

Ab tau aa ja, kay dil ko mai nay hai dho dia

In ansoon say is dil ko hain mai nay ghusal dia

Napak hon, kameen hon, aur gunahgar hoon

Taira asoolon ko torh kay, khud say naraaz hoon

Par mat moro apni rehmat kay talabgar hoon

Hoon banda hi taira gar sazawar hoon

Nahi chaiay hai mujh ko zameen o sama

Jab mujh say ho rotha maira rab e do jahan

Mat choro mujhay kay kidhar jaon ga

Aj khud say hi lar kar bhikar jaon ga

Roothay ho, tau mananay ka dhang bhi sikhla do

Is dunniay kay thukrai ko seenay say laga lo

Nahin kehta kay mairi chah ka hai nahin muqabla

Na yeh kahoon kay nahin taira ashiq koi mujh sa yahan

Laikin gar jhankay mairay dil mai tu zara

Is dil ki bunyadon mai hai tairay hi naam likha

So logo ko mai day doon is dil may agar jaga

Tairi bunyadon ko nahin kar saktay hain wo khokhla

Mat cheen mujh say mairay dil mai apni jaga

Wahad is dil pay rehnay day kabza maira

Han sawaro ga, nikharo ga is ki bunyad ko

Rakhoon ga ik din is may tairi yad ko

Is ihsas ko na cheeno ka kidhar jaoon ga

Zinday reh kay bhi warna mai mar jaoon ga

Who Am I

A question we should ask ourselves

A thought we should arise in ourselves

If I am a Human, than who are they?

Killing each other is not a human way

Conspiring, polluting, looting and shooting

Should I call it my reasons to Stay?

If I am a Muslim, than why am I?

They ask me to keep quiet, why do I?

I am not a terror; I am not a cursed one

I have a problem; I believe in only One

If I am terror than why am I terrorised

Seeing my people killed, I am surprised

Don’t just see, listen, think and believe

They are telling you, what they want you to believe

If I am a Pakistani, than what should I do?

I am my own enemy, why to blame you?

I do know who is threatening my interests

It’s neither west nor my neighbour, it’s my lust

I say more, I do less, and I need more, I think less

My life is an agony, I am a complete mess

Those who believe I have to change

I think of them as they are strange

Story of a Traveller

I found a traveller two years ago

Who has got an arrow but no bow?

Who was unaware, which way to go?

If you asked her something, she said, “I don’t know”

But don’t know how, she got the way

Walking alone, she was never astray

Whenever she wanted to choose anything

Everything was like in her tray

One day she decided to find a new way

After several months, she found her day

Holding someone’s hand, why she still afraid?

But she thought she had found her way

In reality she was still far away

She hadn’t got habit to look back again

She shows as she has got no pain

Why loving sometimes seems all in vain  

Why she want to cry in the rain

Now I saw some light in her

I keep asking, it might not be her

But I fear this light may not vanish again

The journey of light (noor) may not perish again

Oh Allah, I pray she may find in her

A candle who wants to burn again

Reasons of our Failure

Reasons of our failure

I am writing this article to help my Pakistani youth to analyse that how bad we are. We need to change our selves. We have to come out of the shell. If we will remain quiet as our ancestors did, then there will be no more Pakistan in future.  You will only see Pukhtoonistan, Sindhistan, Punjabistan and Balauchistan. Please don,t think I am against any sect or caste, in fact I am against myself.  Hope you will understand my point of view. I need your sincere comments at the end.

False Perception

Our ego is so high that we do not consider other nations comparable to us. It is not the case at national level only. We are living like a frog in a pond unaware of vastness and openness of an ocean. You will hear some of the comments like “Pakistan Came in to being in the name of Allah, so Allah will protect it. No need to worry”. This statement is true that Allah gave us this land but we ignored the real part which is Allah gave us this land to show people what Muslims are. How Muslim thinks, act, work, run economy, develop relationships, shows patience, regard relations, treat gently, run state and responds when someone threats its national interests.  We are in everlasting circle of casteism and sectism, from which we are not ready to come out. If I am a Pathan than I will only think Pathans to be superior to others. It’s not what I say but it’s what I actually do. I will marry in Pathans and think that others are not equal to me. Here I am negating Islamic concept of considering everyone equal. This disease of casteism infuses a virus of inequality, injustice, disregard for others, discrimination and racism in me. These are the things which were not liked by our Prophet (PBUH). Then why to call myself a good Muslim? We will see this virus in Syed’s of Pakistan too. I am using word Pakistan particularly because it’s in our country only.  How we treat Syed’s. Let me give you an example. In my hostel, we are a group of five members. Everyone has some responsibility. I go out to buy stuff from market, sometimes cook too. Similarly other’s have their responsibilities to fulfil. But when it comes to Mr. Syed Sahab? Then he is not ready to cook or do anything. Sometimes he even asks us to fetch a glass of water for him which is placed just in front of him. To be honest it’s not his fault, because we gave him this respect. Without thinking our prophet said everyone is equal and only those are superior who are good in faith. I believe by giving extra respect to one sect is also inequality. This is not what I think, it is because our Prophet (PBUH) showed it by his actions. He prayed much more than anyone else, he respects other more than anyone else, he likes to participate in every work, he wants to do his work for himself, he likes equality and he even once said : “ If I will find that my daughter had committed a theft than I would surely cut her hands”. It is because he wanted us to know, don’t make yourself in a way that you will become ignored of reality and true spirit of Islam. We are giving preference to some castes and result is injustice and inequality in our society.

Intolerance

We have intolerance for other religions, nations (non muslims), castes, sects and even views. Words like Jew, Hindhu and Ahmedi at once ignite our ego and we start abusing them. All Jews, Hindhus and Ahmedis are not alike. It is forbidden in Islam to develop strong ties with them but it does not means that Islam says to abuse them or think down upon them. No one will accept Islam, if you will not show respect to them. Our Holy Prophet (PBUH) showed respect to all religions and people. That’s why everyone whether his enemy or friend was admired of him. They listen to him. Ahmedi brought up in our culture. They are not outsiders. We gave them this courage to develop. If you go back to history, when Mirza Ghulam Ahmed started his campaign, people were admiring him at that time. He was given so much respect that he changed the concept of last prophet. Now after 100 years, instead of bringing these Ahmedi’s who don’t know themselves that what are they doing, we are not providing awareness to them instead spitting and abusing them. And the result of this resistance is that they are now propagating in different parts of the world. I myself met Nigerian Ahmedi, he was saying Pakistani’s are cruel and intolerant as they are killing Ahmedi Muslims. I told him that Ahmedi’s are not Muslims. He asked me how, I told him the reason. It’s not the case with only one Ahmedi. Everyone thinks like that we are cruel and intolerant. We should have to be calm and think of ways in order to provide them awareness.

DON’T ARGUE Culture

It is one of the reasons of our non innovative culture. If a child do anything or want to give his suggestion, we tell him’ “Don’t Argue” or we don’t accept his suggestion. If our elder are doing something wrong, it is a taboo to tell them not to do it. But on the other hand if a younger one is doing something, if we think that it is not right but in reality it is right. Even then we ask him to keep quiet and don’t do it. I know one of my Uncle who says his prayer wrong but no one out of his children is ready to tell him that he is saying his prayer wrong. Because they think, he will mind it. Once I asked my father about going for Tableegh, he said No you won’t they are not right. You are Brailwi not Deobandi. So as a result, I am not allowed to argue and tell him that both are Muslims with different thoughts. It is not right to accept one and reject other. Both are doing things right according to their school of thought.

It is because of this don’t argue culture that we are injected with a virus of unconfidence, non innovation and depression in our culture. We destroy thinking of our young ones right in the beginning. So how can they bring up with innovative thoughts or do something new and different.

ALL IS WELL and NOTHING WILL HAPPEN culture

It means we believe that no matter whatever we will do; Allah will help us in the end. Everything will become well at the end whether in this world or here after. It is because of this thinking that we tell a lie, do dishonesty, work lazily or insincerely, abuse others and don’t care about other’s interests. It is also a paradigm that we believe nothing will happen whatever we will do. Even though, we are facing problems like economic crisis, instability and insecurity because of it. Now everything which Allah told us is happening but we are still there where we were: All Is Well and Nothing Will Happen. We are like pigeon, which use to close its eyes on seeing a cat instead of making effort. These two revolutionary sentences are part of our culture that’s why when we choose our politicians and when they run the country, they say: All is well and nothing will happen whatever we will do.

Brotherhood or Inequality

We help others on the basis of sect, cast, of same city, of same street and relative. We are so strict in it that we even ignore that when someone do wrong, we need not to support him in his evil deed. Its result is, when we have to select some politician, we vote on the basis of these relations. My father will vote PML (N) because his friends’ brother is standing for PML (N). Whether that man is a big cheat but still no need to worry? As that is what we call brotherhood. Is it really brotherhood or an in equality? We are supporting people related to us whether they are right or wrong. We have no balance to measure it. Its result is off course inequality, injustice, unfair dealing, betrayal and lying.  I think we should not call it Muslim brotherhood. It is beyond Islam’s preaching’s.

Angels

Life is not but a mystery. We are given with five senses but are not enough to resolve life’s mystery. We can speak, see, hear, smell and feel the things which are within our limits. These limits are defined by someone supreme who is aware that if we would have been given beyond our limits, the joy of living in this world would be ruined. But there are some people who are blessed with senses beyond limit. They are special people who preach us what we can’t see or even can’t imagine. These are the Prophets, Saints and those who are blessed with such powers. But even then they are not in a direct contact with that supreme power operating the whole universe. There is an invisible veil between God and mankind. Though He can communicate with us directly but He wants himself to remain unseen unless we will meet Him at the day of judgement. So He chose Angels to spread His messages to Prophets and rest of mankind. Prophets receive these messages directly from angels but for rest of us, these messages are sent in the form of some incident, event or thought called intuition.

Just take a look at your life and ask yourself, how many times you come across some problem with not even a minor chance of getting rid of it but suddenly the whole situation changed as someone else has got your remote control, operating your each and every moment of life. Think of Newton, he saw apple dropping down like other’s but was given the intuition of developing his famous Laws. Ask Einstein how come you can give such theories when you had never done something like that in your life. Human civilisation had passed through different periods starting from Stone Age to this Modern Era. But interesting thing in all of it is, we are the same humans as were thousands of years ago with same senses but where the difference came from. It is not us who invented things, discovered new routes and created huge buildings. It was already written by the Supreme power. We are given with blessings of intuition at different times in order to start new era of civilisation. And these intuitions are sent to us by these Angels.

If it is not your time to die, you are protected by your angel of death. But if you are no more required in this world, your angel can not help you at that time as they are guided not the guiders. Unfortunately, there is no instrument developed to justify their presence but once humans will be able to find their existence, time for another civilisation will start which is called Armageddon. I can still remember a story we use to hear in our childhood. Once, God sent one of his angels to destroy some nation because they mastered astrology. That angel thought why not talk with someone before destroying them.  He asked one of the farmers, “Can you tell me where is that angel who is going to destroy your nation”. The farmer took his sick and started drawing strange lines on ground. After couple of minutes he replied, “He is not in the East, West, North or South but he is in here somewhere. Since I am not an angel, it means it is you who are”. After hearing that prediction, angel became astonished and got an idea why God sent him to destroy them.

By Sami Ullah Khan